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Local authorities urged to fulfil Children Act duties to child asylum seekers

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

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Local authorities in England have been urged to appropriately support unaccompanied asylum-seeking children after a recent High Court judgment ruled that Kent County Council (KCC) acted in breach of the Children Act 1989 by failing to accommodate all lone children upon notification of their arrival.

Outcomes for Looked-after Children Attending Boarding Schools

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

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Researchers from the University of Nottingham were commissioned by the Royal National Children's Springboard Foundation (RNCSF) to evaluate its boarding school programme for children in care or on the edge of care and help understand the potential educational and economic benefits.

Three trailblazer councils to pilot MacAlister's ‘families first’ plan

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

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Council leaders share early proposals on delivery of the government's Families First for Children scheme designed to ‘test new ways to reform every part of children's social care’ in response to the Care Review.

‘Outstanding’ council launches social worker recruitment campaign

Friday, August 25, 2023

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A local authority has launched a recruitment campaign to attract social workers after being awarded its second consecutive “outstanding” rating by Ofsted.

Lucy Letby inquiry must consider social worker role in multi-agency teams, says BASW

Thursday, August 24, 2023

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An inquiry into the Lucy Letby case must consider the "vital importance" of the children’s social worker role within multi-agency child protection teams amid concerns that hospital managers failed to act on reports from staff around the nurse's conduct, the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has said.

Charity reveals ‘significant increase’ in child destitution

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

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Three in five children supported by frontline children’s workers are living in destitution, according to a survey.

Major entertainment company pledges support for care leavers

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

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Merlin Entertainments, which runs Legoland and Alton Towers, has become the latest signatory of the UK Care Leaver Covenant, a national inclusion initiative which supports young care leavers to live independently.

Safeguarding review launched over Sara Sharif death

Monday, August 21, 2023

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The National Child Safeguarding Panel has launched a review into the death of 10-year-old Sara Sharif.

£20m London-wide social worker recruitment initiative launches

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

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A drive to tackle rising costs of children’s social care in London has stepped up with the launch of a social worker recruitment framework for councils in the capital.

Mandatory reporting professionals list ‘too narrow’, warn campaigners

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

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The list of professions that the proposed mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse is planned to cover is “too narrow”, children's rights campaign group Article 39 is warning.

Charities urge Covid-19 inquiry to stop 'silencing' children

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

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Charities have hit out at “unacceptable delays” in taking evidence from children on the impact of lockdown, in an open letter to the chair of the Covid-19 inquiry Baroness Heather Hallett.

Councils push for virtual schools review

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

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The County Councils Network (CCN) is calling for a government review of virtual schools, after finding them to be a “hidden asset” of the education system.

Ofsted warning over unregistered placements for children deprived of liberty

Monday, August 14, 2023

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Ofsted has reiterated a warning over the placement of children subject to deprivation of liberty orders (DoLs) in unregistered children’s homes.

Essex council praised for ‘outstanding’ children’s services

Monday, August 14, 2023

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Essex County Council's children's services have been rated “outstanding” by Ofsted, with inspectors praising improvements in the quality of planning for disabled children and those in private foster care.

Ofsted praises Lambeth’s in house review of children’s services

Thursday, August 10, 2023

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Lambeth council’s review of improvements needed to its children’s services is already “leading to positive” change, according to Ofsted inspectors.

Young people in food poverty struggling to afford university, warns Sutton Trust

Thursday, August 10, 2023

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Disadvantaged young people whose families have used a foodbank are less likely than their more affluent peers to apply for a university place amid affordability concerns, a study has found.

Family drug and alcohol courts boost reunification with children, research finds

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

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Parents involved in specialist family drug and alcohol courts (FDAC) during care proceedings are more likely to beat their addiction and be reunified with their children, research has found.

Hundreds of children report coercive abuse, Childline warns

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

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More than 200 children have received support from Childline after experiencing coercive and controlling behaviour over the last year, statistics from the NSPCC show.

High turnover of social workers slowing children's services improvements, Ofsted warns

Thursday, August 3, 2023

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Ofsted has raised concerns that a “high turnover of social workers” is delaying Herefordshire County Council’s efforts to improve its "inadequate" children’s services.

More than 100 children subject to repeat deprivation of liberty orders

Thursday, August 3, 2023

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More than 10 per cent of children under deprivation of liberty orders (DoLs) have been subject to repeat applications during the first year of the DoL court’s existence, latest data shows.

Judge dismisses ‘vicarious liability’ claim against council over alleged abuse

Monday, July 31, 2023

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The High Court has ruled that a local authority is not liable over the alleged abuse of a child placed in voluntary care with relatives before the implementation of the Children Act 1989.

Housing children in asylum hotels is 'unlawful’, judge rules

Friday, July 28, 2023

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The High Court has ruled that Kent County Council and the Home Secretary breached legal obligations to provide appropriate accommodation for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

Care Review: Local authorities pilot recommendations

Thursday, July 27, 2023

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Pilots to test recommendations taken forward by government from the Care Review have been launched across seven local authorities.

Children’s commissioner consults on making care experience a protected characteristic

Thursday, July 27, 2023

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The children’s commissioner for England is surveying care leavers on whether care experience should be treated as a protected characteristic, but some campaigners warn that the consultation does not go far enough.

Worcestershire children’s services rating improves

Thursday, July 27, 2023

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Children’s services in Worcestershire have been rated as “good” by Ofsted, almost four years after a private company was set up to take over the department.

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