by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 11, 2022 | News
Children and Young People Now have reported that a charity is urging the Care Review to take on board proposals to improve support for kinship carers and their children ahead of its final recommendations to the government. Kinship says it is calling upon Josh...
by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 11, 2022 | News
Community Care have reported that more than a third say caseloads “completely unmanageable” as court pressures, Covid impact and lack of other services increase complexity, taking toll on mental health and leaving some contemplating exit. Children’s social workers’...
by FosterTalk Admin | Mar 21, 2022 | News
Community Care have reported that the High Court has dismissed a children’s rights charity’s claim that the government’s failure to ban unregulated placements for children in care aged 16 or 17 was unlawful. Article 39 brought the challenge against the Department...
by FosterTalk Admin | Mar 21, 2022 | News
The Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) has published a guide to help professionals provide a confident, supportive response to parents and carers when concerns about the sexual abuse of their child have been raised or abuse has been identified. ...
by FosterTalk Admin | Mar 21, 2022 | News
The government’s “Homes for Ukraine” scheme will see people in the UK hosting refugees in their homes for a minimum of six months. But while welcoming the move, some of those who have provided a home to refugees in the past are concerned about...
by FosterTalk Admin | Mar 9, 2022 | News
Community Care have reported: Children’s homes are profiteering from a “broken” market in which demand far exceeds supply, the children’s minister has warned. This is driving huge spending on placements by local authorities, with fees of £8,000 plus a week “not...
