Building better social care in Wales
In the summer of 2019, The Fostering Network conducted a survey of all 32 local authorities in Scotland using freedom of information requests in order to get a picture of fostering allowances for local authority foster carers across the country… Read More
This guideline covers how organisations, professionals and carers can work together to deliver high quality care, stable placements and nurturing relationships for looked-after children and young people… Read More
Statutory guidance for local authorities to support looked-after children’s aspirations to achieve in further and higher education… Read More
This document replaces statutory guidance on ‘Promoting the health and wellbeing of looked-after children’ issued in 2009… Read More
This strategy looks at how to improve services, support and advice for care leavers. It makes recommendations for local and national government, and wider sectors of society… Read More
The Welsh government Children and Communities Grant programmes seek to address the support needs of the most vulnerable children and adults in our communities through a range of early intervention, prevention, and support mechanisms… Read More
Wellbeing is a complex experience to measure, define, observe and communicate. My research used LEGO as a research method to explore Wellbeing Wednesday afternoons, an initiative to fulfil the Health and Wellbeing aim for… Read More
The Welsh Government’s Talk with Me Speech, Language and Communication (SLC) delivery plan was published in November 2020. These pages will continue to be updated with new developments and materials… Read More
Throughout the pandemic, lockdown and now an extended lockdown in our home city. Leicestershire cares staff have been working with a range of community, council, and business colleagues to… Read More
With the majority of children returning to schools, referrals to Children’s Services are expected to substantially rise. As recently reported in the Guardian, schools will play ‘a pivotal role in spotting neglect … Read More
