Social Care
Latest news, analysis and opinion covering children in care, child protection, safeguarding and all aspects of child social care policy and practice.
Social Care In Depth
Failure to protect migrant children
The UK Border Agency continues to prioritise immigration control over the rights of children, says Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre
Border staff urged to protect children first
Child E's story is just one of those documented in the Office of the Children's Commissioner's Landing in Dover report published last month.
The cost of turning around the lives of 120,000 troubled families
The government has set its sights on targeting the 120,000 most "troubled" families - those with neither parent in work, poor housing, a low income, no qualifications, mental health problems, a longstanding illness, disability or infirmity.
Careers: Family court adviser
A rise in care applications has led to greater demand for family court advisers, finds Charlotte Goddard.
Good practice case studies
Good Practice: How Harrow's partnership with Coram is boosting its adoption success rate
Harrow Council's Adoption Service now has a 100 per cent success rate in finding adoptive parents for children with adoption plans
Latest Social Care News
- Social impact bonds to fund intensive therapy in Essex
- Children lack awareness of cyberbullying and its impact
- Munro takes up College of Social Work role
- Cafcass to transfer to the Ministry of Justice
- Ministers consider legislation on shared parenting
- BBC social work film prompts calls for early police support
- Adoption service inspections not tough enough, Ofsted concedes
- Social workers lack time to work with children
- BBC documentary exposes poor support for struggling parents, claims charity
- College of Social Work sets out its stall at inaugural event
Social Care Comment
Additional Information
Latest jobs Jobs web feed
- Contract and Performance Manager Woking YMCA £27,000 per annum pro rata, Woking with travel across Surrey
- Senior Practitioner 1625 Independent People Qualified: £26,276 - £28,636, Bristol and surrounding area
- 3 Project Workers (Mental Health, Accommodation, Learning and Work) 1625 Independent People Various £21,519 and £27,852, Bristol and surrounding area
- Macmillan Family Worker Jigsaw4U Band 5 A4C, Guildford + travel across Surrey
- Senior Macmillan Project Co-ordinator Jigsaw4U Salary scale band 6A4C, Guilford + travel across surrey
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- BBC social work film prompts calls for early police support
- Young people laud benefits of mentor experience
- YMCA hostel closure to leave 250 young people without housing
- Government urged to address disparate uptake of free childcare
- Social workers lack time to work with children
- Adoption service inspections not tough enough, Ofsted concedes
Most commented
- BBC social work film prompts calls for early police support
- Political parties urged to back loan scheme for childcare
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