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Our news helps everyone working with and for children in need of care and protection, their families and carers, and with care leavers, to keep up to speed with what's going on in the sector, here in Scotland, and further afield.
Care Inspectorate begin revised joint inspection model
05 April 2018
Voices of care experienced children and young people are to be heard in new inspections.
Are there more children in care in England than at any time since the 1980s?
03 April 2018
Full Fact, the UK’s independent factchecking charity, has examined the claim that the state is removing more children from their…
Police Scotland launch online child sexual abuse campaign
29 March 2018
National force to target online perpetrators in Scotland.
2016/17 Social Work Statistics published
27 March 2018
Scottish Government publish the Children's Social Work Statistics for 2016 - 2017
National Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day 2018
16 March 2018
Charity network highlights Child Sexual Exploitation.
Kilbrandon Again - enquiry into Scotland's care and justice system
14 March 2018
How should Scotland’s care and justice system be improved for children and young people? A new enquiry aims to find out.
Annual report on Corporate Parenting Plan from SCRA
13 March 2018
The Scottish Children's Reporter Administration publishes it's first annual report for young people as an update on achievements…
Stand Up for Siblings
09 March 2018
A new multi-agency partnership ‘Stand Up For Siblings’ has been launched, championing the improvement of contact between sibling…