Southampton City Council has launched a partnership with 10 other local authorities to reduce the cost of specialist fostering placements and plough the savings back into better services for children...
The use of specialist fostering programmes for young offenders as an alternative to custody can reduce reoffending rates, a study has found.
Care UK, a specialist health and social care provider, has agreed to pay up to 3.6m to buy the Fostering Support Group.
A trade association representing independent and voluntary fostering providers is due to be launched in March.
Fostering Associations from across the UK have formed a national consortium to better coordinate support and guidance for carers.
With record numbers of children entering care and a decline in the number of fostering households, Jo Stephenson looks at the increasing role played by independent fostering agencies in placing...
Private fostering regulations are failing to protect vulnerable children brought to this country from overseas, a charity has warned.
