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Commissioning: Foster care relative costs

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Children’s services commissioners need to take into account the relative costs of in-council foster placements, says Andrew Rome.

Fostering stocktake: six major recommendations for change

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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

| CYP Now

The review of foster care by Sir Martin Narey and Mark Owers recommends fundamental changes to the way services are commissioned and delivered, but experts have questioned the rationale for some of the proposals.

Inspections: Local authority foster care

Features

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| CYP Now

The number of local authority foster placements rose last year, with Ofsted analysis showing most councils delivering high-quality services with improvements in placement stability and post-18 support.

Legal Update: Financial support for foster carers

Features

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| CYP Now

A recent finding of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has provided a helpful reminder for councils of their duties towards friends and family foster carers.

Legal Update: Cultural matching in foster care

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

| CYP Now

Reports of a child being placed with "inappropriate" foster carers spark fears that placement options for children could be more limited.

Your guide to the Children and Social Work Act

Features

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

| CYP Now

What the act means for everyday practice across the children's workforce.

Local Spotlight: Birmingham City Council

Features

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

| CYP Now

How England's largest authority is using online and one-to-one promotion to arrest a recent decline in the number of foster carers.

Understanding impact of abuse and reviewing care placement options

Features

Monday, April 10, 2017

| CYP Now

Review assesses the evidence on the impact of abuse on children and considers the merits of care placement options. The authors summarise the findings, while three organisations outline initiatives to improve decision making.

Foster care: Policy context

Features

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

| CYP Now

In July 2016, the government announced it was to embark on a national "stocktake" of fostering to identify how the system can be improved.

Ripe for reform

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

| CYP Now

With government pledging to undertake a 'national stocktake' of foster care and MPs conducting their own inquiry, Joe Lepper asks what measures would improve quality of care and outcomes for children.

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Commissioning: Foster care relative costs

Fostering stocktake: six major recommendations for change

Inspections: Local authority foster care

Legal Update: Financial support for foster carers

Legal Update: Cultural matching in foster care

Your guide to the Children and Social Work Act

Local Spotlight: Birmingham City Council

Understanding impact of abuse and reviewing care placement options

Foster care: Policy context

Ripe for reform

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