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Senior managers credited with drop in London care numbers

Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

The number of looked-after children in London is falling because senior social work managers in the capital are actively pursuing other options such as kinship care, a report has found.

Numbers of children in care contacting ChildLine rise by a third

News

Monday, March 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Numbers of children in care contacting ChildLine have increased by 32 per cent in the space of five years, a report has found.

DfE faces legal action over 'misleading' safeguarding guidance

News

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

| CYP Now

The Department for Education could face legal action for publishing guidance that might lead local authorities to break laws protecting vulnerable children, a charity has claimed.

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

Other

Monday, September 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Three out of four schools now judged as good or outstanding; former children's minister to step down as MP; and foster care myths exposed, all in the news today.

Inspectors praise improvements to 'front door' social work in Liverpool

News

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

| CYP Now

Ofsted has praised improvements to the quality of "front door" social work in Liverpool, following an inspection of children's services, although provision overall has been rated as "requires improvement".

Council leaders challenge government on adoption

News

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils should be allowed to work together to improve the adoption system rather than being removed from it, local authority leaders have claimed.

Daily roundup: Praise for Lambeth Council, sports coaching and primary school places

Other

Monday, July 23, 2012

| CYP Now

A letter from the children's minister to Lambeth, the effect of child protection on sports coaching and plans to deal with the population boom, all in today's news roundup.

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.

Daily roundup: Pupils 'go hungry', whooping cough and missing children

Other

Friday, September 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Teachers warn that pupils are suffering the impact of recession, pregnant women to be given the whooping cough jab, and an online campaign to find missing children, all in the news today.

Social work leaders sceptical over call for more third-party provider input

News

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Social work and local government leaders have warned that government ambitions to allow independent sector providers to deliver children's social services must not be at the expense of councils losing their statutory powers.

Call for whistleblowing protection for foster carers

News

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Government has been called on to protect foster carers after it was claimed they are too scared to blow the whistle on suspected cases of child abuse because of fears they could be struck off.

Buckinghamshire children's services rated 'inadequate'

News

Friday, August 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted has judged Buckinghamshire County Council's children's services "inadequate" in a damning inspection report.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

News

Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

News

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has been handed new responsibilities for boosting the ‘character and resilience' of young people and tackling bullying, the Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed.

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

News

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.

Morgan criticised for foster care ‘slur'

News

Friday, January 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has been criticised for denigrating foster care with comments she made as the government launched a bid to reverse a sharp drop in adoptions.

Government set to boost mental health services for children in care

News

Thursday, February 4, 2016

| CYP Now

Support for children and young people in care who are experiencing mental health problems is set to be boosted after the government pledged to set out exactly what services they can expect to receive.

Labour criticises government 'obsession' with adoption

News

Monday, December 19, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has an "obsession" with adoption and is neglecting other forms of care, Labour's shadow children's minister Emma Lewell-Buck has said.

Daily roundup: Paris Brown, youth funding and child protection

Other

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Media pressure prompts youth PCC to quit, £10m boost for Northern Irish youth groups, and resignations at Sandwell after critical Ofsted, all in the news today.

Effective Working with Neglected Children and their Families: Linking Interventions to Long-term Outcomes

Other

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Authors Elaine Farmer and Eleanor Lutman; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 978-1-84905-288-7; £25; 240pp

Kent urges all councils to place looked-after children closer to home

News

Thursday, June 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Kent County Council has made a plea to all local authorities to place children in care closer to home, after revealing that 1,267 children are placed in Kent from other parts of the country.

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.

Daily roundup: Drug treatment, Doncaster children's services, and foster care

Other

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Four-year-olds referred for drug and alcohol treatment; launch date for independent children's services trust in Doncaster delayed a month; and call for long-term foster care to be used more, all in the news today.

Campaign aims to challenge misconceptions over who can foster

News

Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly three quarters of people believe they would not be accepted as foster carers, with gay, lesbian, retired, young adults and single people among the most pessimistic about their chances, according to a survey.

Daily roundup: Care leavers, free school meals, and Rotherham

Other

Monday, September 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Many councils use B&Bs to accommodate care leavers; free school meals problems in Dorset; and Rotherham Council chief executive to leave post in wake of abuse scandal, all in the news today.

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Senior managers credited with drop in London care numbers

Numbers of children in care contacting ChildLine rise by a third

DfE faces legal action over 'misleading' safeguarding guidance

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

Inspectors praise improvements to 'front door' social work in Liverpool

Council leaders challenge government on adoption

Daily roundup: Praise for Lambeth Council, sports coaching and primary school places

Longfield to examine Muslim fostering case

Daily roundup: Pupils 'go hungry', whooping cough and missing children

Social work leaders sceptical over call for more third-party provider input

Call for whistleblowing protection for foster carers

Buckinghamshire children's services rated 'inadequate'

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

Morgan criticised for foster care ‘slur'

Government set to boost mental health services for children in care

Labour criticises government 'obsession' with adoption

Daily roundup: Paris Brown, youth funding and child protection

Effective Working with Neglected Children and their Families: Linking Interventions to Long-term Outcomes

Kent urges all councils to place looked-after children closer to home

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

Daily roundup: Drug treatment, Doncaster children's services, and foster care

Campaign aims to challenge misconceptions over who can foster

Daily roundup: Care leavers, free school meals, and Rotherham

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