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Children in care 'receiving less support', Ofsted finds

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Friday, April 6, 2018

| CYP Now

Children in care are receiving less support and do not feel as safe as in previous years, a study by Ofsted has found.

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Concerns about controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services will get serious consideration, children's minister Edward Timpson has pledged.

Council moves from 'inadequate' to 'good' in just two years

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Friday, July 7, 2017

| CYP Now

Inspectors have praised swift improvements at a council's children's services department, which has been rated as "good", just two years after receiving an "inadequate" judgment.

Revised Working Together guidance introduces checks on local safeguarding boards

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

| CYP Now

An independent panel of experts will be created to vet the decisions of local safeguarding children board chairs under revised safeguarding guidance published today.

Concurrent planning reduces problems for adopted children, finds study

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Friday, March 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children adopted through concurrent planning are less likely to experience problems, such as school exclusion, behaviour difficulties and depression, than those who are placed with families at a later stage.

Tri-borough arrangement 'to continue for adoption and fostering services'

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Monday, October 30, 2017

| CYP Now

Three London councils will continue to operate a shared service for adoption and fostering once partnership arrangements for children's services come to an end in six months' time, it has emerged.

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

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Friday, December 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Bristol and Rochdale have been told to improve the quality of services for children and young people following inspections by Ofsted.

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.

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

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Monday, June 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Charities working with children and young people have lost more than £150m of government funding in the past year, it has emerged.

Use of special guardianship orders continues to rise

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of children being made subject to special guardianship orders (SGOs) is continuing to rise, government figures have shown.

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.

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils yet to have their children's services inspected by Ofsted are to be given additional support as part of a local government bid to prevent them being rated "inadequate" and facing intervention from the Department for Education (DfE).

Unexpected rise in children's social worker vacancies

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Thursday, February 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Vacancies for local authority children's social worker posts have increased by 27 per cent in the space of a year, government figures show.

Former ADCS president to oversee development of mental health services for children in care

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

| CYP Now

A former president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has been appointed by government to oversee attempts to boost support for children in care with mental health problems.

Senior managers credited with drop in London care numbers

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

The number of looked-after children in London is falling because senior social work managers in the capital are actively pursuing other options such as kinship care, a report has found.

Numbers of children in care contacting ChildLine rise by a third

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Monday, March 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Numbers of children in care contacting ChildLine have increased by 32 per cent in the space of five years, a report has found.

CYP Now 2016 Awards revealed on night of huge celebration and pride

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Friday, November 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Twenty-two inspirational and deserving winners were last night revealed at the 2016 CYP Now Awards on an evening of celebration for the children's sector.

Daily roundup: Care applications data, sex offenders' register and age of consent

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Care applications up 70 per cent; changes to sex offenders' register rules condemned, and barrister's age of consent comments dismissed as "outdated", all in the news today.

Use of expert witnesses in family courts is on the slide, finds Cafcass

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

| CYP Now

The use of expert witnesses in care proceedings cases, particularly independent social workers, has fallen radically over the last three years.

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Children in care 'receiving less support', Ofsted finds

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

Council moves from 'inadequate' to 'good' in just two years

Revised Working Together guidance introduces checks on local safeguarding boards

Concurrent planning reduces problems for adopted children, finds study

Tri-borough arrangement 'to continue for adoption and fostering services'

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

Children's services in Lambeth judged 'inadequate'

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

Use of special guardianship orders continues to rise

DfE tightens up special guardianship rules

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

Unexpected rise in children's social worker vacancies

Former ADCS president to oversee development of mental health services for children in care

Senior managers credited with drop in London care numbers

Numbers of children in care contacting ChildLine rise by a third

CYP Now 2016 Awards revealed on night of huge celebration and pride

Daily roundup: Care applications data, sex offenders' register and age of consent

Use of expert witnesses in family courts is on the slide, finds Cafcass

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