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De Souza is consulting with care-experienced people on protected characteristics for care leavers. Picture: Children's Commissioner for England

News 27 July 2023

Children’s commissioner consults on making care experience a protected characteristic

Four in 10 social workers describe their workloads as unmanageable. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 26 July 2023

Workforce pressures risk pushing council social workers to agencies, research warns

Health assessments provide an opportunity to listen. Picture: Viacheslav Yakobchuk/Adobe Stock

Features 25 July 2023

Legal Update: Keeping children in care safe

Carer’s leave should apply to all carers in a household. Picture: Tatsiana/Adobe Stock

Features 25 July 2023

Legal Update: The Carer’s Leave Act 2023

Geraldine Roseberry: “My family has extended tremendously as my young people have grown and had families of their own, some of whom I have been given the privilege of being ‘Nan’ to”

Best Practice 25 July 2023

How I Got Here: Geraldine Roseberry, foster carer

Positive relationship networks with adults can reduce homelessness risk among care leavers by 10 per cent. Picture: Seventyfour/Adobe Stock

News 25 July 2023

Positive relationships reduce homelessness among care leavers, study finds

Naomi Delap: 'Compassionate, trauma-informed and fair treatment can mitigate risks for mothers and babies'

Opinion 20 July 2023

Protect women in pre-birth care proceedings

Families were evacutated from Afghanistan to the UK early last year. Picture: MOD

News 19 July 2023

Afghan families living in Home Office hotels served notice by government

Viewing AI images increases the risk of people moving on to abuse children, the NCA warns. Picture: Fotomaximum/Adobe Stock

News 19 July 2023

AI could increase incidents of child sexual abuse

Nearly a third of young carers said they felt lonely for most of the summer. Picture: kegfire/Adobe Stock

News 18 July 2023

Most young carers suffer from loneliness during the summer break

Nicole Jacobs: 'Many people going through the court are fearful that their best interests aren’t being considered'. Picture: Ballard

News 18 July 2023

Domestic abuse commissioner urges greater support for children in family court

Among recommended changes is to relax planning procedure to allow family homes to be converted into children’s homes. Picture: Halfpoint/Adobe Stock

News 12 July 2023

Call to tackle 'discrimination' in children’s homes planning process

Johnny Mercer will work to implement improvement for care leavers. Picture: UK Parliament

News 12 July 2023

Johnny Mercer named cross-government lead for care leavers

John Pearce is director of children's services at Durham County Council. Picture: ADCS

News 10 July 2023

Lack of provider engagement ‘led to collapse of regional procurement framework’

Supported settings will be inspected from April next year. Picture: Martinan/Adobe Stock

News 10 July 2023

Ofsted launches consultation on supported accommodation inspections