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Children in care numbers rise at fastest rate in five years

Thursday, September 28, 2017

| CYP Now

The number of children in care has risen at its fastest rate in five years while the number of children being adopted continues to fall, official figures have revealed.

Legal Update: Cultural matching in foster care

Features

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

| CYP Now

Reports of a child being placed with "inappropriate" foster carers spark fears that placement options for children could be more limited.

Parsons Green bombing: Arrests prompt foster care recruitment concerns

News

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

| CYP Now

The arrest of two refugees in connection with the Parsons Green tube attack could deter people from looking after unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and prompt foster care recruitment issues, it has been claimed.

'Inadequate' council set to invest £12m to reduce number of children in care

News

Friday, September 15, 2017

| CYP Now

A council rated as "inadequate" by Ofsted is planning to invest an extra £12m in children's social care in a bid to reduce the number of children coming into care.

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.

Ask the Experts: Worries about new employer

Best Practice

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on sharing expertise, an unhappy foster child, privacy for a gay colleague and illness at nursery.

Positive support for adopters

Best Practice

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Project helps adoptive parents and children form loving, secure attachments and promote resilience.

Children's services at three councils rated 'good' by Ofsted

News

Friday, August 25, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted inspectors have rated children's services provision at three councils as "good".

Number of children being adopted continues to fall

News

Thursday, August 24, 2017

| CYP Now

There has been a further fall in the number of children being adopted and the number of adoption orders being granted by the courts, Department for Education figures show.

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.

Changes to inspections of voluntary adoption agencies criticised

News

Friday, August 11, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted's proposed overhaul of the inspection of voluntary adoption agencies (VAAs) will give a misleading picture of their performance to potential adopters, a leading agency has warned.

Councils look to unite to deliver children's social care, survey finds

News

Monday, August 7, 2017

| CYP Now

A growing number of councils plan to join forces to run children's social care services, a government survey of children's services leaders has found.

Adoption support efforts hampered by 'insufficient capacity to meet demand'

News

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

| CYP Now

Efforts to provide therapeutic support for adopted children via a government-established fund are being hampered by insufficient capacity within the system, a report has found.

Absolute adopter

Features

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett talks to Sue Armstrong-Brown, chief executive at Adoption UK

Ofsted rates council 'good' in trial of new inspection framework

News

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

| CYP Now

A council's children's services have been rated "good' following a trial of the new Ofsted inspection framework being introduced next year.

Fostering system faces funding shortfall and recruitment crisis

News

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

| CYP Now

The children's foster care system is suffering from funding problems, a lack of support for carers and no clear government policy to deal with escalating recruitment problems, a report has found.

Inspectors praise 'outstanding' children's services leadership in Islington

News

Friday, July 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted inspectors have praised the "highly ambitious" leadership of children's services at the London Borough of Islington in ensuring its most vulnerable children are well supported.

Council moves from 'inadequate' to 'good' in just two years

News

Friday, July 7, 2017

| CYP Now

Inspectors have praised swift improvements at a council's children's services department, which has been rated as "good", just two years after receiving an "inadequate" judgment.

No Wrong Door

Best Practice

Thursday, June 29, 2017

| CYP Now

North Yorkshire Council creates children's home "hubs", offering specialist professionals, outreach work, foster care and supported accommodation.

Adoption agencies go regional

Features

Thursday, June 29, 2017

| CYP Now

The first regional adoption agencies are set to launch, but it is still unclear how benefits will be delivered.

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Children in care numbers rise at fastest rate in five years

Legal Update: Cultural matching in foster care

Parsons Green bombing: Arrests prompt foster care recruitment concerns

'Inadequate' council set to invest £12m to reduce number of children in care

Longfield to examine Muslim fostering case

Ask the Experts: Worries about new employer

Positive support for adopters

Children's services at three councils rated 'good' by Ofsted

Number of children being adopted continues to fall

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

Changes to inspections of voluntary adoption agencies criticised

Councils look to unite to deliver children's social care, survey finds

Adoption support efforts hampered by 'insufficient capacity to meet demand'

Absolute adopter

Ofsted rates council 'good' in trial of new inspection framework

Fostering system faces funding shortfall and recruitment crisis

Inspectors praise 'outstanding' children's services leadership in Islington

Council moves from 'inadequate' to 'good' in just two years

No Wrong Door

Adoption agencies go regional

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