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Family group conferences involve family and friends of children at risk of being taken into care. Picture: Fizkes/AdobeStock

News 14 June 2023

Family group conferences could keep 2,000 children a year out of care, study concludes

The legal dispute was launched after 66 children were reported missing from a Home Office hotel in Brighton and Hove. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 12 June 2023

Councils responsible for unaccompanied children in Home Office hotels, judge rules

Johnson said she hopes a policy change would help people understand the additional challenges faced by care-experienced people. Picture: Elle Johnson

News 12 June 2023

Tackle stereotypes by making care experience a protected characteristic, campaigner urges

ECPAT UK has branded the practice of housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Home Office hotels as 'unlawful'. Picture: Yekaterina/Adobe Stock

News 12 June 2023

Charity launches legal action over children placed in ‘unlawful’ asylum hotels

Plymouth DCS Sharon Muldoon said she is proud of what the department has achieved during her year in post. Picture: Sharon Muldoon/Plymouth City Council

News 9 June 2023

DCS to step down after just a year in post

The provider says it has 'stepped back' from engagement with the inspectorate. Picture: Phil Adams

News 8 June 2023

Children’s homes provider tells staff to 'disengage' with Ofsted inspectors

The review finds evidence of a breakdown in information sharing by partner agencies. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 8 June 2023

Breakdown in multi-agency risk intelligence criticised in review of teenager's death

Geraldine and her former foster child Emma still meet every week. Picture: Geraldine Roseberry

Features 7 June 2023

Experienced foster carer urges others to consider role amid placement shortage

Around one in seven children living in poverty are from working households, research finds. Picture: Christine Radnich/Adobe Stock

News 6 June 2023

One in three children in poverty post-pandemic

Dr Jo Casebourne is chief executive of Foundations. Picture: EIF

News 6 June 2023

What Works for Children’s Social Care and EIF merger launches

Liverpool City Council's children's services have been rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 2 June 2023

Liverpool Council vows to improve children’s services after ‘inadequate’ rating

News 2 June 2023

Care system 'failing' children by moving them miles from home, campaigner warns

Only one in six social work students currently benefit from a bursary, the letter says. Picture: Katernya/Adobe Stock

News 1 June 2023

Ministers urged to reform bursaries for social work students

Chief social worker for children and families Isabelle Trowler is on the panel. Picture: Isabelle Trowler

News 1 June 2023

Expert panel to oversee RSHE review announced

The collapse calls into question government plans for regional care co-operatives, experts say. Picture: Hero Images/Adobe Stock

News 1 June 2023

North East regional procurement framework for residential care collapses