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Thousands of children missing out on early social care help

A charity has revealed there were at least 320,000 missed opportunities to provide early help to children who were then re-referred to social care within 12 months. Data taken from 2015/16 to 2019/20 showed this would have impacted an estimated 64,...

28 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Life

Foster Care Fortnight: An expert foster carer reveals the highs and lows of fostering

More than 70,000 children live with around 60,000 foster families across the UK and Ireland, and every year thousands of new foster families are needed. Those families give children and young people the homes they desperately need, for both short ...

06 May 2022 at 10:55

Social care system ‘unfit for purpose’, says former children’s commissioner

The social care system is not fit for purpose and is “handing some children over” to criminal gangs, a report has found. The report from the Commission on Young Lives found the children’s care system is taking teenagers into care to safeguard ...

29 Dec 2021 at 02:55

Scotland

Approved foster carer numbers down and fewer children adopted, figures show

The number of foster carers in Scotland has fallen, figures show. The fostering and adoption statistical report for 2021-22 from the Care Inspectorate shows there were 3,415 approved foster care households in December 2021 – down 3.5% on the ...

23 Nov 2022 at 14:03

Local News

A total of 226 children were in care in Donegal at the end of last year

A total of 226 children were in care in Donegal at the end of last year, according to Tulsa, the State’s dedicated Child and Family Agency responsible for improving wellbeing and outcomes for children It has now emerged that there has been ...

21 Jun 2022 at 11:33

Children in care being moved miles from their local area, charity warns

Efforts must be made to stop children being placed in care far from their local communities, a charity has urged after data suggested many are ending up miles away. Children in care in England are, on average, placed more than 18 miles ...

25 Apr 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Abuse inquiry ‘initially hampered by unwillingness to acknowledge problem’

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry was initially hampered by an unwillingness to acknowledge structural abuse, it has been told. Professor Kenneth Norrie, an expert in law from Strathclyde University, wrote a report which was used as ...

20 Sept 2023 at 17:29

‘Councils in doom-spiral of unsustainable spending on children’s services’

Councils in England are in a “worsening doom-spiral of unsustainable spending” when it comes to children’s social care, according to a new report. Millions more has been spent on children’s services in recent years but much is ...

14 Sept 2023 at 00:01

Number of lone child asylum seekers in England rises by almost a third in a year

The number of lone child asylum seekers in England has risen by almost a third in a year, according to the latest figures. There were 7,290 looked-after children as of the end of March who were unaccompanied child asylum ...

16 Nov 2023 at 12:15

County councils ‘running out of road’ to stop insolvency due to £4bn funding gap

England’s largest councils are “running out of road” with almost half saying they are unsure if they can balance their budgets next year. The County Councils Network (CCN) warned on Wednesday that England’s 41 county ...

01 Nov 2023 at 10:23

Kildare Live

Kildare-based university scholar wins award for research on children and young people in care

A researcher at Maynooth University has won an award for her research on children and young people in care. Maynooth University said that it wished to congratulate PhD scholar Tara Ćirić, who won the Irish Research ...

18 Dec 2023 at 16:33

Kildare Now

Kildare-based university scholar wins award for research on children and young people in care

18 Dec 2023 at 17:33

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