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Research suggests “little evidence” that the Signs of Safety model leads to better social work practice or reduced risks to children

A new government sponsored study casts doubt on the effectiveness of the Signs of Safety (SofS) approach

Government announces new education recovery package for children and young people

The Prime Minister has pledged £700m to support the full return of education as children go back to school in England

Children’s Commissioner weighs into government in her final speech in role

Anne Longfield has called upon government to stop seeing vulnerable children simply as data points and to truly prioritise their protection

Government confirms commitment to deliver on the Youth Investment Fund

Minister for Civil Society, Baroness Barran, has confirmed the government will deliver the £500m fund aimed at supporting youth services

Calls to improve mental health services for adopted children

Adoption charity, Adoption UK, has called on the government to provide more mental health support to adopted children

Children’s minister confirms Children’s Services in Reading removed from government intervention

After five years Reading Council’s Children’s Services has become free from government intervention

£55.5m underspend on childcare places reported by Local Authorities in lead up to the pandemic

New research has found that around three quarters of local education authorities failed to spend their allocation for government funded childcare places in 2019/20

New inquiry to examine progress in children’s mental health services

A new inquiry is to be conducted by the health and social care select committee to consider how measures set out in the 2017 green paper to transform services have been met

New fund launched to support children’s mental health services

What Works for Children’s Social Care (WWCSC) has announced the launch of a new fund aimed at improving the quality and access to mental health services for children and young people who have a social worker

New approach to combat child sexual abuse announced by Home Secretary

The Home Office has launched a new strategy aimed at protecting children from all forms of sexual abuse

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