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CMA report on children’s social care market reveals ‘failing system’

Friday, October 22, 2021

| CYP Now

An interim report by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into the children’s social care market reveals a “failing system” which sees children “not placed in the right homes while providers make big profits”.

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

News

Thursday, January 14, 2016

| CYP Now

A new social work organisation to drive up standards and put social workers on a par with high-status professions such as surgeons or lawyers will be established, government has announced.

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

News

Thursday, January 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils yet to have their children's services inspected by Ofsted are to be given additional support as part of a local government bid to prevent them being rated "inadequate" and facing intervention from the Department for Education (DfE).

Unexpected rise in children's social worker vacancies

News

Thursday, February 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Vacancies for local authority children's social worker posts have increased by 27 per cent in the space of a year, government figures show.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Service succeeds with the right links

Other

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Making best use of guardianships

Other

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Revised regulations on the use of special guardianship orders tighten criteria for assessing carers' suitability.

Children to be removed from families as part of ‘randomised adoption trial'

Other

Friday, April 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Scores of children will be removed from their birth parents under controversial government plans to prove the value of adoption, it has emerged.

Former ADCS president to oversee development of mental health services for children in care

News

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

| CYP Now

A former president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has been appointed by government to oversee attempts to boost support for children in care with mental health problems.

Senior managers credited with drop in London care numbers

News

Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

The number of looked-after children in London is falling because senior social work managers in the capital are actively pursuing other options such as kinship care, a report has found.

Range of measures can fix foster carer shortage

Opinion

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes editor, Children & Young People Now

Numbers of children in care contacting ChildLine rise by a third

News

Monday, March 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Numbers of children in care contacting ChildLine have increased by 32 per cent in the space of five years, a report has found.

CYP Now 2016 Awards revealed on night of huge celebration and pride

News

Friday, November 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Twenty-two inspirational and deserving winners were last night revealed at the 2016 CYP Now Awards on an evening of celebration for the children's sector.

Daily roundup: Care applications data, sex offenders' register and age of consent

News

Thursday, May 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Care applications up 70 per cent; changes to sex offenders' register rules condemned, and barrister's age of consent comments dismissed as "outdated", all in the news today.

Voluntary sector consortium becomes DfE strategic partner

News

Friday, May 24, 2013

| CYP Now

A consortium of charities has become the Department for Education's voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) strategic partner.

Use of expert witnesses in family courts is on the slide, finds Cafcass

News

Thursday, June 6, 2013

| CYP Now

The use of expert witnesses in care proceedings cases, particularly independent social workers, has fallen radically over the last three years.

DfE faces legal action over 'misleading' safeguarding guidance

News

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

| CYP Now

The Department for Education could face legal action for publishing guidance that might lead local authorities to break laws protecting vulnerable children, a charity has claimed.

Councils give backing to care leavers' charter

News

Thursday, July 11, 2013

| CYP Now

More than two-thirds of councils have signed up to the government's care leavers' charter, care minister Edward Timpson has said.

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

Other

Monday, September 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Three out of four schools now judged as good or outstanding; former children's minister to step down as MP; and foster care myths exposed, all in the news today.

Ask the Expert: Involving children in care

Other

Monday, October 15, 2012

| CYP Now

The Influence of Adoption on Sibling Relationships

Research

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

| CYP Now

Researchers from Cardiff University wanted to explore how sibling relationships are affected by adoption. These can include relationships with brothers and sisters outside the adoptive family, relationships between siblings placed for adoption together, and relationships with children already living in the adoptive family.

Inspectors praise improvements to 'front door' social work in Liverpool

News

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

| CYP Now

Ofsted has praised improvements to the quality of "front door" social work in Liverpool, following an inspection of children's services, although provision overall has been rated as "requires improvement".

Council leaders challenge government on adoption

News

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils should be allowed to work together to improve the adoption system rather than being removed from it, local authority leaders have claimed.

Councils face £25,000 per child shortfall under refugee scheme

News

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils involved in a Home Office scheme to take in unaccompanied asylum seeking children from other areas are facing an average £25,000 shortfall in funding for every child they support, research suggests.

Daily roundup: Praise for Lambeth Council, sports coaching and primary school places

Other

Monday, July 23, 2012

| CYP Now

A letter from the children's minister to Lambeth, the effect of child protection on sports coaching and plans to deal with the population boom, all in today's news roundup.

Longfield to examine Muslim fostering case

News

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

The Children's Commissioner for England will examine reports that a five-year-old Christian girl was left distressed after being placed in foster care with a Muslim family.

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CMA report on children’s social care market reveals ‘failing system’

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

Unexpected rise in children's social worker vacancies

Behind the Inspection Rating: Service succeeds with the right links

Making best use of guardianships

Children to be removed from families as part of ‘randomised adoption trial'

Former ADCS president to oversee development of mental health services for children in care

Senior managers credited with drop in London care numbers

Range of measures can fix foster carer shortage

Numbers of children in care contacting ChildLine rise by a third

CYP Now 2016 Awards revealed on night of huge celebration and pride

Daily roundup: Care applications data, sex offenders' register and age of consent

Voluntary sector consortium becomes DfE strategic partner

Use of expert witnesses in family courts is on the slide, finds Cafcass

DfE faces legal action over 'misleading' safeguarding guidance

Councils give backing to care leavers' charter

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

Ask the Expert: Involving children in care

The Influence of Adoption on Sibling Relationships

Inspectors praise improvements to 'front door' social work in Liverpool

Council leaders challenge government on adoption

Councils face £25,000 per child shortfall under refugee scheme

Daily roundup: Praise for Lambeth Council, sports coaching and primary school places

Longfield to examine Muslim fostering case

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