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Source Nuffield Foundation Posted 21 April 2022 NIROMP are pleased to share this event which we think will be of interest to independent reviewing officers and their managers. WEBINAR | The relationship between poverty and child abuse and neglect 🗓️Tues 26 April | 14:00-15:15 BST Speakers:🔸@PaulBywaters, @HuddersfieldUni🔸Joseph Howes, @globalcoalition & @ButtleUK🔸@charlottehrams1🔸@dez_holmes, @researchIP🔸@robstreet3 In this webinar Professor … Continue reading WEBINAR | The relationship between poverty and child abuse and neglect 

Source: Coram Voice Posted 19 April 2022 Details below of an opportunity some of the young people you are in contact with may be interested in. You can find out more by contacting Emma.hosking@cormavoice.org.uk . Coram Voice is working alongside University College London and Sussex University in a research project about the mental health and wellbeing of care … Continue reading ReThink Research Opportunity Young People #MentalHealth

NIROMP are pleased to share an event which we think will be of interest to independent reviewing officers and their managers. Run by Coram BAAF, ‘The Future of Care’ is an online webinar and panel discussion taking place on 28 April (1.15-3pm). The event will bring together key voices to debate how the care system operates now … Continue reading ‘The Future of Care’ – webinar from Coram BAAF

Source: Ofsted Published 13 April 2022 A national audit of the needs of children in care must be launched to properly deal with issues around the sufficiency of social care placements, Ofsted has said. New research by the inspectorate found that just over half of children living in children's homes had residential care included in … Continue reading New research: Why do children go into children’s homes?

Source: Ofsted Published 19 January 2022 This report brings out the voices of the care leavers and serves as a reminder about what is particularly important to their experience of leaving care. Some simple things that could make a huge difference to care leavers’ experiences include: telling care leavers about the available supporthelping them to … Continue reading ‘Ready or not’: care leavers’ views of preparing to leave care

Source: Family Rights Group Date: 04 April 2022 The Family Rights Group have published the results of a study into the success of the programme ‘Lifelong Links’ that aimed to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children in care in England. Lifelong Links co-ordinators worked with children in care to build a positive support network … Continue reading Mental health and wellbeing

Source: NSPCC, Just for Kids Law Date: 07 April 2022The NSPCC, along with Just for Kids Law and ten other charities has signed a joint letter to the Secretary of State for Education and Schools. It highlights the need for stronger safeguarding measures against child criminal exploitation (CCE) for vulnerable children who face school exclusion. The charities are … Continue reading Child criminal exploitation

Source: Family Rights Group Date: April 2022 Lifelong Links is rebuilding relationships and reconnecting children and young people in care with loved ones. The impact is clear. Read more at source: hereSome of the key findings of the Lifelong Links evaluation include: 78% children and young people felt an improved sense of identity.Statistically significant positive … Continue reading Impact of Lifelong Links 

Date: 02.04.2022 Source: Department for Education Press release Package of support for vulnerable families worth more than £1 billion will help every child gets the best possible start in life. Funding for young people leaving social care will see several targeted support programmes continue for the next three years. These include: £99.8 million for Staying … Continue reading INFANTS, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO BENEFIT FROM BOOST IN SUPPORT