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Residential Care: Special Report

    Features
  • Tuesday, November 30, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Latest figures show a growth in the number of residential children’s care homes, but local authorities continue to report problems in finding sufficient care placements to meet the needs of young people.

Inspections Clinic: Supported accommodation

Providers of supported accommodation to looked-after young people and care leavers are being registered this year before inspections start in 2024. Jo Stephenson takes a look at Ofsted's plans.

In a good place

    Features
  • Tuesday, October 25, 2016
  • | CYP Now
As the number of children in care reaches record levels, Joe Lepper examines the challenge for commissioners to provide children with stable, happy homes that cater to their needs.

Special Report: Residential Care

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 29, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Standards of residential child care have never been higher, but a shortage of provision and rising demand due to more traumatised children coming into the system is stretching local authority budgets to the limit.

Managing risk in children's homes

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 29, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Risk management is an important element of practice in children's homes. Here Ofsted's national director of social care Yvette Stanley tells Jo Stephenson about what the regulator is looking for from settings.

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