Families

Children Families Headlines Young People

Councils forced to slash spending on early children’s services

Record numbers of vulnerable children now need crisis support after austerity-hit councils halved spending on preventative services, according to a new report.

Children Families

Plans to reduce price of childcare not received well by critics

Adult Children Families Headlines

New figures show fall in London’s homeless population

Care Children Families Fostering & Adoption Headlines In Practice Young People

Children in care moved quarter of a million times in four years

Adult Families Headlines

Amnesty warns homelessness will grow, as one in three UK adults at risk

Adult Care Families Headlines In Practice Social Care Management

Family visits made easier for care home residents

Adult Care Families Headlines

Support for unpaid carers during cost of living crisis

Adult Families Headlines Young People

Action plan set out to address inequality in London

Care Children Families Features & Opinion Headlines In Practice Social Care Management

Opinion: There’s more to increasing time with families than improving IT systems

Former children’s social worker and current children’s social care lead at OLM Systems, Paul Clark argues that the onus is on IT systems as a barrier to increasing time with children and families, but there is more to it than that.