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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.

Residential Care: Key policy developments

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  • Tuesday, September 26, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Latest Department for Education statistics show that there were 2,880 children’s homes operating on 31 March 2023, an increase of nine per cent from the previous year (238 homes).

Residential care research evidence

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  • Tuesday, October 27, 2020
  • | CYP Now
After 48 years of involvement in residential child care, this year has seen me taking some time to reflect on where residential child care is now and where it might be going. One aspect of reflection has been regarding knowledge and knowledge production.

Special Report: Residential Care

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  • Tuesday, June 7, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Children's homes look after some of the most vulnerable young people in the care system, but providers and practitioners are working hard to create nurturing and therapeutic environments.

Residential Child Care: Policy context

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  • Thursday, June 29, 2017
  • | CYP Now
The latest Ofsted data shows that around four out of five children's homes inspected in 2015/16 were rated "good" or better - a rise of nine percentage points on the 2014/15 performance, the biggest year-on-year rise ever and highest total since 2012.

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