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Private fostering arrangements in England: year ending 31 March 2009
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 8p., tables
- Place of publication:
- London
This release provides figures on children cared for and accommodated in private fostering arrangements in England.
Revising the National Minimum Standards (NMS) for adoption, children’s homes and fostering: consultation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This consultation document seeks views on the proposed revisions to the national minimum standards (NMS) for adoption, children's homes and fostering and asks for comments on how to improve the standards further.
Fostering: national minimum standards: formal consultation draft
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 87p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document contains the National Minimum Standards applicable to the provision of fostering services. A general introduction discusses values, how the standards fit with Every Child Matters Outcomes, legal status and structure and approach to inspection. There are 12 standards around the child and 21 relating to the service or agency.
Independent review mechanism (fostering): consultation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Place of publication:
- London
The Department for Children, Schools and Families is holding a consultation on proposals for the introduction of an independent review mechanism (IRM) relating to the approval of foster carers (i.e. local authority foster carers) in England. The IRM is available to all foster carers who are being assessed, or have been approved, as a foster carer by a local authority or an independent fostering agency. The IRM will give prospective and current foster carers the option of having their case reviewed by an independent panel where their fostering service provider proposes to turn down their application to be a foster carer, or to revoke or amend the terms of their existing approval. Closing date for the consultation is 24 December 2008. This timescale will allow regulations to be laid in time for the IRM to be implemented from 1 April 2009.
Private fostering arrangements in England: year ending 31 March 2008
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Children Act 1989 guidance and regulations: volume 2: care planning, placement and case review
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 179p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) has published these new regulations and guidance to improve the quality and consistency of care planning, placement and case review for looked-after children (March 2010). This is part of the implementation of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 and the Care Matters white paper. It also meets the Department’s commitment to revise the guidance accompanying the Children Act 1989. The regulations and guidance are designed to offer one coherent and easily accessible package relating to care planning and case review for looked after children. One of their central aims is to improve the clarity and consistency of the regulatory framework for looked-after children. Streamlining processes in this way increases the emphasis on more effective care planning and puts the child at the centre.
Children looked after by local authorities year ending 31 March 2006
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 32p., tables
- Place of publication:
- London
The pursuit of permanence: a study of the English care system: research brief
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This research brief describes the key findings of research aiming to understand what enables permanent placements to be achieved for children in the care system. Specifically, the study examined: what kinds of children are looked after; how and why do they move into, out of and within the care system; and how far do their chances of stability and well-being depend on their own characteristics and the particular placements, social work teams or councils they happen to have. The researchers collected data from council records on all 7,399 children looked after at any point in the year. Further data was also received from social workers and their team leaders and on foster households and residential units. The analysis first describes the different groups of children, their care careers and movements, and their outcomes. It then related differences in stability and outcome to differences in the children, their placements, and the teams and councils that served them. Overall the findings show a mixed picture with severe limitations on the extent to which permanence was satisfactorily achieved. Different groups of children, varying by age and reasons for being in care, differed in their chances of achieving a permanent family placement. A number of recommendations for councils are provided.