Derren Hayes

Derren Hayes

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Independent fostering agencies have reported more referrals of children aged under-five in the past year. Picture: Morguefile
News

Independent agencies report rise in complexity of foster children's needs

Social Care
PAC chair Meg Hillier: 'Vulnerable young people are being treated as an afterthought'. Picture: Parliament TV
News

Parliamentary committee criticises government inaction on tackling disproportionality in youth custody

Youth Justice
News

In the new edition of CYP Now: Care reforms, evaluating impact, police commissioners

Children's Services
The DfE has pledged to introduce a new framework for children’s social care including a dashboard to measure key outcomes. Picture: Вадим Каштанов/Adobe Stock
Analysis

Care Review response: funding fails to match scale of reforms

Social Care
The government hopes a regional model will increase the availability of care places. Picture: Fizkes/Adobe Stock
Analysis

Conflicted over commissioning

Social Care
ACRS and ARAP arrivals are eligible for a package of support, including language help. Picture: Pressmaster/Adobe Stock
Analysis

Councils deliver support for child migrants as they adapt to UK life

Social Care
Research found that families who electively home educate felt socially isolated. Picture: Xavier Lorenzo/Adobe Stock
Best Practice

Careers service assesses needs of home-educated children

Education
Illustration: avelksndr/Adobe Stock
Funding

Cost of Living Fund

Management
A high turnover of social workers has been identified as a continuing problem for the Greater Manchester borough of Bury. Picture: ReayWorld/Adobe Stock
Best Practice

Local Spotlight: Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

Children's Services
Derren Hayes: “Enhancing the working conditions of children’s social workers must be central to the government’s reform agenda”
Opinion

Workforce shortage is threat to care reforms

Children's Services
David Simmonds is the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on migration. Picture: UK Parliament
News

David Simmonds calls for creation of asylum seeker visa

Social Care
Under DfE proposals, employing whole teams of agency social workers would be banned. Photo: Micromonkey/Adobe Stock
News

Care Review response: Role of social worker agencies to be curtailed

Social Care