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Gove U-turn over Doncaster Council plans

Friday, September 27, 2013

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Michael Gove has backed down over plans to strip control of children's social services from Doncaster Council, instead backing proposals for the authority to retain accountability.

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

News

Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

The College of Social Work (TCSW) has called for a government consultation on controversial plans to outsource child protection services to be extended.

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

News

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.

Inspectors criticise Doncaster agencies over CSE failings

News

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Child protection agencies in Doncaster have come under fire for failing to take action to protect three girls in a children's home from child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Private sector provider sought to revamp children's services in Sandwell

News

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Sandwell Council has outlined plans to draft in private sector support to help run its children's services department for two and a half years.

Ofsted 'too tough' on child protection teams, finds scathing report

News

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is unfairly tough on children's services departments and its inspections can have a detrimental impact on performance, a damning report has concluded.

Directors blame disjointed policy and onerous inspection for high turnover rates

News

Monday, February 20, 2023

| CYP Now

Rising workloads, an onerous inspection regime and lack of policy leadership are key factors in the high turnover of directors of children’s services (DCS), latest research shows.

DfE to encourage children's social care providers to ‘take risks'

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Monday, January 18, 2016

| CYP Now

A "fundamental cultural shift" featuring a greater degree of risk-taking is necessary in order to improve standards within children's social care, the Department for Education has said.

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

News

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 praises council's children's services for domestic violence work

News

Friday, March 11, 2016

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been praised by Ofsted for its work to tackle domestic abuse, and the quality of leadership.

Rise in special guardianship orders made by courts

News

Thursday, March 31, 2016

| CYP Now

The number of children placed with special guardians each year has passed the 5,000 mark for the first time.

DfE announces £200m funding for social care innovation programme

News

Monday, April 4, 2016

| CYP Now

A total of £200m will be made available for local authorities and charities to test innovative ideas for children's social care over the next four years, it has been announced.

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

News

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.

Ofsted brands council 'inadequate' over CSE failures

News

Thursday, June 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Surrey has become the fourth authority in the space of a month to have its children's services rated "inadequate" by Ofsted after inspectors flagged up serious concerns about how it deals with child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Early intervention funding halved under coalition

News

Monday, July 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils have cut spending on early intervention by a further eight per cent in 2015/16 on the back of funding being halved under the coalition government, CYP Now can reveal.

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Gove U-turn over Doncaster Council plans

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

Inspectors criticise Doncaster agencies over CSE failings

Private sector provider sought to revamp children's services in Sandwell

Ofsted 'too tough' on child protection teams, finds scathing report

Directors blame disjointed policy and onerous inspection for high turnover rates

DfE to encourage children's social care providers to ‘take risks'

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

Ofsted praises council's children's services for domestic violence work

Rise in special guardianship orders made by courts

DfE announces £200m funding for social care innovation programme

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

Ofsted brands council 'inadequate' over CSE failures

Early intervention funding halved under coalition

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