A new £48 million National Adoption Strategy has been launched to improve adoption services in England. The Government said the strategy will aim to better support families when adopting by
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A High Court judge has raised concern about a shortage of secure accommodation for troubled children after being told a teenage boy is in a “grave” situation. Mr Justice Cobb
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Council social services bosses must find alternative accommodation for a 12-year-old boy who has behavioural difficulties and has been “inappropriately placed” on a hospital ward, a High Court judge says.
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Part of the Home Office’s guidance on reuniting unaccompanied child asylum seekers (UAMs) with their families in the UK is unlawful, the High Court has ruled. Safe Passage, a charity
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Thousands of EU children living in the UK are estimated to become undocumented this week because applications to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) have not yet been made on their
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The number of children needing foster care in England could rise by around a third within the next decade, but many councils are unprepared, research warns. The Social Market Foundation
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Significant progress has been made in setting up a scheme to provide financial compensation to the survivors of historic in-care abuse, Deputy First Minister John Swinney said. He was giving
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Social services are overly focused on “investigating” families struggling to care for their children rather than providing support to help them through their difficulties, a report has found. The Independent
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Vulnerable children in Scotland may have been detained unlawfully in secure accommodation, an investigation by the Scottish Children and Young People’s Commissioner has found. The commissioner’s investigation concluded that councils
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All unregulated accommodation for 16 and 17-year-olds who are leaving care will have to meet a national standard under new proposals. The aim, included in a Government consultation launched on
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