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Care-experienced children in Reading share their views to break down barriers

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

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Brighter Futures for Children’s Care2Listen group has won the participation prize at the A National Voice Awards after encouraging looked-after children to share their views.

Inspections Clinic - social care provision

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

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Ofsted’s latest annual report highlights improving standards across children’s social care but raises concerns about increasing numbers of children in unregistered provision, reports Jo Stephenson.

Children in supported accommodation not protected against corporal punishment, DfE admits

Thursday, December 21, 2023

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Children’s rights campaigners are raising concerns over an admission by the children’s minister that vulnerable teenagers living in supported accommodation are not explicitly protected against a ban on corporal punishment.

Access to therapy increases for adopted adults

Thursday, December 21, 2023

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Adult adoptees, birth parents and adoptive parents will no longer face barriers to accessing therapy due to a change in rules around registration.

Councils urged to share care leaver offer on comparison site

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

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Local authorities are being urged to sign up to a website to promote their care leaver offers.

Government promises better advocacy and commissioning of services for disabled children

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

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Improved advocacy support and commissioning of residential care for disabled children are among pledges made by the government in response to a review of the Hesley homes abuse scandal.

Children’s Home Association announces changes to leadership

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

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The Children’s Home Association (CHA) has announced changes to its leadership team, marking a shift in priorities for the membership organisation.

MacAlister: Government care review plans ‘welcome’ but ‘too timid’

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

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Care Review chair Josh MacAlister says details released by the government this month on overhauling children’s social care are “welcome progress” but have “further to go”.

Large private children’s homes provider sold to private equity firms

Monday, December 18, 2023

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The fourth largest provider of private children’s home places in England and Wales has been sold to two private equity firms.

National kinship strategy ‘falls disappointingly short’, sector leaders say

Friday, December 15, 2023

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The government’s first kinship care strategy falls short of “wholesale reform” for the sector and is “lacking in the scale, ambition and investment needed”, sector leaders have said.

Government publishes first kinship care strategy

Friday, December 15, 2023

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Increased financial allowances for some kinship carers and an expansion of virtual school heads' roles are among elements included in the government’s first kinship care strategy.

Care-experienced young people urged to join DfE funded advisory body

Thursday, December 14, 2023

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An advisory board of young people with experience of care is being set up to help develop government reforms of children’s social care.

Preventative support focus sees Ofsted uplift council’s rating to ‘outstanding’

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

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Wiltshire County Council’s children’s services' Ofsted grade has been uplifted to "outstanding", with inspectors praising its investment in family support to prevent children being taken into care.

Mural challenges perceptions of children in care

Monday, December 11, 2023

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A former Welsh children’s laureate has partnered with Foster Wales to challenge perceptions of young people in care through a new mural in South Wales.

Data driven commissioning of care placements could save councils millions, research finds

Thursday, December 7, 2023

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A data driven approach to matching children with the right care placements could save county councils as much as £38.4m a year, research has found.

Stockport becomes latest council to make care experience a protected characteristic

Thursday, December 7, 2023

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Stockport has joined dozens of councils to agree to consider the impact of their policies on children in care and care leavers by recognising care experience as a protected characteristic.

Social care and school transport to suffer after autumn statement, councils warn

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

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Nine in 10 county councils say they are “in a significantly worse position” financially following last month’s autumn statement which could lead to cuts to services for vulnerable children.

Assault on judge highlights safety fears for family court staff

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

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An assault on a family court judge during proceedings has raised concerns over security issues for staff employed to support children and families.

Inquiry over effectiveness of government’s Care Review response launches

Monday, December 4, 2023

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A group of cross-party MPs have launched an inquiry into the effectiveness of the government’s strategy to reform children’s social care based on its response to the Care Review.

Councils reveal sharp rise in high-cost children’s care placements

Thursday, November 30, 2023

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There has been a sharp rise in the number of social care placements costing £10,000 a week, a Local Government Association (LGA) survey has revealed.

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