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Commissioning Children’s Social Care: Key policy developments

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  • Tuesday, May 30, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Faced with a 25 per cent rise in children in care over the past decade and funding levels that have failed to keep pace with this demand, some local authorities have struggled to ensure there are enough placements in their local area to meet the number and needs of children.

Extended stay

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  • Wednesday, June 11, 2014
    • | CYP Now
Councils have a legal duty to provide financial support for young people who want to stay put with their foster families until they are aged 21. Joe Lepper asks how it will work and whether it can be extended to young people in residential care.

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.

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