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Statutory guidance on children who run away or go missing ...
assets.publishing.service.gov.ukLooked after children who are away from placement without authorisation. 19. 3 Reducing the risk of looked after children running away 19 Care planning and review 20 Out of area placements 20 Children’s home staff and foster carers 20 National Minimum Standards – looked after children 21
Promoting the education of looked-after children and ...
assets.publishing.service.gov.ukPromoting the education of looked-after children and previously looked-after children . Statutory guidance for local authorities . February 2018
The Mental Health of Looked-After Children
www.mentalhealth.org.ukA looked-after young person may feel ‘labelled’and stigmatised by a mental health diagnosis, in addition to the stigma of being looked after.(Nonetheless, having their mental health problems recognised may provide a sense of relief for a looked-after child or adolescent, as they can then begin to understand their problems and seek help ...
Applying corporate parenting principles to looked-after ...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uklooked-after children and care leavers face. 60% of children become looked-after due to abuse or neglect and they have poorer educational and health outcomes than their peers 1. Local authorities that have a strong corporate parenting ethos
Suitable placements for UASC updated
www.local.gov.ukAll looked after children must be placed in accordance with section 22C of the Children Act 1989. In addition The Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations, Volume 2: Care Planning, Placement and Case Review1 is statutory guidance relevant for the care of all looked after children and states that there are a range of
Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014
gov.walesincluding health and education 2. Placements 23 How looked after children are to be accommodated and maintained 3. Keeping in touch 56 Visits to looked after children and children in detention, and the role ... primarily through promoting people’s independence to give
Guidance on Looked After Children with Special …
dera.ioe.ac.ukIntroduction As a group, looked after children are nine times more likely to have a statement of special educational needs (SEN) than the general pupil
Adoption for looked after children: messages from research
adoptionresearchinitiative.org.ukAdoption for looked after children: messages from research An overview of the Adoption reseArch inititiveA Caroline Thomas
EXPLORING LOOKED-AFTER CHILDREN’S EXPERIENCES OF …
etheses.bham.ac.ukEXPLORING LOOKED-AFTER CHILDREN’S EXPERIENCES OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES . By . Sidra Aslam . Volume 1 of a thesis submitted to
Introducing national standards for independent and semi ...
assets.publishing.service.gov.ukappropriately and provides the right level of support and safety for looked after children and care leavers. We have already taken steps to ensure that placement practice is appropriate in these settings by banning the placement of children under the age of 16. Children of this age are too young for provision that is intended to provide semi-
BBC Children in Need Grant Funded Projects
downloads.bbc.co.uk5 COMMUNITY PROJECT NAME GRANT AMOUNT GRANT USE Birkenhead National Youth Advocacy Service £9,900 This project will provide looked after children with a volunteer befriending scheme to take the children to an activity of their choice.
Changing the way professionals talk about Children in Care
www.tactcare.org.ukRotherham Looked After Children’s Council South Tyneside Children in Care Council ... it is used in social care creates stigma and barriers for understanding. Language is power, and ... Permanence We prefer: My home without disruptions. Language that cares 11
The designated teacher for looked-after and previously ...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uklooked-after children, parents or guardian, will have day-to-day responsibilities for the child. Within the local authority, the VSH 4 will provide more strategic support or advice and information for both the child and the school. The role of the governing body 4. The way in which the role of the designated teacher is carried out varies from
WOLVERHAMPTON CHILDREN, YOUNG PEO8L3 & FAMIL5ES …
www.wolverhampton.gov.ukLooked After Children are normally cared for in foster families or residential care homes. The needs analysis highlighted four key areas in relation to reasons for the children no longer being able to stay in the family home. These are: •Family violence and child physical abuse
confident parent . . .” the state must be a looked …
www.barnardos.org.uk“To deliver the best for looked after children, the state must be a confident parent . . .” IN LOCO PARENTIS Executive Summary Celia Hannon Claudia Wood
Inspecting maintained schools and academies: a leaflet for ...
assets.publishing.service.gov.ukCourt Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.
Fostering Services National Minimum Standards - GOV.UK
assets.publishing.service.gov.ukThe significance of contact for looked after children, and of maintaining relationships with birth parents and the wider family, including siblings, half-siblings and grandparents, is recognised, as is the foster carer’s role in this. Children in foster care …
Adoption: a new approach A White Paper
dera.ioe.ac.ukadoption: the new approach The Government will: – invest £66.5m over three years to secure sustained improvements in adoption services – set a target of increasing by 40% by 2004–05 the number of looked after children adopted, by improving councils’ practices on adoption, and aim to exceed this by achieving, if possible,
Good Practice Guide to Placement PlanninG - Care …
www.careforumwales.co.ukNov 01, 2012 · GOO RACTI L LANNIN G 3 Foreword The Welsh Government is committed to improving the life chances of looked after children/young people in Wales and placement stability
Looked-after Children: The Silent Crisis
www.smf.co.ukChildren who are looked after are also hugely overrepresented in the youth justice system, and in 2015-2016 it was estimated that approximately 39% of the children in secure training centres had been in care, despite children in care accounting for around 1% of all children. Figure 1: Challenges facing looked-after children
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (SCOTLAND) ACT 2014
www.gov.scot10. Children with complex disabilities may also be looked after children due to the local authority and/or health board providing a care placement to meet the needs of the child. At 31 July 2013, the last date for which national data was collected, there were 1,914 children being looked after on a planned series of short-term placements. Sixty ...
Children and Families Act 2014 - Legislation.gov.uk
www.legislation.gov.uk2 Placement of looked after children with prospective adopters (1) Section 22C of the Children Act 1989 is amended as follows. B. Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6) Part 1 — Adoption and contact 2 (2) In subsection (7), after “subject to” insert “subsection (9B) and”.
Children and Social Work Act 2017 - legislation
www.legislation.gov.ukChildren and Social Work Act 2017 CHAPTER 16 CONTENTS PART 1 CHILDREN CHAPTER 1 LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN Corporate parenting principles for …
Children and Social Work Act 2017 - Legislation.gov.uk
www.legislation.gov.ukPart 1 — Children Chapter 1 — Looked after children 3 (3) Where it considers appropriate, a local authority in England must publish information about services for care leavers offered by others which the local authority has power to offer as a …
Children and Families Act 2014 - legislation
www.legislation.gov.ukChildren and Families Act 2014 CHAPTER 6 CONTENTS PART 1 ADOPTION AND CONTACT Adoption 1 Contact between prescribed persons and adopted person’s relatives 2 Placement of looked after children with prospective adopters
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