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Care-experienced lives can be changed by just one person

Posted by: Mark Riddell, Posted on: 27 October 2022 - Categories: Care leavers

Mark Riddell MBE is the National Implementation Adviser for Care Leavers at the Department for Education. He speaks about his experience of care and how one person can change the life of a care experienced person.

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Fostering for adoption: early permanence carers

Posted by: Hannah Moss, Posted on: 19 October 2022 - Categories: Adoption
Hannah Moss

Hannah Moss is an adoption manager at Coram Adoption and lead in early permanence. Here she speaks to early permanence carers about their experiences.

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Connecting the workforce: changes to the blog

Posted by: DeptforEducation, Posted on: 19 October 2022 - Categories: Blog updates

From October this year, the ‘Social Worker’ blog will be changing its name to ‘Children’s Social Care and Support’ blog. The blog will be for all those working across children’s social care and support, in such areas as social work, …

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