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Children's social workers face knowledge test

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.

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

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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.

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Only non-profit organisations will be allowed to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans to give councils more freedom in the way they work with vulnerable children, it has been announced.

Ofsted figures reveal extent of out-of-area placements

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Friday, June 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Around one in five local authorities have looked-after children living there from 40 or more other council areas, new figures show.

Munro reveals scale of children's services inspection workload

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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils and children's services professionals are struggling to cope with the workload created by Ofsted's revamped children's services inspection framework, an independent review by child protection expert professor Eileen Munro has found.

Child protection cases closed without review as Ofsted rates Birmingham services 'inadequate'

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Friday, May 23, 2014

| CYP Now

A damning Ofsted inspection of Birmingham children's services has found the council closed hundreds of child protection cases without an assessment due to a "lack of social workers".

Fostering reforms must be allowed to bed in, says children's commissioner

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Measures introduced under the Children and Families Act 2014 must be given time to be effective before policy is updated further, the children's commissioner for England has said.

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services are to be delivered outside of council control in Slough as part of government efforts to improve performance.

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.

One in seven children's social worker posts unfilled

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Friday, March 7, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 3,800 children's social workers are needed to fill vacancies across local authorities in England, figures published by the government have shown.

Ofsted faces criticism over botched inspection

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted's controversial new framework for rating child protection and care services has been criticised after one of the first inspections was found to be "seriously flawed".

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

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Monday, February 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Sheffield has been told to improve its children's services after an inspection highlighted weaknesses in performance on looked-after children and adoption.

Ofsted finds serious child protection failings in Slough

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Monday, February 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services in Slough have been rated as inadequate after Ofsted inspectors found serious weaknesses in its child protection work.

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services in Warrington has been appointed by Ofsted to spearhead attempts to improve social care across England.

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.

Government considers extending children's home leaving age to 21

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to explore the possibility of allowing young people to stay in residential care up to the age of 21, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

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.

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.

Foster care leaving age extended to 21

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people will be able to stay in foster care up to the age of 21 after the government announced plans to place a new legal requirement on councils.

Social work leaders sceptical over call for more third-party provider input

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Social work and local government leaders have warned that government ambitions to allow independent sector providers to deliver children's social services must not be at the expense of councils losing their statutory powers.

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.

Ofsted rates care services inadequate at two councils

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Friday, August 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Services for looked-after children at two local authorities have been rated as inadequate by Ofsted.

Councils give backing to care leavers' charter

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

| CYP Now

More than two-thirds of councils have signed up to the government's care leavers' charter, care minister Edward Timpson has said.

Independent reviewing officers are not challenging enough, says Ofsted

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Friday, June 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Officers employed by local authorities to review care plans are failing to make enough of a difference for looked-after children, a damning report has found.

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.

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Children's social workers face knowledge test

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

Ofsted figures reveal extent of out-of-area placements

Munro reveals scale of children's services inspection workload

Child protection cases closed without review as Ofsted rates Birmingham services 'inadequate'

Fostering reforms must be allowed to bed in, says children's commissioner

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

One in seven children's social worker posts unfilled

Ofsted faces criticism over botched inspection

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

Ofsted finds serious child protection failings in Slough

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

Government considers extending children's home leaving age to 21

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

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Foster care leaving age extended to 21

Social work leaders sceptical over call for more third-party provider input

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

Ofsted rates care services inadequate at two councils

Councils give backing to care leavers' charter

Independent reviewing officers are not challenging enough, says Ofsted

Care Inquiry calls for relationship-focused system

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