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Gatherings hosted by hub carers allow the foster families and social workers in the constellation to get to know one another. Picture: JackF/Adobe Stock

Best Practice 1 February 2022

Mockingbird grows as foster carers value ‘extended family’ support network

‘Out There’ is about the positive difference fostering can make to everyone involved

Best Practice 1 February 2022

West Midlands councils’ films change script on fostering

Ofsted has flagged up inconsistencies in the way SEND is identified, meaning some children miss out on vital early support. Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

Features 1 February 2022

Local area SEND inspections

Contraception was among the most discussed topics during relationships and sex education

Research 1 February 2022

Experiences of Relationships and Sex Education and Sexual Risk Taking

Illustration: iconicbestiary/Adobe Stock

Funding 1 February 2022

Tesco Community Grant

Information on how many applications are heard without the local authority being served is hard to come by. Picture: alfa27/Adobe Stock

Features 1 February 2022

Legal Update: Discharge of SGOs

Theresa Leavy says the county has a complex make up, combining rural areas, coastal communities and pockets of deep poverty. Picture: Patryk Kosmider /Adobe Stock

Best Practice 1 February 2022

Local Spotlight: Dorset Council

Support from the University of Sunderland’s We Care Team can be personalised to the unique requirements of every student

Best Practice 1 February 2022

Care-experienced students get bespoke support

Sammi Roberts: “With my work, you just never know where it will take you, and I love that”

Best Practice 1 February 2022

How I Got Here: Sammi Roberts, missing children’s case worker, Catch22

Care-experienced young people Lucy James and Sam Porter were co-hosts of the Culture Cares Conference

Best Practice 1 February 2022

Culture conference explores benefits of arts for care-experienced young people

More than 6,000 teenagers are living in unregulated accommodation, according to government figures. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 1 February 2022

#KeepCaringto18: Campaign for outright ban on unregulated accommodation heads to Downing Street

Waiting lists will be removed for uniformed youth groups under new plans. Picture: Scouts

News 1 February 2022

DCMS publishes further details of youth services support package

Ministers are encouraging more primary schools to take up the scheme. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 31 January 2022

Most schools and colleges offer free period products to students

Stoke-on-Trent's children's services were rated "inadequate" in 2019. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 31 January 2022

‘Discernible’ progress at Stoke children’s services, Ofsted says

The majority of children held on remand last year were acquitted, figures show. PIcture; Adobe Stock

News 28 January 2022

Most children held on remand do not receive custodial sentences, figures show