Social work news

• We have abandoned our vulnerable children

  16-06-2024 07:00
  
  For 14 years, the Conservative government has shown no interest in the lives of young people in difficultyJames Munby’s heartfelt plea for suitable accommodation for children at serious risk to themselves or others (“Judges are sick of locking up children who just need help”), alongside the report that the NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are turning away children at risk of suicide (“Suicide-risk children refused places on NHS England waiting lists
  
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• Places in council-run children’s homes in England fall by third as private firms take over

  16-06-2024 07:00
  
  Increased reliance on private provision is pushing children hundreds of miles away from friends and familyThe number of places in council-run children’s homes in England has fallen by a third since 2012 – at the same time as places in privately run profit-making children’s homes have soared, according to an Observer analysis of government data.The dramatic fall in council-run children’s homes, and local authorities’ increasing reliance on privately run provision, ha
  
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