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Social work agencies consultation could increase ‘stability’ in children’s services, says ADCS president

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

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The Department for Education’s consultation to address the “pernicious practices of some social work agencies” could bring stability back to the workforce, the new president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has said.

Kinship carer support hub launches

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

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Charity Kinship has launched its first online support hub for kinship carers.

DfE offers £1m contract to run foster care campaign

Monday, April 17, 2023

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The Department for Education is searching for a delivery partner to drive forward plans for a £1m foster care recruitment campaign, in response to recommendations made in the Care Review.

Ofsted commends improved support for children’s social workers in Haringey

Thursday, April 13, 2023

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Haringey Council has been praised by Ofsted for its work to improve support for frontline children’s social workers.

Extend proposed local agency ban for social workers to six months, urges ADCS

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

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Plans to ban children’s social workers joining an agency within three months of leaving a council in the same area should be extended to six months or more, says the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS).

Teaching union calls for ‘urgent’ school support for refugees

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

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Extra funding and training for teachers to help support the needs of refugee and asylum seeking pupils is needed “urgently”, according to teaching union NASUWT.

Two child limit ‘pushing families into deep poverty’, campaigners warn

Thursday, April 6, 2023

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The government’s two child limit on additional benefits support is pushing families further into poverty, a report by campaigners is warning.

Trust takes over Bradford’s ‘inadequate’ children’s services

Thursday, April 6, 2023

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An independent trust set up to run children’s services in Bradford has launched, after the city's council failed to improve support for vulnerable young people despite a raft of critical Ofsted reports.

Young people urge councils to support care experience campaign

Thursday, April 6, 2023

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Young people are working alongside a campaign urging local authorities to adopt care experience as a protected characteristic.

Teenager takes council to court over hostel placement

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

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A vulnerable teenage girl is launching a legal challenge against Lambeth Council after she was placed in a hostel around the time of her 17th birthday when she was homeless.

Former children’s minister calls for asylum transfer scheme to be replaced

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

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The government must completely revamp its local authority dispersal scheme for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and “properly” fund councils to deliver necessary support, former children’s minister Tim Loughton has said.

Social workers in schools do not reduce referral rates, research finds

Monday, April 3, 2023

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Embedding social workers in schools does not reduce children’s need to access social care services, despite its positive reputation among social workers, staff and students, a large-scale evaluation has found.

Home Secretary to consult on mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse

Monday, April 3, 2023

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The Home Secretary will launch a public consultation over the introduction of a mandatory requirement to report child sexual abuse concerns for adults working with young people.

Council to review treatment of children with SEND

Monday, April 3, 2023

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West Northamptonshire Council is set to review its treatment of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), after an ombudsman investigation revealed a number of children were left without adequate education.

Durham’s director of children’s services takes over as ADCS president

Monday, April 3, 2023

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Durham’s director of children’s services John Pearce has taken over as president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS).

Open University and John Lewis Partnership launch care leaver scholarships

Friday, March 31, 2023

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The Open University and John Lewis Partnership have teamed up to offer young people with care experience undergraduate scholarships.

DfE’s supported accommodation standards ‘worse than envisaged’, sector leaders warn

Thursday, March 30, 2023

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Social work leaders and people with care experience have criticised the Department for Education’s decision to push forward with plans to implement “inadequate and unethical” standards for supported accommodation housing 16- and 17-year-olds.

Charities slam plans to house asylum-seeking children in military bases

Thursday, March 30, 2023

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Campaigners have criticised the government over plans to house asylum seekers, including children, in former military bases.

Bexley Council retains 'outstanding' Ofsted rating

Thursday, March 30, 2023

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A south east London council has been praised for maintaining “outstanding” children’s services by Ofsted inspectors, despite an increase in demand following the Covid-19 pandemic.

Outcomes First Group 'in talks' over children's home closures

Thursday, March 30, 2023

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One of the England’s largest children’s homes providers is in talks with staff over the closure of some of its settings, CYP Now understands.

ADCS: Illegal Migration Bill will ‘distort care system’

Monday, March 27, 2023

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The Illegal Migration Bill risks encouraging vulnerable children into the arms of exploiters and traffickers, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

Ofsted praises 'significant' improvements at council's children's services

Monday, March 27, 2023

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East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s children’s services has seen “significant and sustained changes”, since its last inspection in 2019 Ofsted has found, resulting in the withdrawal of an improvement notice from the Department for Education.

Black children 'six times more likely' to be strip-searched

Monday, March 27, 2023

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Black children are up to six times more likely to be strip-searched compared with national population figures, a finding slammed as "utterly unacceptable" by the children's commissioner for England.

Social care and education workers ‘among hardest hit’ by rising costs, charity warns

Thursday, March 23, 2023

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Social care and education staff are among groups of workers being hit hardest by the cost-of-living crisis, research by the charity Food Foundation has revealed.

Ofsted: Rochdale not making ‘sufficient progress’ to improve

Thursday, March 23, 2023

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Rochdale Council’s children’s services department has “not made sufficient progress” to correct failures in supporting vulnerable young people over the last five years, Ofsted has warned.

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