The Department for Education is implementing comprehensive children's social care reform including establishment of a Child Protection Authority, regional care cooperatives, and improved support for looked-after children and kinship carers. Multiple bills address distance placements, care worker standards, and children not in school. Current status involves programme specification for Kinship Zones, post-qualifying standards development, and consultation on child protection authority establishment.
UIN: HCWS1374 Kinship care ensures that children who cannot live with their birth parents are able to grow up in homes filled with love, stability, and a sense of belonging, often at times of crisis and without preparation. The Government …
UIN: HLWS1376 My Hon Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Children and Families) (Josh MacAlister) has made the following statement:Kinship care ensures that children who cannot live with their birth parents are able to grow up in homes …