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The Challenges of Kinship Care

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  • Wednesday, July 31, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Kinship care is the most common type of care arrangement in the UK but many families are struggling. Jo Stephenson explores the issues and how support for kinship families can improve

Legal Update: Deprivation of liberty orders

Barrister Andrew Powell from 4PB explains why the use of deprivation of liberty orders has risen sharpy in recent years and the problems that creates for the children and young people involved.

Inspections Clinic: Pauses to inspections

Planned changes to allow for inspections of state schools to be paused for a short time will now be extended to all provision regulated by Ofsted. Jo Stephenson looks at how the new policy will work.

Recognising the NYA at 60

Leigh Middleton, chief executive of the National Youth Agency, reflects on the youth organisation’s achievements since being founded in 1964 and the role it can play in shaping the future of youth work.

Family courts and care proceedings: Key policy developments

There were 3,828 public law cases – where a local authority makes an application for an order to safeguarding the welfare of a child – starting in October to December 2023 (the most recent data), down 3% compared to the equivalent quarter in 2022. Care applications made up two-thirds of public law orders applied for in this period.

Special Report: Family courts and care proceedings

The family court deals with some of the most sensitive cases involving vulnerable families, overseeing care proceedings, ensuring parents receive support and that decisions taken are in the best interests of children.

Inside a family hub

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  • Wednesday, June 26, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Haringey’s first family hub has been open for just over a year. Nicole Weinstein visited the setting to find out how it works and the difference it makes to local children, young people and families.

Creating a therapeutic ecology in commissioning

Residential care provides support and intervention to our most complex and vulnerable young people, and yet it had little mention in the government’s Care Review response policy paper Stable Homes Built on Love.

Key Data: Sufficiency and cost of care places

On 31 March 23, there were 3,119 children’s homes of all types registered to provide 13,528 places. This represents a 9% rise in homes and 5% rise in places compared to the year before, according to DfE data.

Commissioning Care: Key policy developments

Ofsted’s annual report highlighted ongoing issues with insufficient availability of care places despite more children’s homes and places coming on stream in the year to March 2023. For council commissioners, the key issue is being able to find a placement that meets a child’s needs within reasonable distance – rather than finding a placement per se.

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