Children’s social care
‘Broken market’ for children’s social care placements
The number of children’s social care placements costing £10,000 or more per week has increased twelvefold in five years, an LGA survey has revealed.
A better approach
The needs of women who have involvement from children’s social care while pregnant or during the first two years of their child’s life are acute, yet all too often overlooked, amid siloed and overstretched services.
Children’s social care budgets ‘buckling’
Years of funding reductions have left council budgets “buckling” under soaring costs for children’s social care, a group of five leading children’s charities has warned.
Improving outcomes for children in care
At What Works for Early Intervention and Children’s Social Care (WWEICSC), we focus on using evidence to understand what’s likely to improve outcomes for children.
Listening to children in care
In its recent response to the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, the Government stated: “We must listen to the voices of children in care and care leavers if we are successfully going to make the changes needed.”
Sharp rise in children needing SEND support
The number of children in England approaching councils for special needs support has increased by almost a quarter in a year, with 170 young people now starting support plans each day.
A revolution in family help
An independent review has called for a ‘radical reset’ of children’s social care.
Children’s services overspend due to demand
Eight in 10 councils in England had to overspend on children’s social care budgets to a combined total of £832 million in 2019/20, LGA analysis shows.