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DfE study to inform Spending Review 'not completed in time'

Friday, December 4, 2015

| CYP Now

A study ordered by the Department for Education (DfE) in order to inform decisions made at last month's Spending Review about how children's services will be funded over the next five years is yet to be completed, CYP Now can reveal.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services standards

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been told to improve the quality of its work with children and young people after Ofsted inspectors identified "significant areas for development".

Children in foster care 'do better at school'

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Monday, November 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Children who are fostered do better at school than children who continue to live with their families while receiving social work support, researchers have found.

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

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Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

An independent children's services trust that was established on government orders has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Children in Care: Policy and Practice

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Special supplement on the latest innovation and implementation of policy reforms to enable children in care to lead healthy, happy lives.

Cameron announces action to stem fall in adoptions

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Monday, November 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced measures to boost numbers of adoptions after official statistics revealed they have dropped by more than 14 per cent in the space of six months.

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is struggling to complete inspections of all local authority children's services departments to schedule because it is "significantly under-resourced against agreed budgets", it has emerged.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated "inadequate" for the second time in two years after Ofsted inspectors found widespread failings in services for vulnerable children.

Cameron announces drive to improve outcomes for children in care

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Thursday, October 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Improving outcomes for children in care will form part of an "all-out assault on poverty" by government, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Use of special guardianship orders continues to rise

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of children being made subject to special guardianship orders (SGOs) is continuing to rise, government figures have shown.

Cameron speech reignites debate over children's services 'market'

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

The Prime Minister highlighted children's social care as ripe for reform in a speech this month, with failing services handed to trusts or other providers to run. Children's services experts give their views on what this means for the years ahead

Ofsted tells two children's services departments to improve

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Friday, September 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Two children's services departments have been told to improve their work following inspections by Ofsted.

Adoptions dip sharply as issues over special guardianship orders emerge

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Department for Education report points to link between a drop in adoptions in favour of SGOs, with unsuitable placements made because of a desire by family courts to place the child within the wider family.

Cameron's children's services ‘reform' agenda receives mixed response from sector

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to change the way child protection and children's services are delivered by "bringing in new providers" have been given a mixed reception by the sector.

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Lucy Powell shadow education secretary.

BASW to take on College of Social Work functions

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

| CYP Now

The British Association of Social Work (BASW) is to take on the majority of functions performed by The College of Social Work (TCSW) from next month, it has been announced.

Care applications continue to soar

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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Numbers of court applications being made for children to be taken into care are continuing to soar, with latest figures showing a 14 per cent increase compared with last year.

Massive rise in number of children in care under coalition

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Monday, June 22, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of children being cared for by the state rose by more than 5,000 during the term of the coalition government, an investigation by CYP Now has found.

Charities unite to call for care system to ensure better outcomes

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

| CYP Now

A group of children's charities has called on government to make "fundamental" changes to the care system including new ways of measuring outcomes to ensure young people's lives are being improved.

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

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Monday, June 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Charities working with children and young people have lost more than £150m of government funding in the past year, it has emerged.

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DfE study to inform Spending Review 'not completed in time'

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services standards

Children in foster care 'do better at school'

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

Children in Care: Policy and Practice

Cameron announces action to stem fall in adoptions

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

Cameron announces drive to improve outcomes for children in care

Use of special guardianship orders continues to rise

Cameron speech reignites debate over children's services 'market'

Ofsted tells two children's services departments to improve

Adoptions dip sharply as issues over special guardianship orders emerge

Cameron's children's services ‘reform' agenda receives mixed response from sector

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

BASW to take on College of Social Work functions

Care applications continue to soar

Massive rise in number of children in care under coalition

Charities unite to call for care system to ensure better outcomes

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

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