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

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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.

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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

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