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Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

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.

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.

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.

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly 500 children in Manchester were potentially left at risk because social work assessments were not carried out quickly enough, a report that has rated the city's children's services as "inadequate", has found.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

Professionals admit to social care knowledge gap

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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Many social care professionals admit to having an incomplete understanding of the rights and entitlements of looked-after children and care leavers, research has revealed.

'Passive' DfE fails to improve outcomes for looked-after children

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs have launched a scathing attack on the Department for Education's commitment to improving support for children in care.

Budget 2015: £30m fund a 'shot in the arm' for sector, say adoption experts

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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Adoption experts have welcomed the government's decision to provide £30m to councils to pay the cost of them placing children with adoptive parents outside of their area.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services standards

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been told to improve the quality of its work with children and young people after Ofsted inspectors identified "significant areas for development".

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Children in Knowsley are being left at risk of harm due to serious failures in child protection services, a damning Ofsted report which labelled the authority "inadequate" has found.

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

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Monday, February 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Sheffield has been told to improve its children's services after an inspection highlighted weaknesses in performance on looked-after children and adoption.

Pilot regional adoption agencies to place 200 children a year

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Monday, June 22, 2015

| CYP Now

The government wants to test regional adoption agencies that can find homes for 200 children and young people a year so that they can be operating at a more "efficient and effective" scale.

Councils call for clarity over refugee support arrangements

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Council and children's services leaders are calling on the government to clarify how they will be supported to resettle 20,000 refugees, including unaccompanied children, from Syria.

ADCS president O'Sullivan to champion Staying Put extension

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

| CYP Now

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has vowed to make the extension of support rights for children in residential care a key goal of her time in office.

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.

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.

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Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

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

Administrators complete transfer of BAAF services

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

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

Slough children's services to become independent trust

Professionals admit to social care knowledge gap

'Passive' DfE fails to improve outcomes for looked-after children

Budget 2015: £30m fund a 'shot in the arm' for sector, say adoption experts

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services standards

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

Pilot regional adoption agencies to place 200 children a year

Councils call for clarity over refugee support arrangements

ADCS president O'Sullivan to champion Staying Put extension

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

Charity warns of 'inappropriate' use of special guardianship orders

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