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Analysis 1 February 2022

Incentive payments: sector split over ethics and effectiveness

“If there are ‘scientific methods’ of ascertaining age, then surely we should be using them”

Opinion 1 February 2022

Asylum age assessments are unethical

Derren Hayes: “Mockingbird highlights the value of councils constructing a network of foster carers who offer help, advice and a shared sense of caring for each other”

Opinion 1 February 2022

Range of measures can fix foster carer shortage

Andrew Webb is independent chair of the Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies

Opinion 1 February 2022

Child deaths highlight the case for doing better

Finding the right foster carer in the right place geographically to meet a child’s needs is likely to remain a challenge for some time. Picture: Halfpoint/Adobe Stock

Features 1 February 2022

Foster Care: Special Report

Research found most council staff considered long-term foster care a positive permanence option. Picture:

Other 1 February 2022

Foster care: policy context

Previous research has shown that successful long-term foster carers can provide a secure base for young people into adulthood. Picture: highwaystarz/Adobe Stock

Research 1 February 2022

The right decisions for children in long-term foster care

Children and young people want to be part of the match decision-making process. Picture: Kaikoro/Adobe Stock

Research 1 February 2022

Matching in foster care and how we can improve it

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

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

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

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

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

Guidance has been updated due to the rise in cases of Omicron reported in the UK. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 27 January 2022

Latest Covid-19 guidance for children’s social care, education, early years and youth work providers