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Foster Care

Children could be lacking support in private fostering. Picture: Hanna/Adobe Stock

Features 3 January 2024

Promoting private fostering

Successful providers have developed substantial assets, including deep knowledge in meeting children’s needs. Picture: Micah C/peopleimages.com/Adobe Stock

Features 28 November 2023

Trends in care commissioning

Cambridge City Council is one of 55 local authorities that voted to make care experience a protected characteristic. Picture: Alexey Fedorenko/Adobe Stock

Features 24 October 2023

Legal Update: Care – A protected characteristic?

No regulation mandates diaries be kept. Picture: Sata Production/Adobe Stock

Analysis 26 September 2023

Time to scrap the requirement of foster carers to keep diaries

All About Me sessions take a therapeutic approach in helping children create art as a way of documenting their experiences. Picture: Blue Cabin

Best Practice 26 September 2023

How artists help children to explore their life stories

Carer’s leave should apply to all carers in a household. Picture: Tatsiana/Adobe Stock

Features 25 July 2023

Legal Update: The Carer’s Leave Act 2023

Geraldine Roseberry: “My family has extended tremendously as my young people have grown and had families of their own, some of whom I have been given the privilege of being ‘Nan’ to”

Best Practice 25 July 2023

How I Got Here: Geraldine Roseberry, foster carer

Applications made by local authorities were much more likely to be successful than those made by parents. Picture: Prostock Studio/Adobe Stock

Research 27 June 2023

The Discharge of Care Orders: A Study of England and Wales

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

It is hoped a regional approach will make the commissioning process more efficient. Picture: PEOPLEIMAGES.COM/Adobe Stock

Features 30 May 2023

The big debate: Will regional commissioning improve sufficiency and efficiency of places?

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

Close collaboration means councils are able to make better use of their capacity. Picture: Ekkasit A Siam/Adobe Stock

Best Practice 30 May 2023

Regional sufficiency strategy controls costs

Regional care co-operatives will test the commissioning of residential and foster care placements in two areas. Picture: Studio Romantic/Adobe Stock

Features 30 May 2023

Commissioning Children’s Social Care: Special Report

Early permanence gives child and carer an opportunity to establish a relationship. Picture: gpointstudio/Adobe Stock

Analysis 28 March 2023

Establishing early permanence

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