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Children's social workers face knowledge test

Thursday, July 31, 2014

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New children's social workers will have to pass a test of their knowledge in order to become an approved practitioner as part of government attempts to improve the quality of the profession, it has been announced.

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

Monday, July 21, 2014

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Haringey told to improve children's social care, major early intervention guide launched, and Nicky Morgan pledges to continue tough stance on term-time holidays, all in the news today.

Wood calls for sector to emulate other public services in use of volunteers

Friday, July 11, 2014

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Volunteers could be used to a greater degree by children's services to support the work of social workers, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has suggested.

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

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Children in Knowsley are being left at risk of harm due to serious failures in child protection services, a damning Ofsted report which labelled the authority "inadequate" has found.

Daily roundup: Childcare training, education outcomes and Ofsted inspections

Monday, June 30, 2014

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Early years bursary scheme funds a handful of applicants; gifted poor children less likely than affluent peers to attend top universities; and Bournemouth children's services requires improvement says Ofsted, all in the news today.

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

Friday, June 20, 2014

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Only non-profit organisations will be allowed to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans to give councils more freedom in the way they work with vulnerable children, it has been announced.

Ofsted figures reveal extent of out-of-area placements

Friday, June 13, 2014

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

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

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Concerns about controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services will get serious consideration, children's minister Edward Timpson has pledged.

Daily roundup: Missing babies, nurture groups, and play

Monday, June 9, 2014

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Nearly 20 babies reported missing from council care; research backs value of nurture groups; and £1.9m boost for play in Scotland, all in the news today.

CYP Now Children in Care Supplement 2014

Friday, May 30, 2014

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Policy and practice: How to support looked-after children to lead healthy, fulfilling lives, and implement recent policy reforms.

Child protection cases closed without review as Ofsted rates Birmingham services 'inadequate'

Friday, May 23, 2014

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A damning Ofsted inspection of Birmingham children's services has found the council closed hundreds of child protection cases without an assessment due to a "lack of social workers".

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

Thursday, April 24, 2014

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Children's services are to be delivered outside of council control in Slough as part of government efforts to improve performance.

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

Thursday, April 17, 2014

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Councils will be handed powers to outsource a whole range of children's social care services including child protection under proposals announced by the government.

Daily roundup: Asylum seekers, teaching workforce, and child exploitation

Thursday, April 10, 2014

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Children's commissioner reveals plight of unaccompanied asylum seekers; teacher numbers on the rise; and Barnardo's to raise awareness of child exploitation in the North East, all in the news today.

Birmingham to get children's commissioner under Le Grand plans

Thursday, March 27, 2014

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The government is to draft in a commissioner and expert panel to oversee Birmingham's troubled children's services.

One in seven children's social worker posts unfilled

Friday, March 7, 2014

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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.

Ofsted faces criticism over botched inspection

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

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Ofsted's controversial new framework for rating child protection and care services has been criticised after one of the first inspections was found to be "seriously flawed".

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

Monday, February 24, 2014

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Sheffield has been told to improve its children's services after an inspection highlighted weaknesses in performance on looked-after children and adoption.

Ofsted finds serious child protection failings in Slough

Monday, February 17, 2014

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Children's services in Slough have been rated as inadequate after Ofsted inspectors found serious weaknesses in its child protection work.

Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

Friday, February 14, 2014

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Efforts to create an independent trust to run children's services in Doncaster are weeks behind schedule, it has emerged.

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Thursday, February 13, 2014

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Wilshaw reveals he called for Ofsted chair to remain; leaving foster care age for young people in Wales raised; and £500,000 fund set up to help male victims of rape, all in the news today.

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

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The head of children's services in Warrington has been appointed by Ofsted to spearhead attempts to improve social care across England.

Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

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The London Borough of Hillingdon has become the first council to be told that its child protection and care services must be improved under Ofsted's tougher new inspection framework.

Government considers extending children's home leaving age to 21

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

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The government is to explore the possibility of allowing young people to stay in residential care up to the age of 21, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

U-turn over approval process for long-distance care placements

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

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Directors of children's services (DCSs) will not have to personally approve care placements outside of their authority or region after initial plans to do so were watered down.

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