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Social Workers on the witness stand

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 28, 2017
    • | CYP Now
Giving evidence in court can be a daunting experience for social workers. Eileen Fursland looks at the challenges and sees first-hand the training on offer.

Major £400m fostering services merger faces probe

    News
  • Monday, February 6, 2017
    • | CYP Now
A merger between two private firms that are among the largest providers of foster placement services to councils in England, Scotland and Wales, is to be subject to an in-depth investigation amid concerns it has created a monopoly.

The Social Care Academy

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 31, 2017
    • | CYP Now
Vacancy rates and staff turnover have plummeted in Essex since the opening of its children's social work training academy. Charlotte Goddard asks those behind the initiative how it has been achieved.

Adoption support cap to remain until 2018

    News
  • Thursday, January 26, 2017
    • | CYP Now
Limits to the amount of money families with adopted children can claim for therapeutic support will remain in place until at least 2018 it has been announced.

Foster care focus for child asylum strategy

    News
  • Wednesday, November 2, 2016
    • | CYP Now
Plans to boost the number of foster carers for refugee and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children will be set out in a government safeguarding strategy, it has been announced.

Ripe for reform

    Features
  • Tuesday, October 25, 2016
    • | CYP Now
With government pledging to undertake a 'national stocktake' of foster care and MPs conducting their own inquiry, Joe Lepper asks what measures would improve quality of care and outcomes for children.

DfE suggests 'exemption' from foster carer assessments

    News
  • Monday, October 17, 2016
    • | CYP Now
Councils could use controversial new powers allowing them to be exempted from children's social care legislation in order to streamline checks on potential foster carers, the Department for Education has suggested.

DfE places emergency limits on adoption support

    News
  • Thursday, October 6, 2016
    • | CYP Now
The amount of money families with adopted children will be able to claim for therapeutic support is being capped with immediate effect due to unexpected levels of demand, the Department for Education (DfE) has said.

Peers slam 'rag-tag' social work plans

    News
  • Thursday, June 16, 2016
    • | CYP Now
Peers have branded proposed government reforms of children's social work and safeguarding services a "rag tag" set of plans that is so vague that it treats Parliament with contempt.

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