Children’s Services

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Guidance on social work and guardian collaboration

The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) and Cafcass have published a new agreement on how local authority social workers and fami...
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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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Review of children’s residential care

Sir Martin Narey’s independent review of children’s residential care in England has been published by the Department for Education. It looks at th...
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Supporting young people leaving care

The Government has published a strategy on how it aims to improve services, support and advice for young people leaving care. It sets out a vision for...
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Improving the quality and use of serious case reviews

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) and the Social Care Institute for Excellent (SCIE) have published a series of r...
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Protecting young runaways

The Children’s Society has produced resources focused on vulnerable young people who go missing. They include materials around what to do when a chi...