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Commissioning Children’s Social Care: Key policy developments

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  • Tuesday, May 30, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Faced with a 25 per cent rise in children in care over the past decade and funding levels that have failed to keep pace with this demand, some local authorities have struggled to ensure there are enough placements in their local area to meet the number and needs of children.

Residential Care: Demand, supply and sufficiency

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  • Tuesday, November 30, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Department for Education figures published in November show that 14 per cent of the 80,850 children looked after by local authorities live in residential care settings, the same proportion as the year before.

One small step for care, one giant leap required

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  • Monday, April 29, 2013
  • | CYP Now
The high-profile cases of children in residential care going missing and being sexually exploited in the past year have sent shockwaves through our society. Last week, the government responded by announcing some important reforms.

Extended stay

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  • Wednesday, June 11, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Councils have a legal duty to provide financial support for young people who want to stay put with their foster families until they are aged 21. Joe Lepper asks how it will work and whether it can be extended to young people in residential care.

Managing the costs of care

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  • Monday, May 14, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Local authorities are increasingly joining forces to commission services for looked-after children. Jo Stephenson asks whether cutting costs will compromise the quality of care

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