Previous research has shown that successful long-term foster carers can provide a secure base for young people into adulthood. Picture: highwaystarz/Adobe Stock

The right decisions for children in long-term foster care

Social Care
Children and young people want to be part of the match decision-making process. Picture: Kaikoro/Adobe Stock

Matching in foster care and how we can improve it

Social Care
Gatherings hosted by hub carers allow the foster families and social workers in the constellation to get to know one another. Picture: JackF/Adobe Stock

Mockingbird grows as foster carers value ‘extended family’ support network

Foster Care
‘Out There’ is about the positive difference fostering can make to everyone involved

West Midlands councils’ films change script on fostering

Social Care
Ofsted has flagged up inconsistencies in the way SEND is identified, meaning some children miss out on vital early support. Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

Local area SEND inspections

Education
Contraception was among the most discussed topics during relationships and sex education

Experiences of Relationships and Sex Education and Sexual Risk Taking

Education
Illustration: iconicbestiary/Adobe Stock

Tesco Community Grant

Management
Information on how many applications are heard without the local authority being served is hard to come by. Picture: alfa27/Adobe Stock

Legal Update: Discharge of SGOs

Children's rights
Theresa Leavy says the county has a complex make up, combining rural areas, coastal communities and pockets of deep poverty. Picture: Patryk Kosmider /Adobe Stock

Local Spotlight: Dorset Council

Children's Services
Support from the University of Sunderland’s We Care Team can be personalised to the unique requirements of every student

Care-experienced students get bespoke support

Education
Sammi Roberts: “With my work, you just never know where it will take you, and I love that”

How I Got Here: Sammi Roberts, missing children’s case worker, Catch22

Social Care
Care-experienced young people Lucy James and Sam Porter were co-hosts of the Culture Cares Conference

Culture conference explores benefits of arts for care-experienced young people

Youth Work