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Transitions from care to adulthood: persistent issues across time and place. Join colleagues for this Seminar on 8th March. Read more at source: HERE

Source: ADCS Safeguarding Pressures Research Phase 7 Published 24 February 2021 https://twitter.com/adcstweets/status/1364482381881749515?s=21 For over a decade ADCS has collected both qualitative and quantitative data from local authorities to evidence and better understand changes in demand for, and provision of, children’s social care and associated services. This report outlines pressures faced by local authorities during 2019/20 … Continue reading ADCS Safeguarding Pressures Research Phase 7 | ADCS #SGP7

A great blog post about the importance of Lifelong Links and Difficult Questions within contemporary adoption. Proactive life long links, with the bleeding obvious caveat of when safe, to biological family are not and should not be a desirable add on to a shopping list of what we'd like to see in adoptive parents. They … Continue reading Don’t Scare the Horses: Lifelong Links and Difficult Questions | Al Coates

This great open source starter guide is shared here thanks to Amélie Lamont. It is a resource to help anyone considering allyship better to understand the pros and cons of what being an ally entails. Allies understand their role in collaboration with people whose lives are affected daily by systemic oppression. What the guide isn’t … Continue reading GUIDE TO ALLYSHIP | Amélie Lamont

New stats from @ChildrensComm presented in Anne Longfield's final speech. Echoes @mssophiaparker's remarks last week that this isn't unresolvable. "It's not that we can't do it, that we don't know what works. It's that we haven't set out to do it." #buildingbackbetter Download: HERE

Join @sarahblackmore2 @IsabelleTrowler @Rashidabaig2 on International Women's Day on 8 March as they discuss the role of women in leadership and what more can be done to overcome the barriers to women taking on leadership roles. More information including how to register: HERE

Outgoing children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield has used her final speech in the role to launch a scathing attack on government officials’ lack of understanding of children. Read full piece at source: HERE

Launch of the Public Law Working Group’s Final Report  Practitioners and professionals working in the English and Welsh family justice systems are invited to join a free online event to mark the publication of the final report of the President of the Family Division’s Public Law Working Group (PLWG). The event will be held via … Continue reading Invite to Launch of the Public Law Working Group’s Final Report

Communities of Practice (CoP) Independent Reviewing Officers and those who manage IROs are welcome to register for this event. Host: South East Region IRO Network Date: 16th April 2021, 9.30 - 11.30 Topic: Mental health: Children in Care Register your place: HERE Why attend Children in Care who are placed Out of Area (OOA) sometimes … Continue reading Independent Reviewing Officers: register for South East Community of Practice event