by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 21, 2021 | News
To mark the first Care Experienced History Month UK, the findings of a new Coram survey on public attitudes to children in care and care leavers has been published. The survey of over 2,000 UK adults found that while 81% of those asked thought that children in care...
by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 21, 2021 | News
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has launched a new guide to help local authorities handle complaints under the children’s services statutory complaints process. The guide shares lessons from previous investigations about how councils should apply...
by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 21, 2021 | News
Community Care Inform has published a free guide for social workers on working with domestic abuse, substance use and mental ill health. The guide briefly explores the prevalence of co-existing domestic abuse, substance use and mental ill health, and the impact of...
by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 16, 2021 | News
In September 2021, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Day Discussion will focus on alternative care. Right now, they’re gathering views and experiences from children and young people with alternative care experience through a...
by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 15, 2021 | News
The Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse commissioned the Race Equality Foundation (REF) to explore the perspectives of professionals working with children from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds who have experienced child sexual abuse. The report, now...
by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 15, 2021 | News
A Community Care article looks at responses to the publication of the contract between the Department for Education (DfE)and Josh MacAlister, Care Review lead, which states that “recommendations must be affordable” to government and that the “DfE...
