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The government should encourage voluntary organisations to open children's homes, leaders say. Picture: Martinan/Adobe Stock

News 31 May 2023

Research links increase in outsourcing residential child care to placement instability

Xorin is one of the teenagers featured on the show. Picture: Richard Ansett/Channel 4

News 31 May 2023

Council sees social work recruitment boost after Channel 4 documentary airs

Experienced social workers can be offered as much as £8,000 to take permanent roles. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 30 May 2023

Local authorities introduce ‘welcome payments’ in agency recruitment battle

Last year there were fewer children and family social worker starters than leavers. Picture: Andreaobzerova/Adobe Stock

Analysis 30 May 2023

Councils turn to ‘golden hellos' to solve social worker shortage

Remuneration must be part of a wider package of training and support for staff. Picture: fizkes/Adobe Stock

Analysis 30 May 2023

Factors behind social work staff retention

The search for better value has seen more children placed in homes miles away from their local communities. Picture: Tomsickova/Adobe Stock

Other 30 May 2023

Commissioning Children’s Social Care: Key policy developments

Gloucestershire created services to accommodate young people’s complex needs. Picture: Zamrznuti tonovi/Adobe Stock

Best Practice 30 May 2023

Trauma-informed commissioning delivers savings

Profiles created with each child captures their wishes for a personal care pathway. Picture: yavdat/Adobe Stock

Best Practice 30 May 2023

Step-down service improves placement stability

A legal definition could give clarity to kinship carers. Picture: Svitlana/Adobe Stock

Features 30 May 2023

Legal Update: Kinship care arrangements

Ofsted’s latest inspection found Hull’s comprehensive improvement plan delivered better services and outcomes for children. Picture: Andy/Adobe Stock

Best Practice 30 May 2023

Local Spotlight: Hull City Council

Mary Jackson is chief executive of Frontline

News 30 May 2023

Frontline awarded £61m government contract to train child protection social workers

Dame Rachel de Souza: 'No child should be able to access or watch pornography'. Picture: Office of the children's commissioner for England

News 25 May 2023

Children’s commissioner threatens legal action over government’s asylum plans

Baroness Morris of Yardley: 'Unless the proposals go further and faster, the strategy will leave many children behind.' Picture: UK Parliament

News 25 May 2023

Peers brand government’s Care Review response a ‘wasted opportunity’

More than a thousand looked-after children are missing from education, report warns. Picture: fotoduets/Adobe Stock

News 25 May 2023

Hundreds of children in care missing from school, de Souza warns

Mark Russell is chief executive of The Children's Society

Opinion 25 May 2023

Asylum reforms are a gamble with young lives