The Department of Health [DoH] and Department of Education [DE] have launched a public consultation on the draft Strategy for Looked After Children: Improving Children’s Lives. Both departments have pledged
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A “disturbed” teenager who has been at the centre of an accommodation controversy is making “phenomenal” progress after being found a place at an appropriate secure unit, the most senior
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A leading judge has raised concern about the way “vulnerable and disturbed” children are being cared for. Sir James Munby, the President of the Family Division of the High Court
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Children and young people in the care system can spend many hours with an escort service, being taken to school, healthcare appointments, contact sessions with family members or being relocated
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A scheme which helps provide practical and emotional support for young people leaving care only has enough funding for one in five, councils have warned. The Local Government Association (LGA)
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New guidance to dispel myths around fostering and adopting has been launched in a bid to boost the number of Muslims helping children in care. The first Islamic Guidance Document
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A High Court judge has condemned a council as a result of “dreadful failures” in the handling of children in its care. Mr Justice Keehan said he had decided to
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Bosses at a council condemned by a High Court judge over the handing of children in care say they deeply regret “past failings”. Herefordshire Council says it has “changed its
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A “troubled” 16-year-old girl will have to wait more than a month before she can be admitted into a secure accommodation unit because of the lack of placements available, a
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Research headed by a University of Huddersfield professor has caused an influential social work organisation to call for a major review of UK adoption law, so that children who have
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