by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 18, 2020 | News
Several different news sites have featured articles on the experiences and struggles of foster carers during the coronavirus crisis: The Independent – ‘It’s barbaric’: Foster care system thrust into chaos amid coronavirus crisisThe Daily Record...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 18, 2020 | News
The Independent reports on a recent decision by senior judges in the Court of Appeal that children in care can be immunised against their parents’ wishes without court intervention. The decision concluded that scientific evidence “clearly...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 18, 2020 | News
The charity Become has produced a briefing outlining its key concerns and offering recommendations for how the government, local authorities and others can support care-experienced young people as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. The briefing identifies the key...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 18, 2020 | News
The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory has published the findings of a rapid research project commissioned to understand how contact between children and their birth families was being managed following the coronavirus lockdown and what help and guidance was required...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 18, 2020 | News
New research published by CASCADE at Cardiff University for What Works for Children’s Social Care (WWCSC) has found that young people who were either in care or care experienced at 13 or 14 years old had significantly lower expectations of attending higher...
