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Ombudsman criticises council for respite care failures

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

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A third of families of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in South Gloucestershire have not been receiving the respite care they are entitled to, a local government and social care ombudsman (LGO) investigation has found.

Trauma experts call for end to profit making in foster care

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

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Private sector fostering agencies are being called on to “transition to not-for-profit operation” by a group of trauma experts.

Workforce pressures contribute to lack of joint early help for families, Ofsted finds

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

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Workforce and resource pressure is hampering multi-agency help for families, a report from inspectorates behind joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) warns.

King’s Speech 2023: Key points for children and young people and what was missed

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

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King Charles III has laid out the government’s plans for legislation impacting children and young people as part of his first King’s Speech as monarch.

Record number of young people seeking homelessness support

Monday, November 6, 2023

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A record number of 16- to 24-year-olds approached their local authority for support with homelessness last year, Centrepoint has warned.

Charity to deliver government-funded national kinship care training

Friday, November 3, 2023

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National charity Kinship has been awarded an 18-month contract by the Department for Education to deliver a national training and support programme for kinship carers in England as part of reforms put forward in the government's response to the Care Review.

Children’s services spending ‘spiralling out of control’, councils warn

Thursday, November 2, 2023

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County councils are warning that children’s services spending is “spiralling out of control”, and accounting for almost half of their projected £639m overspend this year.

Ofsted calls for action over council's care leaver accommodation crisis

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

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A lack of housing for care leavers in Devon is forcing “too many” to live in hotels and other unsuitable accommodation, Ofsted has warned.

CYP Now webinar will explore effective responses to HSB in children

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

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Leading experts in the field of harmful sexual behaviour (HSB) by children will be speaking at a webinar on the topic hosted by Children & Young People Now.

Mayor of London calls for action over child food poverty

Monday, October 30, 2023

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has used a visit to a holiday food scheme to call on the government to tackle child poverty.

Children in need numbers fall but still higher than pre-pandemic levels

Thursday, October 26, 2023

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The number of children in need of support and protection has fallen over the last year but is still higher than pre-pandemic levels, latest data shows.

Children’s home to temporarily close amid safeguarding and leadership concerns

Thursday, October 26, 2023

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A specialist care home and school that supports boys with a history of harmful sexual behaviour is to temporarily close amid concerns around its safeguarding practices and management.

DfE rows back on plans to ban agency social work teams

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

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The Department for Education has watered down proposals to ban the use of agency social work teams by local authority children’s services.

DfE shares report into deaths of children in care after legal battle

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

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A government report, released after a tribunal deemed its contents to be in the public interest, reveals details of dozens of cases where children and young people died or suffered serious harm while in care.

Young care leavers in the North East to benefit from free travel

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

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An initiative offering free travel to care leavers will be extended to more than 1,500 young people in Tyne and Wear, Durham and Northumberland after the success of a pilot scheme in Newcastle and Gateshead.

Largest private children’s placement providers make £300m in annual profit

Monday, October 23, 2023

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The largest independent providers of children’s social care saw profits of more than £300m last year, a new report commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA) reveals.

BBC Teach partners with Adoption UK to represent care experience in the classroom

Thursday, October 19, 2023

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Adoption UK has joined forces with BBC Teach to design a new set of resources for teachers and children based on how to address care experience in education settings.

Better support for ‘repeat removal’ families could reduce number of children in care, report finds

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

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Targeting support at mothers who have already had one or more children removed from their care can reduce looked-after children figures each year and lead to substantial long-term savings to the UK economy, analysis has found.

Homelessness among care leavers rises by a third over last five years

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

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The number of care leavers who experience or are threatened by homelessness has increased by a third since 2018, according to figures released by care charity Become.

John Lewis Partnership launches range designed by care leavers

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

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The John Lewis Partnership has doubled down on its pledge to support care leavers, launching a new range designed by people with experience of the care system.

More families using informal lenders amid high inflation

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

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Families with children are six times more likely to have resorted to using informal lenders or loan sharks, analysis from Action for Children on the cost-of-living crisis finds.

Council confirms tax relief for care leavers

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

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North Devon Council has confirmed that all care leavers living in the area will be exempt from paying council tax until their 25th birthday.

Courts no longer responsible for oversight of unregistered DoL placements, new guidance states

Monday, October 16, 2023

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The head of the family court has issued new guidance which states that the judiciary will stop monitoring the use of unregistered placements for children deprived of their liberty in England and Wales.

Government lifts Hull’s improvement notice

Thursday, October 12, 2023

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The government has informed Hull City Council that its children’s services are no longer subject to an improvement notice.

Charities question councils' treatment of teenagers presenting as homeless

Thursday, October 12, 2023

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Children’s charity leaders have raised concerns over reports that children treated as homeless by local authorities rather than as in need of care are not being offered adequate information about their entitlements.

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