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High Court ruling highlights flaws in migrant transfer scheme, council says

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

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The government's method for evaluating its national dispersal scheme for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children is “skewed” and “does not represent reality”, says Kent County Council following a High Court ruling around the treatment of vulnerable young people arriving in the UK.

West Midlands hosts care-experienced football tournament

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

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Warwickshire Legends were victorious in the annual West Midlands Care Leavers Championship, which brought together care-experienced football players from local authorities in the region.

King’s Birthday Honours: Surrey DCS recognised for services to children’s social care

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

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Surrey’s director of children’s services Rachael Wardell has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours.

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

Friday, June 14, 2024

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The three main parties have published policy pledges in a bid to win the general election on 4 July.

Third of parents at risk of having babies taken into care have learning difficulties, research finds

Thursday, June 13, 2024

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One in three parents at risk of having their baby taken into care have a learning disability or difficulty, analysis of 200 care proceedings has found.

Benefit rules locking 19,000 young carers out of financial help, charity warns

Thursday, June 13, 2024

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A charity is calling for an overhaul of benefit rules which are forcing thousands of young carers to choose between their education and receiving financial help.

Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

Thursday, June 13, 2024

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Reducing child poverty, investing in school-based careers and mental health support for young people and giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote are among the Labour Party’s pledges in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

Children's services leaders question plans to refer child strip search cases

Thursday, June 13, 2024

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Children’s services leaders have questioned Home Office plans for the police to make a referral to children’s social care every time they perform an intimate search of a child.

General Election 2024: Key manifesto pledges for children’s social care

Thursday, June 13, 2024

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Local authority leaders and children’s sector organisations have pleaded with whoever forms the next government to properly invest in children’s social care services.

Project for adults with learning disabilities to be extended to care leavers

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

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A social care service that offers foster care support to adults with learning disabilities is being made available to care leavers.

Conservative Party manifesto: restrictions on children's social media access among raft of pledges

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

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Creating more residential care places, restricting children’s access to social media and boosting post-16 vocational training opportunities are some of the key policies affecting children and young people in the Conservative Party’s general election manifesto.

Liberal Democrats pledge investment in disadvantaged children's education

Monday, June 10, 2024

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The Liberal Democrats have pledged a series of policies to narrow the attainment gap for disadvantaged children and boost educational opportunities for young people in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

Significant increase in children living with vulnerabilities, DfE figures reveal

Friday, June 7, 2024

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There has been an 82% increase in council funded alternative provision (AP) placements for children not in mainstream school and a 15.4% rise in free school meal (FSM) eligibility since 2018/19, government figures show.

Children’s services pressures driving £6.2bn funding gap, LGA warns

Friday, June 7, 2024

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Local authorities face a £6.2 billion funding gap over the next two years due in part to rising pressures on children’s services, new research from the Local Government Association (LGA) reveals.

Children’s minister unable to confirm child benefit allowance levels

Friday, June 7, 2024

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Children’s minister David Johnston has come under fire after struggling to confirm the current child benefit allowance.

Young people urge next government to back ‘urgent' social care reforms

Thursday, June 6, 2024

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A group of more than 70 children in care and care leavers have written an open letter to the leaders of all political parties ahead of July’s general election calling on them to back reform of the care system.

Councils cannot refuse responsibility for lone migrant children, High Court rules

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

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Local authorities cannot legally refuse responsibility for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children arriving in their area on the grounds that they cannot safely accommodate them, a High Court judge has ruled.

‘Undervalued’ foster carers consider quitting role, survey warns

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

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Three quarters of foster carers say feeling undervalued in their role is forcing them to consider resignation, according to a major new study.

The Big Debate: Can regional care co-operatives solve the placement shortage?

Saturday, June 1, 2024

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The government plans to create regional commissioning bodies made up of groups of councils to make care placement finding more efficient. However, experts warn the approach has been tried before with mixed results.

Council offers ‘best foster care recruitment package in London’

Thursday, May 30, 2024

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A London council is offering potential foster carers the equivalent of a £72,000 annual salary in a bid to increase placements in the borough.

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