Community Care has updated its guide on planned reforms to children’s social care in England. The guide outlines key changes for social work professionals, including:
Combining targeted early help and child in need services into a single “family help” approach
Greater focus on kinship care and involving wider family networks in care decisions
Improved support for care leavers
Introduction of multi-agency child protection teams and a new lead child protection practitioner role
The guide will be updated regularly as more details on the reforms emerge.
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