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Budget to include £44m for kinship and foster care

27-10-2024 22:45

The government will provide £44m for kinship and foster care in this week’s Budget, the Department for Education (DfE) has announced.
The funding will enable up to 10 areas to test providing kinship carers with allowances to cover some of the costs of care, encouraging more family members or friends to come forward.
It will also lead to the extension of regional fostering recruitment hubs to all council areas, to help them recruit more carers.
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Budget includes £44m for kinship and foster care

27-10-2024 22:45

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.The government has provided £44m for kinship and foster care in its Autumn Budget, part of a £250m package to support children’s social care reform.
The funding, for 2025-26, will enable up to 10 areas to test providing kinship carers with allowances to cover some of the costs of care, encouraging more family members or friends to come forward.
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Council sets up internship to help Hong Kong social workers register to practise

27-10-2024 21:47

A council has set up an internship to help Hong Kong-qualified social workers living locally to register to practise in England.
Sutton Council has developed the scheme with Kingston University to provide the practitioners with sufficient supervised practice and formal study to enable them to meet Social Work England’s registration requirements for overseas staff.
Eight practitioners have been accepted onto the internship, which will run from November 2024 to February 2025.
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News story: Government protects education priorities in face of inherited £22 billion blackhole

27-10-2024 01:01 via gov.uk

Chancellor confirms steps to protect education and early years priorities as part of her first Budget.

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