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Wider factors influencing the closure of children's homes

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

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There is a sufficiency crisis for looked-after children in residential and foster care. In the case of residential sufficiency, the crisis has now become more acute with the reported planned closure of a significant number of homes operated by Outcomes First Group (see "Guide to OFG" below).

Tackling rising cost of caring

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

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Young carers need more financial support to counter the impact of rising living costs, say campaigners.

Councils must review behaviour policies

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

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Protocol for dealing with behavioural issues in social care settings fails to cut criminalisation of children in care, academics warn.

Asylum plans concern councils

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

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Proposals risk undermining local authority responsibilities to asylum-seeking children, leaders warn.

Establishing early permanence

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

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New practice standards aim to support social care organisations to develop early permanence.

Conflicted over commissioning

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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Plans for regional commissioning of care services, while backed, should go further and faster, say experts.

Councils deliver support for child migrants as they adapt to UK life

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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How local authorities and agencies are helping thousands of refugee children settle in the UK and overcome barriers to accessing education and mental health support as well as responding to their care requirements.

Care Review response: funding fails to match scale of reforms

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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Children's services leaders back the ‘direction’ of government reforms on social work training, outcomes monitoring and fostering support but say lack of resources and long timescales will undermine delivery

Children's care providers dispute ‘harmful’ profiteering rhetoric

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

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After critical reports, trust must be rebuilt between local authorities and private sector care companies to increase placement sufficiency for children and deliver better outcomes, cross-sector experts say.

New era for inspection begins

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

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Children's services ratings have improved but reforms to system present new challenges say leaders.

Adoption board closes to make way for Care Review's reforms

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

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Closure of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board after a decade is ‘in light of’ review's focus on keeping families together, say experts who call for a fairer, more equitable and more inclusive care system.

Jury out on proposed mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse

Friday, December 2, 2022

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Key sector leaders back independent inquiry recommendation that reporting of child sex abuse should be made compulsory in law, but others remain concerned that it would lead to children’s services being ‘overwhelmed’.

Factors behind the sharp growth in deprivation of liberty orders

Thursday, December 1, 2022

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Concerns continue to grow over the rise in the use of deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders, which allow local authorities to place restrictions on vulnerable children’s movements and freedoms.

Shining a light on risks outside the home

Thursday, December 1, 2022

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Authors set out five key features of promising social care responses to extra-familial risks and harms drawn from studying international systems.

Unrest over Care Review board plans

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

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Charities raise concerns over plans for ‘lived-experience’ voice on Care Review implementation board.

Asylum transfer reforms prompt questions over commissioning

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

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Changes to timeframes and thresholds for the National Transfer Scheme for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are "not enough" say local authorities struggling to find and fund suitable places for new arrivals.

Research helps shape Care Review findings on improving outcomes

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

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The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care has set out fundamental reforms for the care system in England. Here, a research team member explains how they gathered evidence, particularly on the role of kinship care.

Recruitment agency practices compound workforce pressures

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

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CYP Now investigation shows 10-fold rise in agency social work teams being used by local authorities in last five years, with children’s services leaders saying staff shortages are placing huge pressure on budgets.

Ban or regulation: steps to tackle agency dominance of workforce

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

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Children’s services leaders say only regulation of the agency sector or an outright ban can stop rising workforce costs, but recruitment boss derides such ideas as ‘absurd’ and calls for sector to ‘work with us not against us’.

Initiatives to aid Ukraine arrivals

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

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Local schemes have been launched to assist Ukrainian children and the youth workers who support them.

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