Anglesey council took ‘unlawful position’ over foster care case
A mother is suing a Welsh council after a judge ruled the authority had acted unlawfully by keeping a nine-year-old boy in foster care. The child was placed in care
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BAAF Scotland impresses following service inspection
SCOTLAND’S social care regulator, the Care Inspectorate, has praised an Edinburgh-based fostering and adoption service. The services, provided by BAAF (Scotland), received top marks across the board at two consecutive
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Plea issued to consider fostering care role
Less than a third of adults think they would not be accepted as foster carers. Asked if they were to try and become foster parents in the next two years,
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New skills guidance issued for Welsh Foster Carers
New guidance about the skills and competencies expected of foster carers and short break carers has been launched by the Care Council for Wales. The Induction Framework for Foster Care
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Fatal Accident Inquiry to be held into murder of foster carer
A fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the murder of a foster carer who was stabbed to death by the 13-year-old boy she was looking after. Dawn McKenzie
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Use of foster placement to address child obesity
Article nine of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child states that ‘Children must not be separated from their parents unless it is in the best interests of
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Dumfries and Galloway fostering service rated very good
A new report from the Care Inspectorate found that Dumfries and Galloway Council continues to provide a very good service to foster carers and children living in foster care. Inspectors
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Social worker suspended for failing to carry out foster assessments
A Bristol social worker has been suspended for failing to carry out foster assessments. Verona Vevean Thomas has been suspended from a register for health and care professionals for failing
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Foster leaving age in Wales should rise to 21, charities say
12 leading charities have joined together to call on the Welsh Government to change the law so that fostered young people in Wales can stay with their foster carers until
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More information needed for a better understanding of private fostering
Ofsted has called on local authorities, local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) and the Department for Education to work together to build a better understanding of the extent of private fostering
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