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‘The power of social work has shaped who I am’ – ADCS’s new care experienced president

Community Care

Smith was taken into care as a baby, spending the first 11 years of his life in a foster home before those same carers adopted him. From the age of seven, up until his adoption, he had the same social worker, with whom he remained in contact into his 20s.

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Significant disparities in council support for kinship carers revealed by survey

Community Care

Hierarchy of support Overall, it found that authorities were most likely to support to family and friends foster carers, followed by carers with a special guardianship order (SGO) for the child and then those with a child arrangements order or residence order (CAO/RO) giving them parental responsibility. ” . ”

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‘Why social work needs to become more skilled in kinship care’

Community Care

There are twice as many children in kinship care in the UK than there are in foster care, yet this type of care remains largely invisible – to the public and policymakers, but often to professionals too. But to achieve this there needs to be a strategic plan to develop properly resourced kinship care services.

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DfE care review response: key points

Community Care

The consultations close on 11 May, 2023. Social worker pay : The DfE has rejected the care review recommendation for national pay scales for social workers on the grounds that this risked destabilising the local government pay system for insufficient benefit. A report proposing reforms to agency social work.

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Myth-making in Maine

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

And, precisely because most cases we think of when we hear the words “child abuse” are nothing like the horror stories and far more like the case of Logan Marr, the data show that, almost always, family preservation is safer than foster care. You can read about those data here and here. See above for the links.) Source: U.S.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending March 1, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

During that period, state, local, federal government and neighbors stepped in. Those words came in a decision reversing a lower court which allowed a Black child to be taken from his loving extended family and placed with white strangers who tried to adopt him. They were less rushed; their kids were less rushed.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, weeks ending May 23, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The timing can leave parents reeling and unable to contact government offices with questions or objections: If ACS conducts a removal on a Friday night, for example, a judge will not review it until Monday. And see also this story from Searchlight New Mexico, which focuses on a Native American child adopted by a well-meaning white couple.