by FosterTalk Admin | Dec 6, 2021 | News
The government has launched a national review into the circumstances behind Arthur Labinjo-Hughes’s murder and commissioned an urgent safeguarding inspection into agencies in his area. The national inquiry – led by the Child Safeguarding Practice Review...
by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 17, 2021 | News
England’s care system needs an “urgent boost to the number of foster carers” to avoid reaching “breaking point”. That was the warning from Ofsted as it released its annual fostering statistics last week, which showed there were...
by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 12, 2021 | News
The National Autistic Society’s new report has found that parents are facing exhausting and sometimes years-long battles to get support for their autistic children in school. The education system in England is simply not working for autistic children and we...
by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 12, 2021 | News
Ofsted have released their latest finding on Fostering in England. This release covers: The numbers of foster carers and foster places and placements, in both local authority (LA) fostering agencies and independent fostering agencies (IFAs)Data relating to types of...
by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 12, 2021 | News
The High Court has ruled that local authorities can usually arrange for children in their care to have Covid-19 and flu vaccines even when parents object. At a family court hearing last week, Mr Justice Poole ruled that authorities could generally agree the...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 25, 2021 | News
Profits for large children’s social care providers are higher than would be expected in a well-functioning market, as the lack of placements leaves councils in an ‘inherently weak’ position. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said today it...
