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Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The London Borough of Hillingdon has become the first council to be told that its child protection and care services must be improved under Ofsted's tougher new inspection framework.

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.

Government awards £16m to 'life chances' projects

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

| CYP Now

Projects supporting children in care and families blighted by drug and alcohol dependency are to benefit from the first wave of investment from an £80m government fund that links payments to improved outcomes.

Coalition fails to improve care placements

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Thursday, November 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The coalition government has failed to make any progress in getting children into the right placement when they first enter care and ensuring it is close to their home, a damning report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| CYP Now

New quality standards for children's homes should be scrapped by the next government, an organisation representing residential care providers has said.

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

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Friday, June 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Sandwell Council has said it is considering a formal challenge after Ofsted rated its children's services "inadequate" for the second time since 2013.

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The chief inspectors of Ofsted and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) have launched a scathing attack on councils' failure to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated as "requires improvement" by Ofsted after inspectors found a number of areas that need to be addressed.

National unit for secure children's home placements to be created

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Monday, April 4, 2016

| CYP Now

A local authority is to be handed national responsibility for co-ordinating placements of children in secure homes, children's minister Edward Timpson has said.

DfE refuses to release controversial study on outsourcing children's services

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Friday, April 15, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has refused to release the findings of a controversial study examining how children's services can be delivered outside of local authority control following a five-month Freedom of Information (FOI) battle.

Secure homes to lose places as YJB cuts beds for young offenders

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Numbers of custodial places in secure children's homes (SCHs) are to be cut due to falling custody levels, prompting fresh concerns over the care of vulnerable children.

Loughton praises work of west London centre for children in care

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Friday, May 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's minister Tim Loughton has highlighted a west London centre for looked-after children as an example of the type of provision which should be replicated by local authorities across the country.

Fast-track social work programme to recruit top graduates

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Friday, May 17, 2013

| CYP Now

A controversial fast-track training programme for social workers will launch next year, the government has announced.

Councils rise to minister's challenge on care leaver support

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Nearly two thirds of local authorities are providing care leavers with grants of at least £2,000 to help them set up home after children's minister Edward Timpson called on them to boost levels of support.

Huge drop in restraint attributed to restorative justice

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

| CYP Now

A secure children's home in Devon has been recognised for its successful use of restorative justice after restraint incidents fell by nearly 90 per cent.

Barnardo's to pursue 'radical' drive for children's services partnerships

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Tuesday, October 3, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's charity Barnardo's is keen to form children's services partnerships with councils across the country and is in "deep discussions" with a number of local authorities, its chief executive has said.

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's consultation over allowing councils to delegate children's social care services to third parties was insufficient and needs further debate, chair of the all-party parliamentary group on child protection has said.

Children's social workers face knowledge test

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

| CYP Now

New children's social workers will have to pass a test of their knowledge in order to become an approved practitioner as part of government attempts to improve the quality of the profession, it has been announced.

Costs of children in care hit £3.4bn

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

| CYP Now

The cost of supporting children in care has reached £3.4bn, according to an Audit Commission report that exposes widespread variation of spending across councils.

Ofsted overhauls residential family centre inspections

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted has issued its revised inspection framework for residential family centres.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' amid concerns over leadership

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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

| CYP Now

A council has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted after inspectors found "serious and widespread failures" across children's services and questioned the integrity of its leadership team.

£30m to fund innovative reforms to children's social care

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to make £30m available over the next year to help children's professionals develop innovative ideas for reforming how children's social care is delivered.

Ofsted delays revised children's home inspections

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted has delayed by a year the introduction of new children's home inspections because of concerns they would be "inefficient".

Council spending rises on children in need of help

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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils are spending 10 per cent more per head on children in need of support than they did in 2010, a government report has found.

Children's services trust set to cost £4.6m

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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

| CYP Now

The creation of an independent trust as part of efforts to improve children's services in Worcestershire will cost around £4.6m, it has emerged.

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Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

Government awards £16m to 'life chances' projects

Coalition fails to improve care placements

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

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

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

National unit for secure children's home placements to be created

DfE refuses to release controversial study on outsourcing children's services

Secure homes to lose places as YJB cuts beds for young offenders

Loughton praises work of west London centre for children in care

Fast-track social work programme to recruit top graduates

Councils rise to minister's challenge on care leaver support

Huge drop in restraint attributed to restorative justice

Barnardo's to pursue 'radical' drive for children's services partnerships

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

Children's social workers face knowledge test

Costs of children in care hit £3.4bn

Ofsted overhauls residential family centre inspections

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' amid concerns over leadership

£30m to fund innovative reforms to children's social care

Ofsted delays revised children's home inspections

Council spending rises on children in need of help

Children's services trust set to cost £4.6m

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