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Ofsted appoints social care manager

News

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

| CYP Now

A senior government adviser has been appointed as Ofsted's manager for social care development.

Good Practice: How a fostering scheme has improved outcomes for children with the most complex needs

Best Practice

Friday, August 19, 2011

| CYP Now

Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care has seen substantial reductions in "high risk behaviours" among children and young people completing the programme.

Campaigners call for clampdown on adults who are banned from work with children

Other

Friday, September 2, 2011

| CYP Now

Only a small fraction of adults suspected of breaking the law by working or attempting to work with children while banned has faced prosecution, CYP Now has learned.

ADCS past-president calls for Nice for children's services

News

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

The inaugural president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has called for the creation of an institute for excellence in children's services to tackle long-standing problems with child protection practice.

One in six complex needs care homes are managerless

News

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

| CYP Now

A former government minister has called for urgent action to be taken after it emerged that more than one in six care homes for children with complex needs do not have a manager.

Child protection systems fail older children, report warns

News

Monday, November 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Existing child protection systems are failing to meet the complex needs of adolescents, an analysis of safeguarding practice has concluded.

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

News

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's charities have criticised the government for failing to prioritise the needs of children in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.

Protection system 'fails adolescents'

Other

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Experts say councils must ensure local child protection procedures meet the needs of older children.

Legal Update: Criminalising domestic abuse

Other

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Kirsten Anderson, research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, asks if criminalising coercive and controlling behaviour will provide better protection to victims of domestic violence.

Listening to children is critical to safeguarding

Other

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

| CYP Now

It seems quite timely that my last substantive piece of work as commissioner sees me returning to the very reason why this organisation was established some 14 years ago.

'Wilful neglect' proposals raise fears over damage to social work

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders say the government's plans to extend wilful neglect sanctions of up to five years in prison to social care and education professionals will harm joint working and deter many entering the sector.

Children's services in Leicester judged 'inadequate'

News

Monday, March 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services in Leicester are "inadequate" and in urgent need of improvement, according to a damning inspection report by Ofsted.

Multi-agency response needed to tackle female genital mutilation

Other

Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Guidance issued by the Department of Health outlines the type of issues commissioners need to take into account when setting up services across different parts of the country to treat and support FGM victims.

Ofsted rates third council ‘inadequate' in space of week

News

Monday, May 18, 2015

| CYP Now

West Berkshire Council has become the third local authority in the space of a week to have its children's services department rated "inadequate" after Ofsted inspectors found serious failures in services.

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

News

Thursday, May 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The leader of a council where children's services were graded "inadequate" by Ofsted has blamed central government for falling standards.

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