This paper is an attempt at rethinking the systemic problems facing the funding and commissioning of care services and placements for children in need of care and adoption, across ALL types and specialisms of placement, from kinship care, through foster care, to residential care and adoption.

Irish government urged to take in unaccompanied children from Calais refugee camps.

Hammersmith and Fulham, England stands at the forefront of efforts to bring Calais refugees to the UK.

Per this article from the BBC, Syrian refugee children have been making clothes for British shoppers. 

Over the past week, Britain has taken in over 1300 children that were stranded in the "Jungle."

Fudan University and the University of Eastern Finland will open a joint Sino-Finnish Centre for Child Protection Research, SFCPR, in Shanghai. 

Save the date for the 2016 Conference of the International Step by Step Association (ISSA), "Early Childhood in Times of Rapid Change." The Conference will unite all aspects of the early childhood workforce to explore the impact of shift

This article discusses literature on Reslient Therapy in addition to the results of research on how its use can be a positive tool for kinship care.  

This position provides child protection technical leadership in the design and development of programs for children in countries in conflict, crisis, post-conflict and post-crisis settings across the world, with a specific focus on research, monitoring and evaluation for child protection.

This statistical release provides information about looked after children in England for the year ending 31 March 2016, including where they are placed, their legal status, the numbers starting and ceasing to be looked after, and the numbers who go missing or are away from their placement without authorisation.