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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

| CYP Now

Commissioners play a pivotal role in ensuring vulnerable children receive the care they need. However, demand and funding pressures are driving the development of new systems and changes in practice.

Inspections Clinic: Children’s home challenges

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

| CYP Now

Ofsted has published a series of research reports on the children’s home sector, providing insight into issues from a lack of suitable care placements to post-pandemic staffing shortages, finds Jo Stephenson.

Can the physical environment of residential children's homes make them feel more therapeutic? Recommendations from a rapid evidence assessment

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

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Exploring the factors within the physical environment that may impact the quality of therapeutic care experienced by young people.

Inspections Clinic: Registering homes and managers

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

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Changes by Ofsted will give residential care providers more flexibility in how they register children’s homes and managers, but a campaigner tells Jo Stephenson it could undermine the quality of care.

The reports and investigations set to shape direction of Care Review

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

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Experts highlight the review of residential care, social work practice ‘blueprint’ and investigation into children’s care market as key pieces of work that could influence what issues the review of children’s social care covers.

Post-16 framework provides pointers for national scheme

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

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Hertfordshire's care commissioners for looked-after children are at the forefront of work to boost quality assurance at unregulated settings used for children aged 16 and 17.

South East pilot gives care providers equal stake in developing placement contracts

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

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Pilot project attempts to give care providers an equal say with councils in drawing up plans for care placements.

Research: Commissioning – Placement Planning - Research evidence: Study 4

Thursday, May 28, 2020

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OOC is a research charity, founded to improve outcomes for children and families. We develop evidence-based solutions for local authorities, residential and foster care providers using ethical and scientifically robust approaches

Residential Care: Policy context

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

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Covid-19 has presented an unprecedented set of challenges for children’s social care services, and this is particularly so for residential child care.

Commissioning: Implications of divergence

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

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The fragmentation of council commissioning arrangements is changing how care packages are purchased, explains Andrew Rome.

Commissioning: Social care placements

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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It is time for councils to create a level playing field between in-house and independent care placements, says Marie Tucker.

Between Love and Behaviour Management: the Psychodynamic Reflective Milieu at the Mulberry Bush School

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

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A study on the Mulberry Bush School conveys direct work and also the creation of the “staff therapeutic milieu” that supports the group living and group learning through which therapy principally occurs.

Innovation for children in care

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Amid the multitude of challenges in working with children in care, a huge amount of innovation is taking place across the country. Charlotte Goddard examines three examples of excellent practice.

A haven for children in care

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

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Safe Haven was created by charity Family Action for young people in care with the most complex needs.

Protocol reduces police callouts to children's homes

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

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Protocol aims to reduce police callouts to children's homes.

Writing competition gives children in care a voice to express their hopes

Thursday, June 1, 2017

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Writing competition helps looked-after children and care leavers gain confidence and resilience by reflecting on their care experiences.

Research Report: Financial Stability, Cost and Value for Money in Children's Residential Care

Monday, July 20, 2015

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Councils must review behaviour policies

Analysis

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

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Protocol for dealing with behavioural issues in social care settings fails to cut criminalisation of children in care, academics warn.

Regional sufficiency strategy controls costs

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

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Councils collaborate to optimise the commissioning of placements, which has boosted the number of providers they work with and kept costs down.

Residential Care: Key policy developments

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

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Latest Department for Education statistics show that there were 2,880 children’s homes operating on 31 March 2023, an increase of nine per cent from the previous year (238 homes).

Trends in care commissioning

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

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Andrew Rome, director of Revolution Consulting, which conducted a financial analysis of the largest children’s social care providers, assesses the implications for commissioners of council care services.

Growing gap in secure care options for children in crisis

Analysis

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Shortage of the right places in secure children’s homes has seen a rise in "inherent jurisdiction" applications.

Parenting recovery programme tackles child trauma