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Increasing demand for adoption experts prompts new social work course

03rd November 2014

The British Association for Adoption and Fostering is launching a post-qualifying programme in adoption to plug the skills gap

The British Association...

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An ideological approach to adoption figures means we are missing important trends

03rd November 2014

Academics Brigid Featherstone and Paul Bywaters look deeper into recently published figures about looked after children.

The Department for Education (DfE) published...

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Government adoption reforms only impacting on younger children, says charity

21st October 2014

TACT’s chief executive Andy Elvin also voiced concerns about the number of special guardianship orders (SGOs) being issued by local authorities.

The...

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Looked-after children and adoption numbers rise again

30th September 2014

The number of children in care has risen for the fifth successive year to total nearly 69,000, latest statistics show. There...

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Relatives of adopted adults now able to trace family tree

25th September 2014

Children, grandchildren and other relatives of adopted adults can now trace back through their ancestors’ lives.

Children, grandchildren and other relatives of...

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