by FosterTalk Admin | Jul 13, 2021 | News
The Department for Education (DfE) has published updated Keeping children safe in education 2021 statutory guidance for schools and colleges in England. This guidance comes into force on 1 September 2021 and replaces Keeping children safe in education 2020 (updated...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jul 6, 2021 | News
A National Voice has launched a new national campaign, ‘Home is Not a Placement’. For the past few months, A National Voice Ambassadors have been developing a campaign that aims to support children in care and care leavers to be empowered to ask for the...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jul 5, 2021 | News
Most social workers lack confidence in working with children at risk of radicalisation because of their lack of experience, according to a report commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE). While radicalisation cases had increased or stayed static in the past...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jul 1, 2021 | News
Black children are more likely to end up in care and less likely to be adopted according to recent government figures. The data in the Adopted and Looked-after children report, shows despite Black children only making up five per cent of the general population, they...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jul 1, 2021 | News
The duration of care proceedings reached 43 weeks in January-March this year, the highest average since mid-2012 and more than 17 weeks above target levels. Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures showed that just 22% of proceedings were completed within the...
