The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance invites you to join them for an upcoming webinar, in which they will showcase the findings from their recently released 2023 State of the Social Service Workforce Report: A Decade of Promise a Future of Promise. They will delve into the report's insights, highlighting the significant progress that has been made to strengthen the social service workforce over the past decade and noting key priorities that must be considered when looking towards the future of workforce strengthening. 

In Moldova, a disturbing case has emerged involving the attempted sale of a Ukrainian infant to a Romanian couple, highlighting the dark underbelly of illegal adoption rings.

NGO says West Bengal should take the initiative and provide support to the children and their families who were rescued as bonded labourers

Newly published federal data reveals that more of the migrant children who are crossing the border by themselves are being placed in potentially hazardous living situations.

This chapter identifies some (but not all) of the common adversities that care-experienced young people often face living in England inclusive of changes in accommodation and placement instability, insecure relationships, poor mental health, disrupted education, substance misuse, and poverty in order to help educators understand the myriad of life challenges facing those with care experience.

Ukraine says more than 19,000 children have been illegally taken by Russia since the war began. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with two teenagers who were abducted from Ukraine.

Scottish councils have given up to £200m to private firms to provide residential care for children and young people, despite promising to move away from the practice four years ago.

During the 14 months for which Veronika Vlasenko attended school in Russia, she was regularly told by teachers and fellow students that she would never be able to go home to Ukraine. “Every day they said to me that I would be staying here for ever and would never leave Russia,” she said. “They told me that Ukraine doesn’t exist, that it never existed, that we’re all Russians … At times the other kids would beat me for being pro-Ukrainian.”

This report identifies, critiques, and synthesises current global standards for healthcare for children deprived of their liberty in all settings.

The head of a charity supporting children in care said some are being sent to stay in boats, caravans and tents because the system is “completely overwhelmed”.