Redcar and Cleveland Council faces placement challenges due to a 40% rise in children needing care since 2020. Council Struggles Finding Homes for Children Amid Rising Care Needs Redcar and Cleveland Council faces a big challenge: finding homes for kids in their care. The number of these children has risen 40% since 2020. Last September,…
Relatives raising children deserve more support. Swansea aims to boost in-house care and aid unaccompanied children. Kinship Carers Heart Wrenching Situation and Struggle For Recognition A council member wants more recognition for relatives raising kids. These relatives prevent children from entering foster care. Councillor Evans called this kinship caring, and she said people in communities…
Parents avoided jail for forcing their child to stand facing a wall for hours in a mouldy, dark bedroom with no toys. Parents Avoid Jail After Child Faces Wall for Hours in Mouldy Room A child suffered greatly at home, the court heard. The parents made the child face the wall for hours, in their…
Plymouth seeks emergency foster carers for kids needing quick safe short-term care. Extra support is available. Plymouth Urgent Need Emergency Foster Carers Called to Action Plymouth needs more foster carers right now. These carers help kids needing quick, short-term care. These children require support during emergencies. Foster for Plymouth has created a support plan. The…
Essex offers £2,000 to foster parents in 2024 and 2025 amid a council facing a chronic shortage of homes for children in care. Essex Foster Parents Get £2,000 Boost to Encourage More Carers Essex wants more foster parents. They’re giving foster parents more money and need more homes for kids in care. The council faces…