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Lincolnshire children's services receives 'good' Ofsted rating

Friday, January 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services at Lincolnshire Council have been judged "good" by Ofsted, with inspectors particularly praising the "exceptional" quality of adoption support.

Ofsted tells children's services department to improve

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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

| CYP Now

A children's services department has been told to improve its work following an inspection by Ofsted.

Ofsted moots scaled-back re-inspections for inadequate councils

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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

| CYP Now

Re-inspections of local authority children's services that have been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted will be made more proportionate, it has been announced.

Daily roundup: Tougher teaching tests, adoption parties and monitoring academies

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Plans to improve teacher standards announced, positive response to "adoption party" pilots, and LGA call for council role in education, all in the news today.

Call for social workers to have greater role in early intervention

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Social workers should be routinely involved in early intervention work that goes beyond their legal responsibilities, the College of Social Work has said.

Independent reviewing officers are not challenging enough, says Ofsted

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Friday, June 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Officers employed by local authorities to review care plans are failing to make enough of a difference for looked-after children, a damning report has found.

Councils fail to find privately fostered children

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Monday, January 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities have been criticised for doing too little to identify children looked after under private fostering arrangements.

Councils and care agencies fail to safeguard personal data

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities and independent fostering and adoption agencies are leaving themselves open to large fines by failing to adequately protect the personal data collected about looked-after children and potential carers.

Local authorities underestimate adoption breakdowns, study suggests

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Adoption breakdowns are higher than official figures suggest with lack of post adoption support a major factor in placements being disrupted, a study commissioned by the Department for Education has concluded.

Child protection cases closed without review as Ofsted rates Birmingham services 'inadequate'

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Friday, May 23, 2014

| CYP Now

A damning Ofsted inspection of Birmingham children's services has found the council closed hundreds of child protection cases without an assessment due to a "lack of social workers".

BAAF chief executive departs after less than six months

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Monday, June 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Srabani Sen has left her post as chief executive of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) after less than six months in charge, it has emerged.

Charity warns of 'inappropriate' use of special guardianship orders

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Thursday, October 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Foster carers are being pressured by local authorities into considering permanently caring for children through special guardianship orders (SGOs), a charity has warned.

Government blames councils for sharp reduction in child refugee intake

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Thursday, February 9, 2017

| CYP Now

The government is to significantly reduce the number of lone child refugees it plans to accept from Europe, claiming that local authorities do not have the capacity to accommodate them.

NSPCC demands clearer rules to protect children who return home from care

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Monday, April 30, 2012

| CYP Now

The NSPCC is calling on the government to publish guidance on returning children in care home, saying that currently hundreds of children are likely to experience further abuse and neglect.

Ukip foster care row risks sidelining ethnicity issues

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

| CYP Now

Media coverage of the Ukip fostering row must not be used to undermine the importance of matching children with carers of the same ethnicity, a charity has warned.

Narey defends adoption report

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's adviser on adoption Martin Narey has defended his recently published report, after the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) said it had been left insulted by claims that social workers are anti-adoption.

Children in care denied help with mental health problems

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils and specialist services are failing to support children in care who have mental health problems, a probe by MPs has found.

Charity urges extension of adoption support to special guardians

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Friday, May 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Support services for children who have been adopted must be extended to those placed with families under special guardianship orders, a charity has said.

Care applications continue to soar

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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Numbers of court applications being made for children to be taken into care are continuing to soar, with latest figures showing a 14 per cent increase compared with last year.

Labour announces shadow childcare and children's ministers

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Friday, September 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Labour has appointed its shadow childcare and shadow children's ministers following Jeremy Corbyn's election as the party's new leader.

Ofsted warns children's services departments of ‘inadequate' factors

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Friday, November 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted has taken steps to warn children's services departments of common weaknesses they must address to avoid being rated "inadequate" when they are visited by inspectors.

Narey quits as head of Adoption Leadership Board

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Thursday, November 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Sir Martin Narey has quit as head of the Adoption Leadership Board, the influential body set up by the government to drive through reforms to the sector.

Calls for Adoption Leadership Board to focus on permanency

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Friday, November 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Sir Martin Narey's resignation as chair of the Adoption Leadership Board has sparked calls from the sector for the board to widen its remit to all looked-after children.

College sounds warning on fostering-for-adoption plans

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Government plans to speed up the adoption process could undermine efforts to place looked-after children with family members and potentially harm child welfare, The College of Social Work has said.

Finalised Labour manifesto promises care system overhaul

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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

| CYP Now

A vow to overhaul the children's care system and end the government's focus on adoption has been added to the final version of Labour's manifesto for next month's general election.

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Lincolnshire children's services receives 'good' Ofsted rating

Ofsted tells children's services department to improve

Ofsted moots scaled-back re-inspections for inadequate councils

Daily roundup: Tougher teaching tests, adoption parties and monitoring academies

Call for social workers to have greater role in early intervention

Independent reviewing officers are not challenging enough, says Ofsted

Councils fail to find privately fostered children

Councils and care agencies fail to safeguard personal data

Local authorities underestimate adoption breakdowns, study suggests

Child protection cases closed without review as Ofsted rates Birmingham services 'inadequate'

BAAF chief executive departs after less than six months

Charity warns of 'inappropriate' use of special guardianship orders

Government blames councils for sharp reduction in child refugee intake

NSPCC demands clearer rules to protect children who return home from care

Ukip foster care row risks sidelining ethnicity issues

Narey defends adoption report

Children in care denied help with mental health problems

Charity urges extension of adoption support to special guardians

Care applications continue to soar

Labour announces shadow childcare and children's ministers

Ofsted warns children's services departments of ‘inadequate' factors

Narey quits as head of Adoption Leadership Board

Calls for Adoption Leadership Board to focus on permanency

College sounds warning on fostering-for-adoption plans

Finalised Labour manifesto promises care system overhaul

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