by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 22, 2022 | News
Children in care are moving between placements a thousand times every week in England, according to fresh analysis of Government figures. Children’s care placements have changed more than 220,000 times between 2018 and 2021, according to charities’ analysis of figures...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 22, 2022 | News
On Friday 17 June, it was announced that foster carer allowances are to be uplifted above the National Recommended Fostering Allowance for all carers at Oldham Council by 4%. The announcement, which took place at a foster carer celebration event ran by Oldham Council,...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 15, 2022 | News
Ministers are facing calls for urgent reform of the children’s residential care system in the wake of shocking reports of vulnerable youngsters being abused and sexually assaulted at homes run by a private firm making huge profits. A BBC investigation revealed a...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 15, 2022 | News
The University of Liverpool has published a study which explores correlations between rising child poverty and children entering care in England. Researchers studied 147 local authorities in England and found that between 2015 and 2020, after controlling for...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 15, 2022 | News
NSPCC Learning has published a CASPAR briefing which provides a summary of the updated statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance for schools in England. The briefing sets out changes introduced in the guidance which will be effective from 01 September 2022....
by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 8, 2022 | News
Care Review chair Josh MacAlister has set out an argument for one per cent of all teachers to foster a child at their school. In his recommendations to the government, MacAlister called for the recruitment of 9,000 new foster carers in England over three years....
