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Ofsted upgrades Doncaster from 'inadequate' to 'good'

Friday, January 19, 2018

| CYP Now

Standards at an independent trust set up to improve the quality of children's services provision in Doncaster have been rated "good" following a re-inspection by Ofsted, just two years after receiving the lowest rating.

Rotherham children's services rated 'inadequate'

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services at Rotherham Borough Council have been rated "inadequate" after Ofsted found a string of child protection management and practice failings.

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.

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.

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.

Only a quarter of young people in foster care ‘stay put' past 18

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Saturday, August 22, 2015

| CYP Now

The vast majority of looked-after children in foster care are not remaining in their placement past their 18th birthday despite the introduction of government legislation enabling them to stay.

Timpson appoints private firm to tackle failings in West Berkshire

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has appointed a private firm to oversee improvements at a children's services department following a damning Ofsted inspection earlier this year.

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Two local authorities have become the first to be awarded "outstanding" judgments under Ofsted's controversial inspection framework for children's services.

Care Inquiry calls for relationship-focused system

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

| CYP Now

A greater emphasis must be placed on relationships for children in care rather than the type of placement option, an inquiry by eight charities has found.

Fostering Network reveals extent of placement breakdown

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Monday, May 13, 2013

| CYP Now

A shortage of foster carers is resulting in placements breaking down and children moving too frequently between different families, it has been claimed.

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted is to push ahead with the introduction of a tougher inspection regime for children's services, ignoring warnings from the sector that the system is too simplistic and will fail to deliver improvements.

New figures show smaller rise in adoptions

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Thursday, November 28, 2013

| CYP Now

The rise in the number of children adopted last year was not as high as previously thought, new data analysis suggests.

U-turn over approval process for long-distance care placements

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) will not have to personally approve care placements outside of their authority or region after initial plans to do so were watered down.

Birmingham to get children's commissioner under Le Grand plans

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to draft in a commissioner and expert panel to oversee Birmingham's troubled children's services.

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils will be handed powers to outsource a whole range of children's social care services including child protection under proposals announced by the government.

£2m for councils to trial adoption support

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Ten local authorities will get a slice of £2m in government funding to trial new methods of support for adopted children, it has been announced.

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services in Blackpool are improving but problems remain with support for care leavers and planning for looked-after children, inspectors have found.

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

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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.

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.

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Lucy Powell shadow education secretary.

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Ofsted upgrades Doncaster from 'inadequate' to 'good'

Rotherham children's services rated 'inadequate'

Adoption reform delays continue due to security concerns

Children's social worker vacancies soar

Scotland raises leaving care age to 21

Only a quarter of young people in foster care ‘stay put' past 18

Timpson appoints private firm to tackle failings in West Berkshire

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

Care Inquiry calls for relationship-focused system

Fostering Network reveals extent of placement breakdown

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

New figures show smaller rise in adoptions

U-turn over approval process for long-distance care placements

Birmingham to get children's commissioner under Le Grand plans

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

£2m for councils to trial adoption support

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

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

Labour 'to boost kinship care support'

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

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