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Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

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 moves to ease children's services inspection burden

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted will spend fewer days "on site" during inspections of local authority children's services as part of efforts to ease the impact of the process, CYP Now has learned.

Concern as Ofsted ceases regulation of outsourced social work

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Friday, May 29, 2015

| CYP Now

The children's sector has criticised the government's continuing drive to outsource children's social care after Ofsted this week ceased regulation of third-party providers.

Government to force councils to merge adoption services

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils will be forced to merge or outsource their adoption services into regional agencies unless they do it under their own steam within the next two years, the government has announced.

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The leader of a council where children's services were graded "inadequate" by Ofsted has blamed central government for falling standards.

Ofsted rates third council ‘inadequate' in space of week

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Monday, May 18, 2015

| CYP Now

West Berkshire Council has become the third local authority in the space of a week to have its children's services department rated "inadequate" after Ofsted inspectors found serious failures in services.

Council to offer homes to social workers as part of £6m recruitment drive

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Thursday, May 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Social workers could be offered their own home if they agree to work for Somerset County Council, under plans being considered by the authority as it attempts to recruit 100 new members of staff.

Doncaster sees surge in adoptions

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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

| CYP Now

The adoption rate in Doncaster has increased by around a third in a single year, according to latest figures from the independent trust appointed to run children's services in the town.

Children's services in Lambeth judged 'inadequate'

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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Standards at Lambeth Council's children's services department have nosedived from "outstanding" to "inadequate" in the space of just three years.

Council faces legal action over probe into 'wrongful removals' from foster care

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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Foster carers are threatening legal action against a council claiming they have been frozen out of a review into the wrongful removal of children in their care.

Charity urges extension of adoption support to special guardians

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Friday, May 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Support services for children who have been adopted must be extended to those placed with families under special guardianship orders, a charity has said.

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.

Care applications hit seven-year high after CSE scandals

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Recent child sexual exploitation (CSE) scandals have contributed to a dramatic rise in the number of care applications, say care experts.

Battle lines drawn in future of IROs debate

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Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Independent reviewing officers (IRO) appear split over whether to back plans to take the role out of council control.

Scotland raises leaving care age to 21

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Young people in Scotland who are in residential care, foster care, or kinship care will be able to remain in their placement up until the age of 21 as a result of landmark legislation.

Children's services in Leicester judged 'inadequate'

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Monday, March 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services in Leicester are "inadequate" and in urgent need of improvement, according to a damning inspection report by Ofsted.

'Passive' DfE fails to improve outcomes for looked-after children

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs have launched a scathing attack on the Department for Education's commitment to improving support for children in care.

Children's social worker vacancies soar

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of vacant children's social worker posts has increased by nearly 20 per cent in a single year, latest government statistics show.

Labour 'to boost kinship care support'

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Labour wants to see more children at risk of being taken into care instead be given the chance to live with extended family members.

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.

Nearly half of councils see fall in children's services rating under tougher Ofsted inspections

News

Friday, January 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Three quarters of children's services departments assessed under Ofsted's single inspection framework have been rated in the bottom two grades, with nearly half inspected so far seeing a fall in their judgment compared with previous performance.

Huge surge in instances of children going missing from foster care

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Thursday, January 15, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 13,000 cases of children going missing from foster care were recorded last year, with more than 500 incidents linked to child sexual exploitation (CSE), latest figures show.

Adoption reform delays continue due to security concerns

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Monday, January 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to allow would-be adopters to search videos and photos of children remain in limbo because security issues that emerged last year have yet to be resolved.

Lincolnshire children's services receives 'good' Ofsted rating

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Friday, January 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services at Lincolnshire Council have been judged "good" by Ofsted, with inspectors particularly praising the "exceptional" quality of adoption support.

Call for review of special guardianship orders

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Thursday, December 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) has called for a review of special guardianship orders (SGOs) amid a sharp rise in numbers being granted and concerns about the way they are used.

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Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

Concern as Ofsted ceases regulation of outsourced social work

Government to force councils to merge adoption services

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

Ofsted rates third council ‘inadequate' in space of week

Council to offer homes to social workers as part of £6m recruitment drive

Doncaster sees surge in adoptions

Children's services in Lambeth judged 'inadequate'

Council faces legal action over probe into 'wrongful removals' from foster care

Charity urges extension of adoption support to special guardians

ADCS president O'Sullivan to champion Staying Put extension

Care applications hit seven-year high after CSE scandals

Battle lines drawn in future of IROs debate

Scotland raises leaving care age to 21

Children's services in Leicester judged 'inadequate'

'Passive' DfE fails to improve outcomes for looked-after children

Children's social worker vacancies soar

Labour 'to boost kinship care support'

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

Nearly half of councils see fall in children's services rating under tougher Ofsted inspections

Huge surge in instances of children going missing from foster care

Adoption reform delays continue due to security concerns

Lincolnshire children's services receives 'good' Ofsted rating

Call for review of special guardianship orders

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