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Birmingham children's home closure proposals 'will save £3m'

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

| CYP Now

Birmingham Council is planning to close five of its 17 children's homes with a view to saving £3m by increasing the use of foster care and adoption.

Experts urge training drive to boost mental health support for children in care

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Monday, November 6, 2017

| CYP Now

All carers and professionals who work directly with looked-after children should receive mental health training as part of a range of efforts to boost support for them, a government-appointed group of experts has recommended.

Extend Staying Put rights to children's homes, say MPs

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Staying Put legislation should be extended into children's homes as part of sweeping changes needed to improve post-16 support for looked-after young people, MPs have said.

Councils receive Staying Put funding allocations

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Friday, August 8, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has announced how much each council will receive this year to extend support up to age 21 for young people in foster care, but concerns remain that the money is not enough.

Ofsted gives councils 12-month deadline on adoptions

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Friday, February 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Local authorities will fail to secure an "outstanding" rating from Ofsted unless they place all children identified for adoption within 12 months.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

Call to keep looked-after children out of justice system

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

| CYP Now

More needs to be done to keep children in care out of the criminal justice system, the country's top police officer for children and young people has said.

Doncaster sees four-fold decrease in children missing from care

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of looked-after children that go missing from care in Doncaster has fallen nearly four-fold over the past year following the introduction of a dedicated support worker.

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has been handed new responsibilities for boosting the ‘character and resilience' of young people and tackling bullying, the Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed.

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is struggling to complete inspections of all local authority children's services departments to schedule because it is "significantly under-resourced against agreed budgets", it has emerged.

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Birmingham children's home closure proposals 'will save £3m'

Experts urge training drive to boost mental health support for children in care

Extend Staying Put rights to children's homes, say MPs

Councils receive Staying Put funding allocations

Ofsted gives councils 12-month deadline on adoptions

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Call to keep looked-after children out of justice system

Doncaster sees four-fold decrease in children missing from care

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

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