CoramBAAF has set out its opposition to proposals that could see Clause 15 of the Children and Social Work Bill used to disband adoption and fostering panels and relax the assessment process for children being placed with family and friends foster carers. Details about the proposals are provided in the briefing on the CoramBAAF website. […]
Government Asked to Exclude Care Leavers from Cap on Housing Benefit
The Care Leavers’ Association is calling on the Government to ensure that young care leavers living in supported accommodation are excluded from the cap on social housing benefits. Ministers are due to decide next month whether the cap will also apply to those living in supported housing. Further details can be found in the article […]
Oxford study finds foster carers facing allegations of abuse need better support
New research launched today by the University of Oxford says foster carers who have faced unproven allegations of abuse from the children they are caring for often have little support afterwards. The study drew on 190 records of unproven allegations against foster carers from all over England. It found that just over half (55%) of […]
Better mental health for LGBTU young people
Allsorts Youth Project has published a guide to mental health and wellbeing written for and by LGBTU young people. Source: Allsorts Youth Project Date: 04 July 2016 Further information: Take 5! – five simple ways to better mental health and wellbeing (PDF) Image supplied by specialrisksbureau.co.uk […]
What young people want from social workers
The Guardian features an article sharing young people’s advice for social workers. This includes: stand up for me – I want you on my side; make time to listen to me and put your notepad down; just because things are always done one way does not mean they are right for me; understand that having […]
Strategy for Helping Care Leavers Published
Keep on Caring: supporting young people from care to independence, has been published. It is available HERE The strategy sets out our commitment to transforming the lives of – and opportunities for – care leavers. It proposes how the Government, working with and through local authorities, will help care leavers to achieve five key outcomes: […]
Edward Timpson will remain at the Department for Education as children’s minister
Following a cabinet reshuffle by new Prime Minister Theresa May, it has been confirmed over the weekend that Edward Timpson will remain at the Department for Education as children’s minister. Edward Timpson has held the position of minister of state for children and families for four years in total. Alongside Mr Timpson, schools ministers Nick […]
Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP meets Bromsgrove company FosterTalk to discuss support for foster carers
Fosterline Manager, Steven Stockley and Melody Douglas, Managing Director of FosterTalk were delighted to meet Sajid Javid, The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government at FosterTalk’s office in Bromsgrove on Friday 22nd July 2016. The Bromsgrove MP visited FosterTalk to give his personal congratulations to Steve and Melody on consecutively securing […]
Pokémon GO: a parent’s guide Tips and advice for keeping children safe
By now you should have heard about the Pokémon GO craze. Pokémon Go is a game where you collect and trade cute creatures called Pokémon (Pocket Monsters). It’s one of the first popular games to use “augmented reality” – a kind of cross between real life and an online world. The game makes it look […]
Fostering unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people
The number of refugees in the world has reached the highest level ever recorded, according to figures published by the United Nations (UN). After an increase of five million, the number of people displaced by conflict – refugees, asylum seekers or those displaced internally – was at an estimated 65.3 million by the end of […]