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An advice and assistance service for children in care, children living away from home, children with a social worker, and care leavers
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What are children in need plans for?
7 November 2024
Blogs
Why safety and care must come before force in youth justice
5 November 2024
News and blogs
Press Notice: Outcomes for vulnerable children dictated by local capacity and workload pressures, not needs, Children’s Commissioner warns 
4 November 2024
News and blogs
What is this plan for? The purpose and content of children in need plans
News
National Care Leavers Week: In Their Own Words
1 November 2024
Blogs
Advocacy for children in accommodation rated inadequate
Blogs
Budget 2024: Children’s Commissioner’s reaction   
31 October 2024
News and blogs
Children’s Commissioner responds to National Audit Office report on SEND  
24 October 2024
Statement
The Children’s Commissioner is looking for new Youth Ambassadors
22 October 2024
News and blogs
Statement from the Children’s Commissioner on removing reasonable physical punishment of children  
21 October 2024
Statement
“We are robbing children of their childhoods” – new data reveals years-long waits for children’s autism diagnoses 
18 October 2024
News and blogs
Press Notice: Children’s Commissioner warns of invisible crisis as delays and inequalities laid bare among children with neurodevelopmental conditions
15 October 2024
News and blogs