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

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.

Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

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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.

Government considers extending children's home leaving age to 21

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to explore the possibility of allowing young people to stay in residential care up to the age of 21, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

Councils to offer runaway children interview on return

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Friday, January 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Children who go missing from their family home or a care home will be given the opportunity to talk to an independent person about why they ran away, as part of government attempts to improve safeguarding.

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

| CYP Now

There is an "unhelpful" misperception among the media and public about the nature of out-of-authority placements for looked-after children, council care managers have said.

U-turn over approval process for long-distance care placements

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) will not have to personally approve care placements outside of their authority or region after initial plans to do so were watered down.

Children's home risk assessment plans delayed

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Plans to risk assess proposed new children's homes to make sure young people are safe from criminals and abusers have been delayed, after concerns were raised about how it will work.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, palliative care and youth offending

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Friday, December 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Report blames sexual grooming of young girls on police failings; MPs call for fairer children's palliative care funding; and a youth offending service in Teeside wins praise, all in the news today.

Government reluctant to raise leaving care age

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Friday, December 20, 2013

| CYP Now

The government will not consider raising the leaving age for children in residential care to 21 until standards have improved, Education Secretary Michael Gove has said.

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

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Monday, December 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposed anti-slavery legislation to be published; Cameron rejects child benefit cap; and consultation launched on children's homes inspection framework, all in the news today.

Birmingham unveils strategy to tackle children's services failings

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Thursday, December 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Birmingham Council has announced plans to work more closely with other agencies responsible for safeguarding children in a bid to improve services.

Care proceedings run 14 weeks beyond target

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Monday, December 9, 2013

| CYP Now

The average length of care proceedings is still 14 weeks over a new target due to be introduced in April, latest figures show.

Children in residential care must be listened to, MPs told

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Friday, November 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposed government reforms of the residential care system do not focus enough on listening to children, a group of MPs has been told.

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.

Leadership instability linked to children's services failings

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's services departments are struggling to improve child protection standards due to instability caused by high turnover of senior staff and directors, a report by Ofsted has claimed.

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted is to push ahead with the introduction of a tougher inspection regime for children's services, ignoring warnings from the sector that the system is too simplistic and will fail to deliver improvements.

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.

Consultancy boss voices concerns on government's Doncaster blueprint

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Government plans to strip Doncaster Council of responsibility for children's services risk affecting the quality of services, the head of a private consulting company has said.

Labour calls for investigation into children's care charges

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Shadow children's minister Lisa Nandy is calling for an investigation into how many councils are planning to levy charges for taking children into care after Wakefield Council became the latest local authority to confirm it is considering such a move.

More councils look at care charges for parents

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

| CYP Now

At least two further councils are considering following Worcestershire in introducing a controversial system to charge parents if their children are taken into care, CYP Now has learned.

High workloads jeopardise care for vulnerable children

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Monday, August 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Heavy caseloads mean many independent reviewing officers (IROs) are unable to fulfill their potential to help children in care, a study has found.

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Parents could be forced to pay as much as £900-a-month if their children are taken into care, under plans announced by Worcestershire County Council.

Failing children's homes more than double in a year

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Friday, June 28, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of children's homes judged by Ofsted to be failing has more than doubled over the past year, while those classed as achieving the highest standards have fallen 40 per cent.

LGA and Barnardo's warn of 'reckless' adoption changes

News

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

| CYP Now

The entire adoption system could be significantly damaged unless proposed reforms are reconsidered, Barnardo's and the Local Government Association (LGA) have warned.

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

Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

Government considers extending children's home leaving age to 21

Councils to offer runaway children interview on return

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

U-turn over approval process for long-distance care placements

Children's home risk assessment plans delayed

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, palliative care and youth offending

Government reluctant to raise leaving care age

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

Birmingham unveils strategy to tackle children's services failings

Care proceedings run 14 weeks beyond target

Children in residential care must be listened to, MPs told

Huge drop in restraint attributed to restorative justice

Leadership instability linked to children's services failings

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

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

Consultancy boss voices concerns on government's Doncaster blueprint

Labour calls for investigation into children's care charges

More councils look at care charges for parents

High workloads jeopardise care for vulnerable children

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

Failing children's homes more than double in a year

LGA and Barnardo's warn of 'reckless' adoption changes

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