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Calls for nationwide roll-out of foster carer charter

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

| CYP Now

A foster carers’ charter is needed across all children’s social care teams to ensure the role is treated with respect, according to the Fostering Network.

Number of children in care at highest level on record, latest figures show

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Thursday, November 18, 2021

| CYP Now

The number of children in care is at an all-time high, according to latest figures from the Department for Education.

Foster care system ‘reaching breaking point’ as demand outweighs capacity

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Thursday, November 11, 2021

| CYP Now

Despite the number of foster carers in England being at the highest level on record, Ofsted has warned sector demand is outstripping capacity, leaving vulnerable children missing out on care.

CMA report on children’s social care market reveals ‘failing system’

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Friday, October 22, 2021

| CYP Now

An interim report by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into the children’s social care market reveals a “failing system” which sees children “not placed in the right homes while providers make big profits”.

Project to improve sharing of social care data receives £2.8m grant

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

| CYP Now

The Nuffield Foundation has awarded £2.8m to a research project aimed at better understanding the needs and experiences of vulnerable children and families.

Care Review publishes responses to ‘overly critical’ Case for Change

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Wednesday, October 13, 2021

| CYP Now

The Care Review’s Case for Change was viewed as “overly critical” of social workers and local authorities, a summary of responses to the panel’s first report reveals.

Wakefield Council boosts number of foster carers who become adopters

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021

| CYP Now

A council’s children’s services department which was rated “inadequate” by Ofsted in 2018 has achieved the highest rate of foster care to adoption conversions in West Yorkshire.

Tact proposes creation of national care service

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Thursday, September 16, 2021

| CYP Now

Fostering charity Tact is calling on the Care Review to recommend the creation of a national care service.

MPs urge Care Review to recommend increased support for adopted children and families

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Monday, September 13, 2021

| CYP Now

A cross-party group of MPs has called for major changes to the adoption system in the UK including the extension of the Adoption Support Fund ahead of the publication of the Care Review findings.

National Adoption Strategy launches

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Monday, July 26, 2021

| CYP Now

A new National Adoption Strategy will centre around improving recruitment of potential adopters and allowing them to be matched with children from any ethnic group, the government has said.

End profiteering from foster care, campaigners urge

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Thursday, May 13, 2021

| CYP Now

Children’s charities have stepped up their campaign to call for an end to private care companies profiteering from fostering.

Five ways to take part in Foster Care Fortnight

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Friday, May 7, 2021

| CYP Now

Foster carers, professionals and care leavers will tell the world "Why We Care" to mark Foster Care Fortnight which takes place between 10 and 23 May.

West Midlands taskforce aims to find foster families for children in residential care

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

| CYP Now

A regional taskforce in the West Midlands has been created to move vulnerable children in children’s homes into foster care.

Huge spike in number of children needing foster care during pandemic, Barnardo’s warns

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

| CYP Now

A surge in demand for foster care places combined with a drop in potential carers as a result of the coronavirus pandemic is creating a “state of emergency” in the care system, Barnardo’s has warned.

Court criticises council over 'brutal separation' of sisters in care

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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

| CYP Now

A council has been criticised by a judge after two sisters in its care were “brutally separated” when an attempt to find an adopted home for them failed.

Fostering agency apologises over 'insulting' ad campaign that replaced child with mop

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Friday, January 10, 2020

| CYP Now

An advertising campaign aimed at recruiting foster carers by encouraging people to "swap a mop" for a child in care has been taken down after sparking outrage online.

App to help children in care open up to social workers

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Wednesday, April 17, 2019

| CYP Now

Up to 1,000 children in care will be communicating with their social workers through a tailored app by the end of the year, a charity has announced.

Adoption agency closes amid 'reforms disruption'

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Monday, April 8, 2019

| CYP Now

A once "outstanding" adoption agency has closed - citing the government's adoption reform programme among reasons for its demise.

Language guide challenges care system jargon

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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

| CYP Now

"What are peers?", "What are neets?" and "Why do social workers call my home a placement?" are among the questions flagged by young people who helped produce a new publication that challenges jargon used in the care system.

Charity urges providers to commit to Foster Carers' Charter

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Wednesday, February 27, 2019

| CYP Now

A fostering charity is urging providers to sign up to a new charter to improve services for foster carers and the children and young people they care for.

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Calls for nationwide roll-out of foster carer charter

Number of children in care at highest level on record, latest figures show

Foster care system ‘reaching breaking point’ as demand outweighs capacity

CMA report on children’s social care market reveals ‘failing system’

Project to improve sharing of social care data receives £2.8m grant

Care Review publishes responses to ‘overly critical’ Case for Change

Wakefield Council boosts number of foster carers who become adopters

Tact proposes creation of national care service

MPs urge Care Review to recommend increased support for adopted children and families

National Adoption Strategy launches

End profiteering from foster care, campaigners urge

Five ways to take part in Foster Care Fortnight

West Midlands taskforce aims to find foster families for children in residential care

Huge spike in number of children needing foster care during pandemic, Barnardo’s warns

Court criticises council over 'brutal separation' of sisters in care

Fostering agency apologises over 'insulting' ad campaign that replaced child with mop

App to help children in care open up to social workers

Adoption agency closes amid 'reforms disruption'

Language guide challenges care system jargon

Charity urges providers to commit to Foster Carers' Charter

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