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

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.

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.

DfE-backed co-operative housing scheme for care leavers to launch

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Friday, April 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council is set to launch a co-operative company to provide supported housing for care leavers as part of pioneering attempts to improve outcomes.

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.

Campaigners call for end to B&B use for care leavers

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Friday, May 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities should be banned from using bed and breakfasts to house young care leavers, while post-care accommodation should be regulated by Ofsted, MPs have been told.

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".

Study backs Staying Put in children's homes at cost of £76m a year

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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Allowing young people to stay in residential care to the age of 21 will cost around £76m a year, a government-commissioned scoping study has found.

Senior Ofsted figure quits

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Friday, June 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's interim head of social care is leaving her post to become a director of children's services, it has been announced.

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.

Government unveils plan to make children's homes safer

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's homes will be required to notify local councils when children move in from other areas, under new government measures to tackle child sexual exploitation.

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services in Warrington has been appointed by Ofsted to spearhead attempts to improve social care across England.

Children and Families Act: Role of children's commissioner strengthened

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Friday, March 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Children and young people's rights will be better protected as a result of changes brought about through the Children and Families Act, the children's commissioner for England has said.

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, child poverty and arrests of girls

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

NSPCC warning over FGM teacher training gaps, predictions of a nine per cent rise in child poverty, and police arrest fewer girls, all in the news today.

Charities unite to call for care system to ensure better outcomes

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

| CYP Now

A group of children's charities has called on government to make "fundamental" changes to the care system including new ways of measuring outcomes to ensure young people's lives are being improved.

College of Social Work chief confirms closure within three months

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

| CYP Now

The College of Social Work (TCSW) will close by the end of September, it has been announced.

Cameron announces drive to improve outcomes for children in care

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Thursday, October 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Improving outcomes for children in care will form part of an "all-out assault on poverty" by government, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Council rated inadequate by Ofsted for 'unsafe practice'

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

A council that was found to have left vulnerable children at risk of harm has had its children's services rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Doubts over future of DfE's £20m social care research centre

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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

| CYP Now

The future of a delayed initiative to improve the quality of children's social care is in doubt, as there is no guarantee of ongoing government funding, documents reveal.

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

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Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Up to 25 local authorities will be judged on their multi-agency child protection arrangements under new inspections being introduced in April 2015, it has been announced.

Ofsted praises council for ‘outstanding' work on adoption and leadership

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Friday, February 19, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has been praised by Ofsted for its work on adoption and the way its children's services department is managed, with both areas being rated as "outstanding".

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted will spend fewer days "on site" during inspections of local authority children's services as part of efforts to ease the impact of the process, CYP Now has learned.

Massive rise in number of children in care under coalition

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Monday, June 22, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of children being cared for by the state rose by more than 5,000 during the term of the coalition government, an investigation by CYP Now has found.

Ofsted tells two children's services departments to improve

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Friday, September 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Two children's services departments have been told to improve their work following inspections by Ofsted.

DfE study to inform Spending Review 'not completed in time'

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Friday, December 4, 2015

| CYP Now

A study ordered by the Department for Education (DfE) in order to inform decisions made at last month's Spending Review about how children's services will be funded over the next five years is yet to be completed, CYP Now can reveal.

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

Ofsted tells children's services department to improve

DfE-backed co-operative housing scheme for care leavers to launch

Independent reviewing officers are not challenging enough, says Ofsted

Campaigners call for end to B&B use for care leavers

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

Study backs Staying Put in children's homes at cost of £76m a year

Senior Ofsted figure quits

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

Government unveils plan to make children's homes safer

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

Children and Families Act: Role of children's commissioner strengthened

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, child poverty and arrests of girls

Charities unite to call for care system to ensure better outcomes

College of Social Work chief confirms closure within three months

Cameron announces drive to improve outcomes for children in care

Council rated inadequate by Ofsted for 'unsafe practice'

Doubts over future of DfE's £20m social care research centre

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

Ofsted praises council for ‘outstanding' work on adoption and leadership

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

Massive rise in number of children in care under coalition

Ofsted tells two children's services departments to improve

DfE study to inform Spending Review 'not completed in time'

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