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Resources are available for adults supporting vulnerable children. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 13 October 2020

Digital service to protect vulnerable children from online abuse launches

Disabled foster carers described being made to feel like 'they had got something wrong'. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 8 October 2020

'Significant cultural change needed' to recruit disabled foster carers

Debbe Jones moves from Tower Hamlets Council. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 8 October 2020

Croydon Council names Debbie Jones as interim DCS

Yvette Stanley: "The number of children’s homes registered is the most that we’ve ever had." Picture: Ofsted

News 7 October 2020

Children's homes registrations nearly double during lockdown

Trainees could support children and young people aged five to 26. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 7 October 2020

Trainee scheme offers career change opportunities to support children in care

The amendment will now return to the House of Commons. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 6 October 2020

Lords defy government in vote over post-Brexit rights for child refugees

Domestic violence figures increased before lockdown, figures show. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 5 October 2020

Care proceedings duration lengthened at height of lockdown, MoJ figures show

The majority of kinship carers say lockdown exacerbated their issues. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 5 October 2020

Lack of kinship support ‘risks more children going into care’

The NSPCC received more than 800 calls about domestic abuse in August alone. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 2 October 2020

Surge in calls to NSPCC’s domestic abuse helpline

Blogs 1 October 2020

Digital access must be seen as a right, not a privilege

Carolyne Willow has won an outstanding leadership award

News 1 October 2020

Article 39 director wins award over campaign to scrap children’s social care exemptions

Many kinship carers report a lack of legal and financial support, the report shows. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 30 September 2020

Kinship care an ‘untapped resource’ for 5,000 looked-after children, MPs find

Most adoptive families say their children have not received the right support at school, according to Adoption UK. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 29 September 2020

Thousands of adoptive children ‘not given adequate support’

Children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield has called for a recovery plan for children. Picture: Alex Deverill

News 29 September 2020

Children’s commissioner: Young people's rights ‘actively downgraded’ during lockdown

Many care leavers have been left without access to a laptop and the internet. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 29 September 2020

Care leavers at risk of 'digital isolation' as Covid-19 restrictions tighten