by FosterTalk Admin | Sep 9, 2021 | News
Foster care matching needs more resource to tackle the “crisis atmosphere” of many placement decisions, research has recommended. What Works for Children’s Social Care said increased funding was needed to enable social...
by FosterTalk Admin | Sep 7, 2021 | News
A couple who offer urgent foster placements to young people who are often caught up in crime said being accepted as carers was like “winning the lottery”. Matt and Trish said they had initially been “terrified” by aspects of dealing with the...
by FosterTalk Admin | Sep 7, 2021 | News
The forthcoming ban on placing children in care aged under 16 in unregulated accommodation will make it ‘considerably harder’ to find bespoke placements for young people with urgent needs. That was the warning from a High Court judge last...
by FosterTalk Admin | Sep 2, 2021 | News
England faces a 25,000 shortfall in foster families over the next five years, amid complaints of a lack of support for existing carers and a broken system that pits councils against private agencies for potential candidates. Around a fifth of foster households exit...
by FosterTalk Admin | Sep 1, 2021 | News
Pro Bono Economics has published a report, commissioned by the Children’s Services Funding Alliance (Action for Children, Barnardo’s, National Children’s Bureau, NSPCC and The Children’s Society) on spending on children and young...
