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Cameron's children's services ‘reform' agenda receives mixed response from sector

Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to change the way child protection and children's services are delivered by "bringing in new providers" have been given a mixed reception by the sector.

Timpson pledges to improve special guardianship orders

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Friday, September 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Improvements will be made to special guardianship orders (SGOs) in the wake of concerns about their use, children's minister Edward Timpson has said.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated "inadequate" for the second time in two years after Ofsted inspectors found widespread failings in services for vulnerable children.

Lincolnshire children's services receives 'good' Ofsted rating

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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.

Charity chief: foster carer quality must improve

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Thursday, May 7, 2015

| CYP Now

Improving the quality of foster carers is the key challenge facing the care system, the chief executive of looked-after children charity the Who Cares? Trust has said.

West Midlands taskforce aims to find foster families for children in residential care

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

| CYP Now

A regional taskforce in the West Midlands has been created to move vulnerable children in children’s homes into foster care.

Care Review publishes responses to ‘overly critical’ Case for Change

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Wednesday, October 13, 2021

| CYP Now

The Care Review’s Case for Change was viewed as “overly critical” of social workers and local authorities, a summary of responses to the panel’s first report reveals.

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.

Ombudsman criticises support for young woman attempting to stay in UK

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has been criticised for failing to properly support a young woman seeking permission to remain in the UK.

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.

Foster care focus for child asylum strategy

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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Plans to boost the number of foster carers for refugee and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children will be set out in a government safeguarding strategy, it has been announced.

Sharp fall in number of adoptions

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Thursday, September 29, 2016

| CYP Now

The number of children being adopted has fallen for the first time in more than four years, government figures show.

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.

Labour to tackle out-of-area placements, says Nandy

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

| CYP Now

A future Labour government would end the unnecessary use of out-of-area care placements, and consider a "fostering for life" policy in a bid to improve outcomes for vulnerable young people, the shadow children's minister has said.

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.

New voluntary agencies set to boost adoptions

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Friday, April 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Three new voluntary adoption agencies (VAA) have been launched today, backed with start-up funding of more than £500,000 each from the Department for Education.

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.

Pupil premium plus to be extended to all adopted schoolchildren

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Monday, July 28, 2014

| CYP Now

All adopted children are to receive additional support in school after the government acted on campaigners' calls for funding to be extended, it has been announced.

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.

Number of children being adopted continues to fall

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Thursday, August 24, 2017

| CYP Now

There has been a further fall in the number of children being adopted and the number of adoption orders being granted by the courts, Department for Education figures show.

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Cameron's children's services ‘reform' agenda receives mixed response from sector

Timpson pledges to improve special guardianship orders

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

Lincolnshire children's services receives 'good' Ofsted rating

Charity chief: foster carer quality must improve

West Midlands taskforce aims to find foster families for children in residential care

Care Review publishes responses to ‘overly critical’ Case for Change

Ofsted tells children's services department to improve

Ombudsman criticises support for young woman attempting to stay in UK

Ofsted moots scaled-back re-inspections for inadequate councils

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

Foster care focus for child asylum strategy

Sharp fall in number of adoptions

Call for social workers to have greater role in early intervention

Independent reviewing officers are not challenging enough, says Ofsted

Labour to tackle out-of-area placements, says Nandy

Councils fail to find privately fostered children

Councils and care agencies fail to safeguard personal data

New voluntary agencies set to boost adoptions

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

Pupil premium plus to be extended to all adopted schoolchildren

Charity warns of 'inappropriate' use of special guardianship orders

Number of children being adopted continues to fall

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