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The dos and don’ts of case recording

    Features
  • Tuesday, September 26, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Care records can help make sense of difficult childhood experiences but vary widely in quality. Drawing on her own experiences, Rebekah Pierre provides key pointers on sensitive case recording.

Residential Care Special Report 2023

    Features
  • Tuesday, September 26, 2023
  • | CYP Now
A new government policy paper puts forward plans to change the way residential care placements are commissioned but the measures fall short of solving a shortage of children’s homes places, say experts.

Family courts and care proceedings: Key policy developments

There were 3,828 public law cases – where a local authority makes an application for an order to safeguarding the welfare of a child – starting in October to December 2023 (the most recent data), down 3% compared to the equivalent quarter in 2022. Care applications made up two-thirds of public law orders applied for in this period.