by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 20, 2020 | News
Care leavers must be shown more empathy by education and business leaders to increase opportunities for vulnerable young people, organisations supporting care leavers have said. The call is being made by more than 200 organisations that are signatories to the Care...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 20, 2020 | News
The UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) has revealed new data on online child sexual abuse material. The data, from the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), shows that: in the first six months of 2020, 44% of all child sexual abuse content the IWF dealt with involved...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 20, 2020 | News
A new digital service has launched to support vulnerable children and young people most at risk of online harm. he Inclusive Digital Safety, created jointly by Internet Matters and online safety charity SWGFL, provides resources on online harms for parents, carers and...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 20, 2020 | News
Campaigners have called for “significant cultural change” in recruiting disabled foster carers after research revealed prejudices may prevent them from taking up the role. Fears foster children could end up caring for their disabled foster parent leads...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 8, 2020 | News
The Welsh Government has updated its guidance on how children’s social care providers can change their services to support young people during the coronavirus pandemic. This operational guidance is aimed at local authorities, adoption services, fostering...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 8, 2020 | News
The government updated its coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for children’s social care services on 25 September 2020. The guidance has been updated to: Reflect that the Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 have expired Update with the...
