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Children's home managers highlight recruitment problems

Monday, January 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's homes are struggling to find suitable staff with more than half of managers reporting difficulties recruiting candidates with appropriate skills and training.

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) face a fight to protect their role, with more than half now responsible for other directorates or services, the vice president-elect of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

Ofsted: Three-quarters of children's services departments 'not good enough'

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Monday, March 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Less than a quarter of local authority children's departments inspected by Ofsted last year were found to be providing effective social care services.

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

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Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education will consider intervening in the running of children's services in Somerset after the department was labelled "inadequate" by Ofsted for the second time in less than two years.

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.

Council offers £15,000 mortgage deposit to attract children's social workers

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Friday, April 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has unveiled plans to stump up money to help children's social workers to buy a home as part of efforts to boost recruitment.

Call for social workers to have greater role in early intervention

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Social workers should be routinely involved in early intervention work that goes beyond their legal responsibilities, the College of Social Work has said.

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".

NSPCC demands clearer rules to protect children who return home from care

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Monday, April 30, 2012

| CYP Now

The NSPCC is calling on the government to publish guidance on returning children in care home, saying that currently hundreds of children are likely to experience further abuse and neglect.

Children in care denied help with mental health problems

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils and specialist services are failing to support children in care who have mental health problems, a probe by MPs has found.

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.

Large rise in number of children seeking support for CSE

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Friday, May 29, 2015

| CYP Now

Numbers of children seeking help from Barnardo's in relation to child sexual exploitation (CSE) has risen by 50 per cent in the space of a year, it has emerged.

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.

Care applications continue to soar

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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Numbers of court applications being made for children to be taken into care are continuing to soar, with latest figures showing a 14 per cent increase compared with last year.

Police chief urges leniency around children's home incidents

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Police forces should only attend children's homes to tackle extreme incidents of young people's behaviour, the country's top police officer for children's issues has said.

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.

Councils plan major cuts to children's homes to balance books

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Two councils have announced plans to cut spending on children's homes provision as part of efforts to reduce levels of spending within children's services.

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.

Children's home data reveals extent of out-of-area placements

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Friday, September 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Almost half of children in residential care are placed outside their home authority, statistics published today by the Department for Education have revealed.

Finalised Labour manifesto promises care system overhaul

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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

| CYP Now

A vow to overhaul the children's care system and end the government's focus on adoption has been added to the final version of Labour's manifesto for next month's general election.

Inspectors praise 'outstanding' children's services leadership in Islington

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Friday, July 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted inspectors have praised the "highly ambitious" leadership of children's services at the London Borough of Islington in ensuring its most vulnerable children are well supported.

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.

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Children's home managers highlight recruitment problems

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

Ofsted: Three-quarters of children's services departments 'not good enough'

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

Ofsted tells children's services department to improve

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

Council offers £15,000 mortgage deposit to attract children's social workers

Call for social workers to have greater role in early intervention

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'

NSPCC demands clearer rules to protect children who return home from care

Children in care denied help with mental health problems

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

Large rise in number of children seeking support for CSE

Senior Ofsted figure quits

Care applications continue to soar

Police chief urges leniency around children's home incidents

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

Councils plan major cuts to children's homes to balance books

Government unveils plan to make children's homes safer

Children's home data reveals extent of out-of-area placements

Finalised Labour manifesto promises care system overhaul

Inspectors praise 'outstanding' children's services leadership in Islington

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

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