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Separation anguish

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  • Monday, May 14, 2012
    • | CYP Now
Children in care speak of the importance of sustaining relationships with siblings, yet estimates reveal that three quarters are separated on entering care. Emily Rogers reports

More power to foster carers

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  • Monday, May 14, 2012
    • | CYP Now
The government is working on plans to improve the status of foster care amid an acute national shortage of carers. Ben Willis investigates what ?needs to be done

Careers: Foster carer

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  • Monday, April 16, 2012
    • | CYP Now
Foster carers work with others to provide temporary care for children, finds Charlotte Goddard

Jazz Boorman, 17, North Yorkshire

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  • Monday, November 28, 2011
    • | CYP Now
I was adopted by my second mum Mandy when I was five years old. I still see my birth mum and dad. I enjoy that we all get along.

Data Check: Increase in the number of children in care

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  • Monday, October 3, 2011
    • | CYP Now
The number of children in care rose by two per cent in the 12 months to the end of March 2011. Figures published last week by the Department for Education show there were 65,520 looked-after children during the period, an increase of nine per cent since 2007.

Carers need training to reduce suicide risk

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  • Friday, August 5, 2011
    • | CYP Now
Foster carers and residential childcare workers need basic mental health training to stem the number of looked-after children and care leavers who take their own lives, the government has been told.

Ask Jeanie: Teenager running away from foster placement

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  • Friday, May 27, 2011
    • | CYP Now
I'm working with a 13-year-old girl who has started running away from her foster placement. I'm at my wits' end as to how to help her. She's been seen in town a few times with some older girls. I want to help her foster carer to help the girl to understand the risks involved. But I'm not sure what to say or who else could help.

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