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Government reveals more than 50,000 children's home 'missing incidents'

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

| CYP Now

Young people living in children's homes in England have been reported missing more than 50,000 times in the last three years - with the missing rate for individual children currently averaging nearly five times a year, it has emerged.

Troubled council to launch children's services trust in 2019

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

| CYP Now

A struggling council that a government report recommended be scrapped and replaced with two new unitary authorities is pushing ahead with plans to establish children's services to an independent trust in 12 months' time.

Care improves life for two thirds of children, study finds

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

| CYP Now

Being taken into care improves the life chances of more than two thirds of children, a study has found.

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.

Court ruling leaves councils open to foster care negligence claims

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

| CYP Now

A Supreme Court ruling could leave councils liable for the neglect or abuse of children or young people living in foster care and independently owned care homes, an expert in negligence law has warned.

One in seven children's social worker posts unfilled

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Friday, March 7, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 3,800 children's social workers are needed to fill vacancies across local authorities in England, figures published by the government have shown.

Siblings-in-care charity struggles to find council support

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

| CYP Now

A charity running a free service giving brothers and sisters living apart in care the opportunity to stay in touch is struggling to find local authorities willing to refer children to the scheme.

Reduced caseloads net council 'good' Ofsted rating

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Tuesday, February 7, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted has praised a council's children's services for reducing social worker caseloads and focusing on placing children locally, handing services a "good" rating overall.

Charity makes official complaint against damning CQC inspection

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Friday, March 23, 2012

| CYP Now

Scope has complained to the Care Quality Commission after their inspectors delivered a damning report into standards at one of the charity's care homes for young disabled people.

CWDC issues warning to government ahead of closure

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Friday, March 23, 2012

| CYP Now

The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has warned the government not to lose sight of strong partnerships and professional development in the early years and social care sectors ahead of its closure at the end of the month.

Police forces praised for action on criminalisation in children's homes

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Monday, December 18, 2017

| CYP Now

Joint action by care home providers and police to tackle the criminalisation of children in residential care is dramatically reducing the number of inappropriate call-outs, research has found.

Early intervention 'reduces demand for child protection services'

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Investment in early intervention is reducing demand for child protection services by up to 30 per cent in some local authorities, while other areas struggle to cope with huge increases in demand, research by the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has found.

One in 10 children's homes providers face closure, study finds

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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

| CYP Now

One in 10 residential children's care providers are potentially facing insolvency because they are unable to meet the costs of "sleep-in" pay for staff, according to a survey.

Inspectorate censures police for holding vulnerable children in cells

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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Police forces have been criticised for placing vulnerable children in cells as a substitute for appropriate welfare provision.

Scotland raises leaving care age to 21

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Young people in Scotland who are in residential care, foster care, or kinship care will be able to remain in their placement up until the age of 21 as a result of landmark legislation.

Timpson appoints private firm to tackle failings in West Berkshire

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has appointed a private firm to oversee improvements at a children's services department following a damning Ofsted inspection earlier this year.

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

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Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

A children's services department that was providing support for three vulnerable children who died in the space of a month has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

YJB to save £4.6m by axing secure children's home places

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Numbers of custodial places in secure children's homes are to be cut by 15 per cent, it has been announced.

Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is holding discussions about the possibility of outsourcing elements of its children's social care work in order to help deal with an influx of asylum-seeking children, it has emerged.

Proportion of privately run children’s homes up by 12 per cent, Ofsted figures show

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Monday, July 26, 2021

| CYP Now

The number of children’s homes run by private companies increased by 12 per cent in the year to March 2021, new analysis by Ofsted shows.

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Government reveals more than 50,000 children's home 'missing incidents'

Troubled council to launch children's services trust in 2019

Care improves life for two thirds of children, study finds

Birmingham unveils strategy to tackle children's services failings

Court ruling leaves councils open to foster care negligence claims

One in seven children's social worker posts unfilled

Siblings-in-care charity struggles to find council support

Reduced caseloads net council 'good' Ofsted rating

Charity makes official complaint against damning CQC inspection

CWDC issues warning to government ahead of closure

Police forces praised for action on criminalisation in children's homes

Early intervention 'reduces demand for child protection services'

One in 10 children's homes providers face closure, study finds

Inspectorate censures police for holding vulnerable children in cells

Scotland raises leaving care age to 21

Timpson appoints private firm to tackle failings in West Berkshire

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

YJB to save £4.6m by axing secure children's home places

Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

Proportion of privately run children’s homes up by 12 per cent, Ofsted figures show

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