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Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' amid concerns over leadership

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

| CYP Now

A council has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted after inspectors found "serious and widespread failures" across children's services and questioned the integrity of its leadership team.

Children's services trust set to cost £4.6m

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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

| CYP Now

The creation of an independent trust as part of efforts to improve children's services in Worcestershire will cost around £4.6m, it has emerged.

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two more English authorities have been told by Ofsted that their children's services are not up to scratch.

Children's services to be allowed to seek ‘Ofsted exemption'

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Monday, May 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils will be given the opportunity to have Ofsted inspections of their child protection provision suspended for up to six years as part of the government's social care reforms, it has emerged.

Ofsted figures reveal extent of out-of-area placements

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Friday, June 13, 2014

| CYP Now

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

Daily roundup: Care leavers' charter, missing children in Kent, and homeless families in B&B accommodation

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson launches a Charter for Care Leavers, concerns over missing children in Kent, and the number of homeless families in temporary accommodation in Westminster rises again, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Gang crime, adoption powers and state boarding school

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Friday, December 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Fall in youth violence since riots; BAAF welcomes changes to proposed adoption powers; and planners hinder state boarding school bid, all in the news today.

Ofsted finds serious child protection failings in Slough

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Monday, February 17, 2014

| CYP Now

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

Ofsted faces criticism over botched inspection

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

| CYP Now

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".

Ofsted considers scrapping overall ratings for children's services

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted is considering ditching overall ratings for the quality of children's services when it introduces its new inspection framework next year, it has emerged.

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.

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.

Ofsted tells children's services department to improve

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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

| CYP Now

A children's services department has been told to improve its work following an inspection by Ofsted.

DfE-backed co-operative housing scheme for care leavers to launch

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Friday, April 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council is set to launch a co-operative company to provide supported housing for care leavers as part of pioneering attempts to improve outcomes.

Independent reviewing officers are not challenging enough, says Ofsted

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Friday, June 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Officers employed by local authorities to review care plans are failing to make enough of a difference for looked-after children, a damning report has found.

Daily roundup: Benefit cap, DCS appointment, and looked-after children

Other

Friday, December 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Struggling families set to be hit by benefit cap, say poverty campaigners; new director of children's services in Leicestershire; and improvements to the care system in Scotland are too slow, all in the news today.

Campaigners call for end to B&B use for care leavers

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Friday, May 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities should be banned from using bed and breakfasts to house young care leavers, while post-care accommodation should be regulated by Ofsted, MPs have been told.

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

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Friday, May 23, 2014

| CYP Now

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".

Daily roundup: Charity chief, care system, and mosque vandalism

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Andy Elvin appointed new chief executive of Tact; NSPCC study reveals cost of children returning home from care; and mosque vandalised in wake of child sexual exploitation scandal, all in the news today.

Study backs Staying Put in children's homes at cost of £76m a year

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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Allowing young people to stay in residential care to the age of 21 will cost around £76m a year, a government-commissioned scoping study has found.

Senior Ofsted figure quits

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Friday, June 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's interim head of social care is leaving her post to become a director of children's services, it has been announced.

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 warns children's services departments of ‘inadequate' factors

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Friday, November 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted has taken steps to warn children's services departments of common weaknesses they must address to avoid being rated "inadequate" when they are visited by inspectors.

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.

Government unveils plan to make children's homes safer

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's homes will be required to notify local councils when children move in from other areas, under new government measures to tackle child sexual exploitation.

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