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Children in Knowsley are being left at risk of harm due to serious failures in child protection services, a damning Ofsted report which labelled the authority "inadequate" has found.

Wood calls for sector to emulate other public services in use of volunteers

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Friday, July 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Volunteers could be used to a greater degree by children's services to support the work of social workers, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has suggested.

Campaigners slam government U-turn over care support requirements

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Thursday, October 23, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has been criticised for giving councils too much flexibility in the way they offer long-term support to looked-after children.

Care proceedings run 14 weeks beyond target

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Monday, December 9, 2013

| CYP Now

The average length of care proceedings is still 14 weeks over a new target due to be introduced in April, latest figures show.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The London Borough of Hillingdon has become the first council to be told that its child protection and care services must be improved under Ofsted's tougher new inspection framework.

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

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Monday, February 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Sheffield has been told to improve its children's services after an inspection highlighted weaknesses in performance on looked-after children and adoption.

'Inadequate' council set to invest £12m to reduce number of children in care

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Friday, September 15, 2017

| CYP Now

A council rated as "inadequate" by Ofsted is planning to invest an extra £12m in children's social care in a bid to reduce the number of children coming into care.

Coalition fails to improve care placements

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Thursday, November 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The coalition government has failed to make any progress in getting children into the right placement when they first enter care and ensuring it is close to their home, a damning report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

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

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Friday, June 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Sandwell Council has said it is considering a formal challenge after Ofsted rated its children's services "inadequate" for the second time since 2013.

Councils call for clarity over refugee support arrangements

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Council and children's services leaders are calling on the government to clarify how they will be supported to resettle 20,000 refugees, including unaccompanied children, from Syria.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated as "requires improvement" by Ofsted after inspectors found a number of areas that need to be addressed.

DfE refuses to release controversial study on outsourcing children's services

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Friday, April 15, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has refused to release the findings of a controversial study examining how children's services can be delivered outside of local authority control following a five-month Freedom of Information (FOI) battle.

Commissioner to monitor placement moves of children in care

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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

| CYP Now

An index designed to measure stability for children in care is to be launched by the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England.

Number of looked-after children allocated permanent placements grows

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Monday, October 31, 2011

| CYP Now

The overall number of looked-after children living in permanent placements is rising, despite figures showing a drop in the number of adoptions, according to the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS).

Barnardo's to pursue 'radical' drive for children's services partnerships

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Tuesday, October 3, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's charity Barnardo's is keen to form children's services partnerships with councils across the country and is in "deep discussions" with a number of local authorities, its chief executive has said.

Children's social workers face knowledge test

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

| CYP Now

New children's social workers will have to pass a test of their knowledge in order to become an approved practitioner as part of government attempts to improve the quality of the profession, it has been announced.

Costs of children in care hit £3.4bn

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

| CYP Now

The cost of supporting children in care has reached £3.4bn, according to an Audit Commission report that exposes widespread variation of spending across councils.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' amid concerns over leadership

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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

| CYP Now

A council has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted after inspectors found "serious and widespread failures" across children's services and questioned the integrity of its leadership team.

Council spending rises on children in need of help

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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils are spending 10 per cent more per head on children in need of support than they did in 2010, a government report has found.

ADCS president O'Sullivan to champion Staying Put extension

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

| CYP Now

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has vowed to make the extension of support rights for children in residential care a key goal of her time in office.

Government announces law change to boost adoptions

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

| CYP Now

The law will be changed so that councils and courts favour adoption over other forms of care for vulnerable children, the government has announced.

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Social work training programme opens to new candidates

Major review into children's care system in Scotland gets under way

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

Wood calls for sector to emulate other public services in use of volunteers

Campaigners slam government U-turn over care support requirements

Care proceedings run 14 weeks beyond target

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

'Inadequate' council set to invest £12m to reduce number of children in care

Coalition fails to improve care placements

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

Councils call for clarity over refugee support arrangements

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

DfE refuses to release controversial study on outsourcing children's services

Commissioner to monitor placement moves of children in care

Number of looked-after children allocated permanent placements grows

Barnardo's to pursue 'radical' drive for children's services partnerships

Children's social workers face knowledge test

Costs of children in care hit £3.4bn

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' amid concerns over leadership

Council spending rises on children in need of help

ADCS president O'Sullivan to champion Staying Put extension

Government announces law change to boost adoptions

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