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Daily roundup: Care applications, child health and social workers

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

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Data reveals decrease in care applications; slight fall in child obesity levels; and social workers elected to College of Social Work faculties, all in the news today.

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.

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

Thursday, September 4, 2014

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Nearly 500 children in Manchester were potentially left at risk because social work assessments were not carried out quickly enough, a report that has rated the city's children's services as "inadequate", has found.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

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Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

BASW to take on College of Social Work functions

Thursday, August 20, 2015

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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.

Children's services chief sacked after just four months in job

Friday, November 6, 2015

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A director of children's services has been sacked after being in post for just four months, it has emerged.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services standards

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

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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".

Ofsted praises council for outstanding work with children in care

Thursday, February 11, 2016

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A council has been praised for its services for looked-after children, with Ofsted labelling some of its work as "outstanding".

DfE commits to fresh funding for social care innovation programme

Thursday, March 17, 2016

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Local authorities and charities will be able to access a fresh round of government funding to test innovative ideas for children's social care, it has emerged.

Majority of councils have a principal social worker in place

Monday, March 18, 2013

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More than two thirds of local authority children's services have appointed a principal social worker as recommended in the Munro review two years ago.

Social work training programme opens to new candidates

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

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Half of England's local authorities have signed up for a new round of a government social worker training programme.

Major review into children's care system in Scotland gets under way

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

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A "root and branch" review that will look into legislation, practices, culture and ethos of the children's care system in Scotland has launched.

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.

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.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Thursday, January 2, 2014

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The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

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.

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 rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

Friday, June 5, 2015

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Sandwell Council has said it is considering a formal challenge after Ofsted rated its children's services "inadequate" for the second time since 2013.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

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A council's children's services department has been rated as "requires improvement" by Ofsted after inspectors found a number of areas that need to be addressed.

Loughton praises work of west London centre for children in care

Friday, May 20, 2011

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Children's minister Tim Loughton has highlighted a west London centre for looked-after children as an example of the type of provision which should be replicated by local authorities across the country.

Fast-track social work programme to recruit top graduates

Friday, May 17, 2013

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A controversial fast-track training programme for social workers will launch next year, the government has announced.

Councils rise to minister's challenge on care leaver support

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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Nearly two thirds of local authorities are providing care leavers with grants of at least £2,000 to help them set up home after children's minister Edward Timpson called on them to boost levels of support.

Daily roundup: Social work practice pilots, sexual exploitation in Derby and mental health in schools

Thursday, September 27, 2012

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An evaluation of social work practices, the British Association of Social Workers gives its views on sexual exploitation in Derby, and a new mental health guide for schools, all in the news today.

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.

Costs of children in care hit £3.4bn

Thursday, August 21, 2014

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The cost of supporting children in care has reached £3.4bn, according to an Audit Commission report that exposes widespread variation of spending across councils.

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