Care Appointments

DHSSPS publish latest figures on Northern Ireland’s care leavers

By Iain MacDonald15th January 2016News Northern Ireland

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) has published a statistical bulletin summarising information on care leavers in Northern Ireland who left care during the year ending

Report: Costs of children returning to families from care

By Iain MacDonald14th October 2014Reports & Resources

New research undertaken by Loughborough University for the NSPCC shows that the Government is spending £300 million a year as a result of the breakdown of children’s return home from

Government announce £20M funding to help children adopted from care

By Iain MacDonald28th July 2014News England

All schoolchildren adopted from care are to benefit from £20 million of additional pupil premium money to get the support they need to thrive at school – helping around an

Webwatch – We can and must do better

By IRISS1st August 2013Webwatch

Learning with Care, published by by HM Inspectors of Schools and the Social Work Service Inspectorate in 2001, highlighted the importance of improving the learning and development opportunities for those