Strengthening partnership working in children’s social care
The Department for Education’s Families First for Children Pathfinder (FFCP) programme is designed to test ways to reform the children’s social care system.
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Bringing siblings in care together
A report last year from the Children’s Commissioner for England indicated that of the more than 80,000 children in care, 37 per cent have been separated from a sibling.
AI and children’s social care
In ‘Stable homes, built on love’, the Government outlined its strategy to reform children’s social care and its aim to develop ‘a system that continuously learns and improves, and makes better use of evidence and data’.
Children’s social care ‘pushed to the brink’
Councils’ ability to provide the critical care and support that children rely on has been put at risk by the Autumn Statement’s lack of investment in children’s social care, the LGA has warned.
Largest children’s care providers ‘made £300m profit’
The largest independent providers of children’s social care made profits of more than £300 million last year, according to an LGA-commissioned report.
