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Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Children in Knowsley are being left at risk of harm due to serious failures in child protection services, a damning Ofsted report which labelled the authority "inadequate" has found.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The London Borough of Hillingdon has become the first council to be told that its child protection and care services must be improved under Ofsted's tougher new inspection framework.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated as "requires improvement" by Ofsted after inspectors found a number of areas that need to be addressed.

Children's social workers face knowledge test

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

| CYP Now

New children's social workers will have to pass a test of their knowledge in order to become an approved practitioner as part of government attempts to improve the quality of the profession, it has been announced.

Charities launch major inquiry into the care of looked-after children

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Monday, October 1, 2012

| CYP Now

An inquiry into how best to provide stable homes for children who cannot live with their birth parents has been launched by a group of eight charities.

Government reluctant to raise leaving care age

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Friday, December 20, 2013

| CYP Now

The government will not consider raising the leaving age for children in residential care to 21 until standards have improved, Education Secretary Michael Gove has said.

Cameron's children's services ‘reform' agenda receives mixed response from sector

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to change the way child protection and children's services are delivered by "bringing in new providers" have been given a mixed reception by the sector.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated "inadequate" for the second time in two years after Ofsted inspectors found widespread failings in services for vulnerable children.

Ofsted tells children's services department to improve

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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

| CYP Now

A children's services department has been told to improve its work following an inspection by Ofsted.

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.

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, child poverty and arrests of girls

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

NSPCC warning over FGM teacher training gaps, predictions of a nine per cent rise in child poverty, and police arrest fewer girls, all in the news today.

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.

Cameron announces drive to improve outcomes for children in care

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Thursday, October 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Improving outcomes for children in care will form part of an "all-out assault on poverty" by government, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Council rated inadequate by Ofsted for 'unsafe practice'

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

A council that was found to have left vulnerable children at risk of harm has had its children's services rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Ofsted praises council for ‘outstanding' work on adoption and leadership

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Friday, February 19, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has been praised by Ofsted for its work on adoption and the way its children's services department is managed, with both areas being rated as "outstanding".

Ofsted praises council's children's services for domestic violence work

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Friday, March 11, 2016

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been praised by Ofsted for its work to tackle domestic abuse, and the quality of leadership.

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.

Massive rise in number of children in care under coalition

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Monday, June 22, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of children being cared for by the state rose by more than 5,000 during the term of the coalition government, an investigation by CYP Now has found.

Ofsted tells two children's services departments to improve

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Friday, September 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Two children's services departments have been told to improve their work following inspections by Ofsted.

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Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

Children's social workers face knowledge test

Charities launch major inquiry into the care of looked-after children

Government reluctant to raise leaving care age

Cameron's children's services ‘reform' agenda receives mixed response from sector

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

Ofsted tells children's services department to improve

Charity urges extension of adoption support to special guardians

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, child poverty and arrests of girls

Call for review of special guardianship orders

Cameron announces drive to improve outcomes for children in care

Council rated inadequate by Ofsted for 'unsafe practice'

Ofsted praises council for ‘outstanding' work on adoption and leadership

Ofsted praises council's children's services for domestic violence work

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

Massive rise in number of children in care under coalition

Ofsted tells two children's services departments to improve

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