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Children in poorest areas almost 10 times more likely to go into care
New research has revealed that children living in the UK’s poorest neighbourhoods are over 10 times more likely to be taken into care or placed on a...
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SCIE stakeholder events on improving mental health for children in care
The Social Care Institute for Excellent (SCIE) has been commissioned by the Department of Health to manage a project to improve the experiences of loo...
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Robust evidence needed of improvements in CSE support in care homes
A Department for Education report into how well supported children in care homes who are affected by child sexual exploitation (CSE) are has found tha...
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Number of children being adopted continues to decline
Latest government figures have shown that the number of children being adopted is continuing to fall. The ‘Adoption Leadership Board’ shows that t...
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Autism report calls for better transition between child and adult services
The National Autism Project has published a report, The Autism Dividend, on how best to address the needs of autistic people in the UK. It in...
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Number of care applications decreases but the annual demand still high
The number of care applications made by councils fell by 3% compared with those made in December 2015 – the first time in over two years that there ...
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Serious Case Review find ‘corners were cut’ in case of Child L
A restructure of children’s services meant that ‘corners were cut’ and agencies failed to properly investigate the case of Child L, according to...
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Alarming number of trafficked children going missing from care
A report from ECPAT UK and Missing People has found that an alarming number of trafficked and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are going missing ...
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