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Best Practice 30 August 2024

International Focus: Care-experience fellowship

MPs claim children are being taught 'age-inappropriate' RSHE content. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

News 29 August 2024

Cost-of-living crisis impacting children’s wellbeing, research finds

Financial and recruitment pressures are leading to a crisis for children in residential care. Picture: insta_photos/Adobe Stock

News 28 August 2024

Councils opened more than 100 new children’s homes last year, Ofsted figures show

Wider societal barriers are preventing younger people from becoming foster carers

Analysis 28 August 2024

Increasing foster carer numbers

Analysis 28 August 2024

Police forces struggle to tackle child sexual exploitation cases

Multi-agency working is key to spotting risk factors for children and young people

Analysis 28 August 2024

Joint work ‘key to safeguarding’ in CSE cases

Features 28 August 2024

Interview: Lucy Peake, chief executive, Kinship

Features 27 August 2024

Guide to Qualifications and Training 2024/25: Social Work

One in 10 calls received by the NSPCC Helpline about physical punishment were from children. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 27 August 2024

NSPCC calls for greater legal protection for children against physical punishment

Devon County Council apologised for the poor standard of support offered to the boy. Picture: Devon council

News 22 August 2024

Council’s ‘unfathomable’ indecision left teenager with autism facing homelessness

Leicester City Council officials joined staff from Scope Construction at the ground breaking ceremony. Picture: Leicester council

News 22 August 2024

Work starts on Leicester council's new children's home

Donna Ohdeda is an independent reviewer and child safeguarding specialist

Blogs 22 August 2024

Children are being failed by current strip search system

A survey of kinship carers found half of the children they look after have mental health problems. Picture: AdobeStock

News 21 August 2024

Kinship care children ‘overlooked and ignored’ for trauma support

Hackney deputy mayor Anntoinette Bramble said she was pleased with inspectors' recognition of anti-racist practice. Picture: Hackney Council

News 21 August 2024

Hackney overcomes cyber attack and Child Q scandal to receive ‘good’ rating

Sacks-Jones: 'All children in care need a safe and suitable home in the right area.' Picture: Jacobs Sacks Jones

News 15 August 2024

One in five children in care placed far from home, charity warns