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Ofsted delays revised children's home inspections

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.

Councils call for national outcomes framework for looked-after children

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Monday, November 24, 2014

| CYP Now

A national outcomes framework should be developed as one of a range of measures to improve services for looked-after children and those with greatest needs, a report has found.

Children's homes providers face £500k bill for new quality standards

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Government proposals to introduce new quality standards in children's homes would significantly drive up costs for providers, it has emerged.

ADCS president O'Sullivan to champion Staying Put extension

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

| CYP Now

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has vowed to make the extension of support rights for children in residential care a key goal of her time in office.

Government announces law change to boost adoptions

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

| CYP Now

The law will be changed so that councils and courts favour adoption over other forms of care for vulnerable children, the government has announced.

Cost of raising residential care leaving age 'could exceed £500m'

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

| CYP Now

The cost of raising the age that children can remain in children's homes from 18 to 21 could exceed £500m, the man leading a government review of residential care has said.

Scotland to offer university places to all children in care

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

| CYP Now

All children in Scotland who have spent time in the care system will be offered the opportunity to go to university, it has been announced.

Attachment-aware schools improve outcomes for children in care

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

| CYP Now

A project that has trained teachers on how to develop strong relationships with looked-after children has seen pupils' reading and maths attainment improve and problem behaviour reduce, a study has found.

Social work accreditation reforms ‘risk destabilising workforce'

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The new accreditation system for children's social workers being introduced by government risks "destabilising and demoralising" the workforce and could have "profound implications" for vulnerable children, service leaders have warned.

Children's services to be allowed to seek ‘Ofsted exemption'

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Monday, May 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils will be given the opportunity to have Ofsted inspections of their child protection provision suspended for up to six years as part of the government's social care reforms, it has emerged.

Children's home providers dismiss DCS calls to 'dismantle' private residential care market

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Monday, August 2, 2021

| CYP Now

Dismantling or radically changing the existing independent residential care sector will do little to improve the quality or cost of provision, children's home providers have warned.

Sector split over Care Review’s comments on residential care

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Monday, August 16, 2021

| CYP Now

The Care Review’s comments on the commissioning of children’s residential care put forward in the Case for Change have split the sector.

Call to extend unregulated settings ban ahead of introduction for under-16s

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Thursday, September 2, 2021

| CYP Now

Social work and charity leaders have reiterated calls for an outright ban on the use of unregulated supported accommodation for all children a week before such settings are banned for those under 16.

Kent appeals for help to deal with surge in asylum-seeking children

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Friday, July 31, 2015

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is in talks with the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) about finding foster places for asylum-seeking children after numbers arriving in Dover doubled in the space of three months.

Ofsted slams residential home for locking up children

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

| CYP Now

A residential care home where children were locked in their rooms and staff shouted at each other has been judged "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Ofsted survey highlights communication problems in care system

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Monday, November 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Care providers need to do more to improve communication with professionals who act on behalf of looked-after children, research by Ofsted suggests.

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Government is considering forcing local authorities to take on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in order to ease pressure on Kent County Council, it has emerged.

More support for parents could prevent children being taken into care

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Four out of 10 looked-after children say they could have remained at home if their parents had been given more support, according to a survey.

Looked-after children feel powerless over their care

News

Thursday, June 2, 2011

| CYP Now

More than half of looked-after children think their feelings and wishes make no difference to the decisions made about their care, a report by the children's rights director has found.

More councils look at care charges for parents

News

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.

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.

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.

Ofsted figures reveal extent of out-of-area placements

News

Friday, June 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Around one in five local authorities have looked-after children living there from 40 or more other council areas, new figures show.

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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

Councils call for national outcomes framework for looked-after children

Children's homes providers face £500k bill for new quality standards

ADCS president O'Sullivan to champion Staying Put extension

Government announces law change to boost adoptions

Cost of raising residential care leaving age 'could exceed £500m'

Scotland to offer university places to all children in care

Attachment-aware schools improve outcomes for children in care

Social work accreditation reforms ‘risk destabilising workforce'

Children's services to be allowed to seek ‘Ofsted exemption'

Children's home providers dismiss DCS calls to 'dismantle' private residential care market

Sector split over Care Review’s comments on residential care

Call to extend unregulated settings ban ahead of introduction for under-16s

Kent appeals for help to deal with surge in asylum-seeking children

Ofsted slams residential home for locking up children

Ofsted survey highlights communication problems in care system

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

More support for parents could prevent children being taken into care

Looked-after children feel powerless over their care

More councils look at care charges for parents

Labour calls for investigation into children's care charges

Consultancy boss voices concerns on government's Doncaster blueprint

Ofsted figures reveal extent of out-of-area placements

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