Questions are ongoing even after an evidence session with children's minister Nadhim Zahawi, held earlier this month by the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, which today published...
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New learning resources released focusing on neglect, safeguarding and exploitation, and working with recurrent care-experienced mothers.
Shadow minister for voter engagement and youth affairs Cat Smith said the loss of youth work in communities has had a "devastating impact on young lives" resulting in chronic levels of loneliness, mental...
Up to 40 new areas will benefit from the programme, Supporting Families; Investing in Practice, which offers innovative approaches to helping families affected by issues such as domestic violence, substance...
Jacky Tiotto, who was previously the director of social care inspection development at Ofsted, will join Cafcass in Autumn this year.
Cafcass said Tiotto, who has previously been a columnist for CYPNow,...
In his damning report on extreme poverty and human rights, leading UN poverty expert Philip Alston, describes the already bleak life prospects of millions of children and families as a "social calamity"....
In his damning report on extreme poverty and human rights, leading UN poverty expert Philip Alston, describes the already bleak life prospects of millions of children and families as a "social calamity"....
The claim is made by wellbeing charity Nurture UK, which commissioned research with more than 6,800 children in 25 primary schools in England.
Its report, Now You See Us, published today, claims that...
The local branch of Unite claimed that council chiefs have sought to blame social workers and managers for the problems that led to the damning Ofsted report, published this month, which found leaders...
The Integrated Communities Innovation Fund, aims to bring together people across different backgrounds, to help them to benefit from "full participation in society", according to the Ministry of Housing,...