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DfE tightens up special guardianship rules

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  • Thursday, December 17, 2015
  • | CYP Now
The Department for Education (DfE) is to take action after finding a "significant minority" of children are being placed at risk through inappropriate special guardianship orders (SGOs).

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

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  • Thursday, January 14, 2016
  • | CYP Now
A new social work organisation to drive up standards and put social workers on a par with high-status professions such as surgeons or lawyers will be established, government has announced.

Longfield to examine Muslim fostering case

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  • Tuesday, August 29, 2017
  • | CYP Now
The Children's Commissioner for England will examine reports that a five-year-old Christian girl was left distressed after being placed in foster care with a Muslim family.

ADCS calls for Ofsted workforce shake-up

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  • Friday, October 31, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Ofsted must recruit existing children's services professionals to inspect local authority social care arrangements if it is to boost confidence in its judgments, the head of the Association of Directors of children's Services (ADCS) has said.

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