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Ofsted: Latest children’s services focused visits

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024

| CYP Now

Ofsted has published the outcomes of a series of focused visits to local authority children’s services.

Ofsted extends ability to pause complaints to social care and early years providers

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Monday, April 8, 2024

| CYP Now

The ability to pause Ofsted inspections in circumstances where there are concerns for leaders’ wellbeing will be extended to cover children’s social care and early years providers, the inspectorate has said.

Kent to open nine properties to house lone migrant children

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is set to open nine properties to house increasing numbers of lone migrant children arriving in the UK.

Partnership project aims to improve evaluation of family group conferences

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

| CYP Now

A new partnership project aims to better understand the data that local authorities are collecting on the use of family group conferences (FGCs).

Sibling contact events ‘could help local authorities to improve long-term relationships’

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

| CYP Now

Events designed to allow children in care to reconnect with separated siblings could help local authorities to support future meaningful contact, according to an evaluation of an early pilot programme.

Cafcass receives ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

| CYP Now

The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has been judged “outstanding” by Ofsted following a full inspection earlier this year.

Children’s Homes Association bans non UK-owned providers from membership

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

| CYP Now

The Children’s Homes Association (CHA) has banned organisations operating in the UK but owned by foreign companies from becoming members.

Government moves family support programme to DfE

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

| CYP Now

The government’s Supporting Families programme is being moved from the Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities to the Department for Education.

Initial foster care enquiry levels at lowest in five years

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

| CYP Now

The number of initial enquiries from potential foster carers in England has fallen to its lowest level in five years.

Ofsted: Regionalisation 'not solving many adoption challenges’

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| CYP Now

Challenges facing adoption “remain unresolved” despite the introduction of regional adoption agencies (RAAs) to better coordinate the delivery of services, Ofsted has found.

National roadmap to ACE recovery

Analysis

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Report for MPs says government must lead fight on tackling harm of adverse childhood experiences.

CYP Now Awards: Outstanding work with child refugees

Features

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

As the 2024 Children & Young People Now Awards open for entries, we shine a spotlight on councils who made last year’s shortlist for excellent work with refugee children and families

Secure homes need makeover

Analysis

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Government funding will boost secure children’s homes places but experts call for wholesale changes.

Scandal over advert reveals care leavers’ acute housing challenges

Analysis

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Advert by social housing provider specifying ‘no care leavers’ apply highlights difficulties many young people leaving care face to find a home and why a local authority guarantor scheme is needed, experts say.

Campaign launches to tackle negative perceptions of social work

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

| CYP Now

A campaign is set to launch to raise awareness of the role of social workers and tackle negative public perceptions of their work.

Social workers say cuts to public services pose greatest challenge to profession

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

| CYP Now

Cuts to public services has overtaken funding for social care as the biggest challenge facing professionals for the first time, social workers have said.

Davina McCall meets kinship carers

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Monday, March 18, 2024

| CYP Now

TV star Davina McCall, who grew up in kinship care herself, met with kinship carers in a new film to raise money and awareness for Comic Relief.

County council spending on children’s social care doubles, leaders warn

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Monday, March 18, 2024

| CYP Now

Most county councils in England have seen per-person spending on children’s services double over the last decade, according to the County Council’s Network (CCN).

Blackpool FC chairman provides university bursary for care leavers

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

| CYP Now

British businessman and football chairman Simon Sadler has launched a £1.5 million bursary for care leavers at the University of Manchester.

Council partners with NHS Trust to open specialist children’s home

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Monday, March 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Hertfordshire County Council has opened a new residential home for young people with complex mental health needs in partnership with a local NHS Trust.

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