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Fostering Network reveals extent of placement breakdown

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.

£2m for councils to trial adoption support

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Ten local authorities will get a slice of £2m in government funding to trial new methods of support for adopted children, it has been announced.

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services in Blackpool are improving but problems remain with support for care leavers and planning for looked-after children, inspectors have found.

Nearly half of councils see fall in children's services rating under tougher Ofsted inspections

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Friday, January 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Three quarters of children's services departments assessed under Ofsted's single inspection framework have been rated in the bottom two grades, with nearly half inspected so far seeing a fall in their judgment compared with previous performance.

Labour 'to boost kinship care support'

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Labour wants to see more children at risk of being taken into care instead be given the chance to live with extended family members.

Staff speak out after more than 50 jobs go in shock BAAF closure

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Monday, August 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Former staff at the British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF) have hit out at their treatment following Friday's surprise closure of the organisation.

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Lucy Powell shadow education secretary.

Administrators complete transfer of BAAF services

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Friday, September 25, 2015

| CYP Now

All remaining UK functions of the collapsed charity the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) have now been transferred to other organisations, according to its administrators.

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

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Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

An independent children's services trust that was established on government orders has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Number of children in care at highest level on record, latest figures show

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Thursday, November 18, 2021

| CYP Now

The number of children in care is at an all-time high, according to latest figures from the Department for Education.

Tact proposes creation of national care service

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Thursday, September 16, 2021

| CYP Now

Fostering charity Tact is calling on the Care Review to recommend the creation of a national care service.

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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

£2m for councils to trial adoption support

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

Nearly half of councils see fall in children's services rating under tougher Ofsted inspections

Labour 'to boost kinship care support'

Staff speak out after more than 50 jobs go in shock BAAF closure

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

Administrators complete transfer of BAAF services

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

Number of children in care at highest level on record, latest figures show

Tact proposes creation of national care service

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