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- Management | Commissioning | Social Care | Residential Children's Care | Foster Care
Andrew Rome, director of Revolution Consulting, which...
What are the main challenges in recruiting foster carers, and how are carers best supported to ensure stable placements and good outcomes for children? See our archive of case studies, features and research.
Andrew Rome, director of Revolution Consulting, which...
Ellen Broome, managing director of CoramBAAF, explains how...
Augusta Itua, legal consultant at CoramBAAF, assesses the...
Government plans in the wake of the Care Review aim to...
CYP Now hosts an expert panel to discuss whether government...
Legal expert Léonie Cowen gives advice on how councils can...
Consortium of 16 councils develop new framework to boost the...
Recommendations in the Care Review aim to improve...
To mark the third anniversary of the Care Experienced...
While the number of fostering households has gone up, the...
Alexandra Conroy Harris, legal consultant at CoramBAAF, on...
A nationwide shortage of foster carers was exacerbated by...
Commissioners of children's services are key to ensuring...
Foster carer and Oxfordshire County Council fostering...
Pilot project attempts to give care providers an equal say...
Midlands councils work with independent fostering provider...
Experts highlight the review of residential care, social...
Adverse childhood experiences can have far-reaching negative...
Adoption and fostering charity CoramBAAF celebrated its 40th...
Children’s services and courts face serious challenges when...
With rises in children coming into care and reporting mental...
It is time for councils to create a level playing field...
Children’s services commissioners need to take into account...
Commissioners play a pivotal role in ensuring vulnerable...
The review of foster care by Sir Martin Narey and Mark Owers...
The number of local authority foster placements rose last...
A recent finding of the Local Government and Social Care...
Reports of a child being placed with "inappropriate" foster...
What the act means for everyday practice across the...
How England's largest authority is using online and...
How a resource analysing education progress for looked-after...
Review assesses the evidence on the impact of abuse on...
In July 2016, the government announced it was to embark on a...
Emily Rogers looks at some innovative methods to raise the...
As the number of children in care reaches record levels, Joe...
With government pledging to undertake a 'national stocktake'...
Local authorities are increasing their use of independent...
Three out of four children in care are fostered, but the...
Creative Life Story Work sees care-experienced children work...
Geraldine Roseberry reflects on 25 years as a foster carer.
Struggling council transforms how it commissions placements...
Councils collaborate to optimise the commissioning of...
In-depth assessments identify ways to support young people...
Specialist team at East Anglian council works with foster...
A regional initiative that aims to boost foster carer...
A pioneering programme that nurtures relationships between...
Laurelle Brown visited Sweden in 2018 to assess how child...
Virtual reality technology used to improve understanding of...
Coram's Fostering Activity Days help prospective foster...
Councils and independent providers in southern England...
Digital Life Stories project sees young people collaborate...
Detailed searches are carried out to identify extended...
Head, Heart, Hands was a UK-wide, three-year programme that...
Keep is a training programme that has been delivered to more...
Aims to improve fostered children's placement stability and...
Involves a "hub home carer" offering peer support, respite...
Amid the multitude of challenges in working with children in...
How neural frameworks that usually develop in young children...
Following uncertainty by children's services into whether...
This study by researchers from the University of Bristol set...
This report provides analysis of all up-to-date local...
Local authorities in England spend more than £2bn a year...
OOC is a research charity, founded to improve outcomes for...
OOC is a research charity, founded to improve outcomes for...
This study provides summary findings from a preliminary...
This study conducted a systematic review of information and...
This project, led by the University of Kent, brought...
This study is the first UK evaluation of specialist foster...
This paper reports findings from a study on the effects of...
This research examined how support care is provided and the...
Research into whether the locus of control of children in...
Academics from the universities of Coventry, Sheffield,...
This paper explores the views of parents and carers involved...
This paper qualitatively analyses children and young...
This paper examines the issue of ethnicity in the context of...
Factors associated with the breakdown of long-term foster...
This longitudinal study examines one of the most critical...
The impact of Match Foster Care's pilot project to improve...