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Adoption UK chief executive to step down

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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

| CYP Now

The chief executive of Adoption UK has announced that he will leave the organisation at the end of March.

Rotherham children's services rated 'inadequate'

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services at Rotherham Borough Council have been rated "inadequate" after Ofsted found a string of child protection management and practice failings.

Adoption reform delays continue due to security concerns

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Monday, January 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to allow would-be adopters to search videos and photos of children remain in limbo because security issues that emerged last year have yet to be resolved.

Children's social worker vacancies soar

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of vacant children's social worker posts has increased by nearly 20 per cent in a single year, latest government statistics show.

Scotland raises leaving care age to 21

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Young people in Scotland who are in residential care, foster care, or kinship care will be able to remain in their placement up until the age of 21 as a result of landmark legislation.

Teenagers in foster care are moved too often, charity warns

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Monday, June 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Four in every 10 teenagers who are fostered are living with at least their third family while in care, it has emerged.

Only a quarter of young people in foster care ‘stay put' past 18

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Saturday, August 22, 2015

| CYP Now

The vast majority of looked-after children in foster care are not remaining in their placement past their 18th birthday despite the introduction of government legislation enabling them to stay.

Timpson appoints private firm to tackle failings in West Berkshire

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has appointed a private firm to oversee improvements at a children's services department following a damning Ofsted inspection earlier this year.

BAAF administrators 'consider court application' to obtain information on collapse

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Thursday, October 22, 2015

| CYP Now

The firm appointed to oversee the closure of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) is contemplating going to court to shed light on the circumstances around its collapse, it has emerged.

Former BAAF chief names organisations approached prior to collapse

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Monday, October 26, 2015

| CYP Now

The former chair of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) has provided administrators with details of organisations contacted about the charity's difficulties prior to its collapse, it has emerged.

DfE appoints TOWIE stars as fostering ambassadors

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Monday, January 4, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has recruited two cast members from the television series The Only Way is Essex (TOWIE) in order to help boost numbers of people coming forward to provide foster care for children.

DfE announces increased funding for Staying Put

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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Local authorities are set to receive a total of £22.2m this year to cover the cost of allowing young people to remain in foster care placements until their 21st birthday, it has been announced.

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Two local authorities have become the first to be awarded "outstanding" judgments under Ofsted's controversial inspection framework for children's services.

Lack of carers sees teenagers miss out on foster placements

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Friday, May 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Fostering services are reporting a shortage of carers for teenagers, according to a survey to promote Foster Care Fortnight (May 16-29).

Care Inquiry calls for relationship-focused system

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

| CYP Now

A greater emphasis must be placed on relationships for children in care rather than the type of placement option, an inquiry by eight charities has found.

Fostering Network reveals extent of placement breakdown

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Monday, May 13, 2013

| CYP Now

A shortage of foster carers is resulting in placements breaking down and children moving too frequently between different families, it has been claimed.

App to help children in care open up to social workers

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Wednesday, April 17, 2019

| CYP Now

Up to 1,000 children in care will be communicating with their social workers through a tailored app by the end of the year, a charity has announced.

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted is to push ahead with the introduction of a tougher inspection regime for children's services, ignoring warnings from the sector that the system is too simplistic and will fail to deliver improvements.

Government doubles education support funding for children in care

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

| CYP Now

The amount of additional educational support for children in care, and the number who can receive it, is to be expanded from next year as part of a £100m funding package unveiled by children's minister Edward Timpson today.

New figures show smaller rise in adoptions

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Thursday, November 28, 2013

| CYP Now

The rise in the number of children adopted last year was not as high as previously thought, new data analysis suggests.

U-turn over approval process for long-distance care placements

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) will not have to personally approve care placements outside of their authority or region after initial plans to do so were watered down.

Foster carer demand shows slight fall

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of foster carers needed to be recruited this year is slightly lower than in 2013 due to a slowdown in the number of children expected to be fostered, research suggests.

Birmingham to get children's commissioner under Le Grand plans

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to draft in a commissioner and expert panel to oversee Birmingham's troubled children's services.

Free childcare to be extended to foster carers

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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

| CYP Now

Foster carers are to become eligible for 30 hours free childcare, children's minister Robert Goodwill has confirmed.

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils will be handed powers to outsource a whole range of children's social care services including child protection under proposals announced by the government.

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Adoption UK chief executive to step down

Rotherham children's services rated 'inadequate'

Adoption reform delays continue due to security concerns

Children's social worker vacancies soar

Scotland raises leaving care age to 21

Teenagers in foster care are moved too often, charity warns

Only a quarter of young people in foster care ‘stay put' past 18

Timpson appoints private firm to tackle failings in West Berkshire

BAAF administrators 'consider court application' to obtain information on collapse

Former BAAF chief names organisations approached prior to collapse

DfE appoints TOWIE stars as fostering ambassadors

DfE announces increased funding for Staying Put

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

Lack of carers sees teenagers miss out on foster placements

Care Inquiry calls for relationship-focused system

Fostering Network reveals extent of placement breakdown

App to help children in care open up to social workers

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

Government doubles education support funding for children in care

New figures show smaller rise in adoptions

U-turn over approval process for long-distance care placements

Foster carer demand shows slight fall

Birmingham to get children's commissioner under Le Grand plans

Free childcare to be extended to foster carers

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

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