Adoption Consultation Government Interventional 
Community Care
JANUARY 26, 2022
It hasappointed consultant Peter Dwyer, a former director, as a commissioner to oversee improvements. Currently, children’s social care services are run outside of council control in 11 of the 152 English council areas, either because of voluntary decisions by councils or through government imposition.
Community Care
APRIL 17, 2024
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. He was one of those children whose lives were transformed by a social worker.
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Community Care
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
At the same time, the Local Government Association released research showing authorities as a whole were on course to exceed their approximately £4.7bn care placement budgets by £680m (14%), following a similar overspend last year. Inflation on supplies and salaries have been significant.
Community Care
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Under section 22C of the Children Act 1989, councils should prioritise these placements over all others for children in care, where adoption is not being considered. “This isn’t inevitable, but it demands action, leadership and funding from government. ” . ”
Community Care
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
This would be backed by government funding to finance support services for families identified in the plan. A one-month consultation on its proposals closes tomorrow (30 November), with the group then intending to draw up revised best practice guidance for immediate implementation, potentially ahead of longer-term reforms to the order.
MQ Mental Health
JUNE 29, 2023
This review also discusses the impact of economic crises on mental health, underlying factors, and promising intervention targets at individual, community, and societal levels. The consultations were carried out through group interviews to discuss, refine, and enrich the recommendations developed from the literature review.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
MARCH 27, 2022
Unfortunately, Maine’s equivalent of the federal Government Accountability Office, the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability (OPEGA) did indeed fall for it in a report released last week. As the state data tables available here show, in Maine entries into foster care skyrocketed more than 50% between 2017 and 2019.
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