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Care leavers champion protected characteristic campaign at Downing Street

Thursday, June 15, 2023

| CYP Now

Young people visited Downing Street to urge the Prime Minister to make care experience a protected characteristic, as part of a nationwide campaign to protect care leavers from discrimination.

Tougher standards for disabled children's care providers 'worth considering', says Ofsted chief

News

Thursday, June 15, 2023

| CYP Now

Increasing the regulation of disabled children’s residential care providers should be investigated in light of recent safeguarding failings in the sector, Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman has told MPs.

Family group conferences could keep 2,000 children a year out of care, study concludes

News

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

| CYP Now

Councils across the country are being urged to offer family group conferences (FGC) after a study found they reduce the likelihood of children going into care.

Councils responsible for unaccompanied children in Home Office hotels, judge rules

News

Monday, June 12, 2023

| CYP Now

Local authorities are legally responsible for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children living in Home Office-run hotels, a family court judge has ruled.

Tackle stereotypes by making care experience a protected characteristic, campaigner urges

News

Monday, June 12, 2023

| CYP Now

A young woman from Cambridgeshire is campaigning for care experience to be considered a protected characteristic, in the hopes that a policy change will improve society’s understanding of what it means to be a child in care.

Charity launches legal action over children placed in ‘unlawful’ asylum hotels

News

Monday, June 12, 2023

| CYP Now

The Home Office and Kent County Council are facing legal action over the practice of housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in hotels.

DCS to step down after just a year in post

News

Friday, June 9, 2023

| CYP Now

The director of children’s services (DCS) at Plymouth City Council will step down from the position after just a year in the role, the local authority has announced.

Children’s homes provider tells staff to 'disengage' with Ofsted inspectors

News

Thursday, June 8, 2023

| CYP Now

A children’s social care provider has instructed its workers to minimise their interactions with Ofsted inspectors in a bid to reduce the stress of the inspection process on staff.

Breakdown in multi-agency risk intelligence criticised in review of teenager's death

News

Thursday, June 8, 2023

| CYP Now

A breakdown in intelligence, around the risks faced by a teenage boy from criminals, has emerged in a child safeguarding practice review into his fatal stabbing two years ago.

Experienced foster carer urges others to consider role amid placement shortage

Features

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

| CYP Now

A foster parent who has cared for more than 100 children is encouraging others to consider the role as local authorities face a shortage of suitable placements for young people.

One in three children in poverty post-pandemic

News

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

| CYP Now

Almost one in three children were living in poverty as the UK emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic, new research has found.

What Works for Children’s Social Care and EIF merger launches

News

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

| CYP Now

An organisation formed from the merger of What Works for Children’s Social Care and the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) has marked its launch with the publication of a five-year strategy.

Liverpool Council vows to improve children’s services after ‘inadequate’ rating

News

Friday, June 2, 2023

| CYP Now

A local authority has vowed to implement an improvement plan to provide better support for vulnerable children and families after its children’s services was rated “inadequate” by Ofsted.

Care system 'failing' children by moving them miles from home, campaigner warns

News

Friday, June 2, 2023

| CYP Now

A 22-year-old care leaver has warned that the care system is “constantly failing” children, amid an ongoing campaign to prevent young people being moved to care placements miles from their home due to placement shortages.

Expert panel to oversee RSHE review announced

News

Thursday, June 1, 2023

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has named members of an expert advisory panel appointed to oversee a review of relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) in schools.

Ministers urged to reform bursaries for social work students

News

Thursday, June 1, 2023

| CYP Now

The government is being urged to increase financial support for social work students in England amid claims that just one in six people currently benefit from bursaries.

North East regional procurement framework for residential care collapses

News

Thursday, June 1, 2023

| CYP Now

A joint procurement framework for children’s residential care, involving seven North East local authorities, will come to end in March next year due to concerns over the “complexity” of the care market, CYP Now can reveal.

Council sees social work recruitment boost after Channel 4 documentary airs

News

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

| CYP Now

The local authority behind a Channel 4 documentary following the lives of young people in care has seen a boost in the recruitment of experienced social workers following its success.

Research links increase in outsourcing residential child care to placement instability

News

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

| CYP Now

The outsourcing of residential child care has contributed to an increase in children being placed further away from home in a series of short-term placements, according to new research by Oxford University.

Trauma-informed commissioning delivers savings

Best Practice

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Struggling council transforms how it commissions placements for children in care with the focus on reducing trauma and addressing complex needs.

Local Spotlight: Hull City Council

Best Practice

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

New leadership team drives children's services improvements in Yorkshire port city in effort to turn the tide on its Ofsted rating.

Frontline awarded £61m government contract to train child protection social workers

News

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Children’s social work charity Frontline has been awarded a Department for Education contract worth £61.35m to train 1,500 specialist child protection social workers.

Legal Update: Kinship care arrangements

Features

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Clare Seth, kinship consultant at CoramBAAF, analyses the impact that proposed government reforms following the Care Review will have for kinship carers and the children they look after.

Councils turn to ‘golden hellos' to solve social worker shortage

Analysis

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

CYP Now investigation reveals local authorities increasingly using incentive payments to attract and retain social workers and compete with recruitment agencies amid staff shortages and the cost-of-living crisis.