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Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two more English authorities have been told by Ofsted that their children's services are not up to scratch.

MPs and peers to probe children's services cuts

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Thursday, February 4, 2016

| CYP Now

An inquiry into local authority children's social care and the impact of major spending cuts in recent years is to be conducted by MPs and peers, it has been announced.

DfE unveils four-year adoption strategy

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has announced plans to change the law to pave the way for more children to be adopted as part of a wide-ranging four-year strategy.

Ofsted joint inspections 'will heap pressure' on children's services

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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to introduce joint inspections of child protection services will add greater pressure to already stretched services, it has been claimed.

Wilshaw admits to ‘disagreements' within Ofsted leadership

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has spoken publicly of tensions within the inspectorate's leadership after being quizzed on why former national directors of social care left the organisation.

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Government is considering forcing local authorities to take on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in order to ease pressure on Kent County Council, it has emerged.

Consultancy boss voices concerns on government's Doncaster blueprint

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Government plans to strip Doncaster Council of responsibility for children's services risk affecting the quality of services, the head of a private consulting company has said.

‘Decision fatigue' blights social work practice

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Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's social workers avoid making decisions later in the working day due to mental exhaustion, an analysis of child protection practitioners' behaviour has shown.

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities that keep hold of their directors of children's services (DCS) perform better in Ofsted inspections than those that change regularly, exclusive analysis by CYP Now has found.

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

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Friday, August 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The quality of child death reviews are "disturbingly variable" with far too many failing to find out what went wrong, a damning report by a government appointed panel has found.

Government announces overhaul of child protection procedures

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

| CYP Now

National timescales for assessing children in need will be scrapped and guidance governing work with children drastically reduced, under the government's plans to overhaul procedures that it claims stifle the judgment of children's professionals.

Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

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Friday, February 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Efforts to create an independent trust to run children's services in Doncaster are weeks behind schedule, it has emerged.

Ofsted considers scrapping overall ratings for children's services

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted is considering ditching overall ratings for the quality of children's services when it introduces its new inspection framework next year, it has emerged.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated "inadequate" for the second time in two years after Ofsted inspectors found widespread failings in services for vulnerable children.

Ofsted social care director Schooling extends stay

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Eleanor Schooling will remain with the inspectorate for an additional year, it has been announced.

Morgan criticised for 'singling out' social work CSE failings

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Friday, October 31, 2014

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has come in for criticism for appearing to single out social work shortcomings in relation to the recent Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal.

Children's home managers highlight recruitment problems

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Monday, January 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's homes are struggling to find suitable staff with more than half of managers reporting difficulties recruiting candidates with appropriate skills and training.

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) face a fight to protect their role, with more than half now responsible for other directorates or services, the vice president-elect of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

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Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education will consider intervening in the running of children's services in Somerset after the department was labelled "inadequate" by Ofsted for the second time in less than two years.

Ofsted tells children's services department to improve

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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

| CYP Now

A children's services department has been told to improve its work following an inspection by Ofsted.

DfE-backed co-operative housing scheme for care leavers to launch

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Friday, April 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council is set to launch a co-operative company to provide supported housing for care leavers as part of pioneering attempts to improve outcomes.

Councils and care agencies fail to safeguard personal data

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities and independent fostering and adoption agencies are leaving themselves open to large fines by failing to adequately protect the personal data collected about looked-after children and potential carers.

Child protection cases closed without review as Ofsted rates Birmingham services 'inadequate'

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Friday, May 23, 2014

| CYP Now

A damning Ofsted inspection of Birmingham children's services has found the council closed hundreds of child protection cases without an assessment due to a "lack of social workers".

Hampshire to take control of Isle of Wight children's services

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Hampshire County Council is set to take over children's services on the Isle of Wight after its lead member for children backed the proposals.

Ofsted in talks over how to assess 'risk-taking' children's services

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Ofsted is in discussions with the Department for Education about how to inspect children's services departments that take risks through innovation in order to improve standards, it has emerged.

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Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

MPs and peers to probe children's services cuts

DfE unveils four-year adoption strategy

Ofsted joint inspections 'will heap pressure' on children's services

Wilshaw admits to ‘disagreements' within Ofsted leadership

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

Consultancy boss voices concerns on government's Doncaster blueprint

‘Decision fatigue' blights social work practice

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

Government announces overhaul of child protection procedures

Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

Ofsted considers scrapping overall ratings for children's services

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

Ofsted social care director Schooling extends stay

Morgan criticised for 'singling out' social work CSE failings

Children's home managers highlight recruitment problems

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

Ofsted tells children's services department to improve

DfE-backed co-operative housing scheme for care leavers to launch

Councils and care agencies fail to safeguard personal data

Child protection cases closed without review as Ofsted rates Birmingham services 'inadequate'

Hampshire to take control of Isle of Wight children's services

Ofsted in talks over how to assess 'risk-taking' children's services

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