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Councils ordered to reduce adoption delays

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  • Friday, November 30, 2012
    • | CYP Now
Children's minister Edward Timpson has demanded councils improve their adoption processes after latest figures revealed one in four authorities is exceeding time limits.

Coalition fails to improve care placements

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  • Thursday, November 27, 2014
    • | CYP Now
The coalition government has failed to make any progress in getting children into the right placement when they first enter care and ensuring it is close to their home, a damning report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

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  • Monday, June 6, 2016
    • | CYP Now
Government has been called on to protect foster carers after it was claimed that they are too scared to blow the whistle on suspected cases of child abuse because they could be struck off.

Children's social workers face knowledge test

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  • Thursday, July 31, 2014
    • | CYP Now
New children's social workers will have to pass a test of their knowledge in order to become an approved practitioner as part of government attempts to improve the quality of the profession, it has been announced.

Costs of children in care hit £3.4bn

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  • Thursday, August 21, 2014
    • | CYP Now
The cost of supporting children in care has reached £3.4bn, according to an Audit Commission report that exposes widespread variation of spending across councils.

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