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Councils receive help to improve care leaver support

Monday, September 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Innovative ways to support vulnerable young people leaving care are to be trialled as part of a government-funded project.

Cross-government strategy to support care leavers unveiled

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Staff in children's homes will receive better training to help young people leaving their placement as part of government plans to improve outcomes for care leavers.

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.

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.

Government advisers call for boost to care leaver support

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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

| CYP Now

Support for care leavers must be improved and the process for receiving benefits simplified to ensure they do not become homeless or have to share accommodation with troubled adults, a report by a government advisory body has concluded.

Administration frustrates personal advisers' work with care leavers, study finds

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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

| CYP Now

Professionals tasked with providing support for care leavers are frustrated that they cannot offer more help, with nearly a quarter of their time taken up by administration, a study has found.

Independent children's services trust failing to protect children, Ofsted finds

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Friday, July 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Ofsted has criticised failures to protect vulnerable young people and the slow pace of improvement at an "inadequate" children's services department that was taken over by an independent trust last year.

'Two-tier' care for children in custody criticised

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people given looked-after status on being remanded in custody will not have the same rights as those who are already looked after, a campaign group has claimed.

ADCS launches inquiry into the care system

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services have launched an inquiry into the purpose of the care system, as part of plans to radically improve provision for looked-after children across the country.

One in six councils exempt care leavers from council tax

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Wednesday, August 2, 2017

| CYP Now

One in six councils have moved to exempt care leavers from council tax charges, according to figures compiled by The Children's Society.

Care leaves most looked-after children better off, study finds

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Friday, March 9, 2012

| CYP Now

The majority of care leavers believe they are better off for having been taken into care, according to the latest report from the children's rights director for England.

Three councils receive 'good' ratings for children's services

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Friday, March 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's services at three councils have been rated as "good" following inspections by Ofsted.

Think-tank criticises councils over care support 'failings'

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Monday, January 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Local authorities need to "step up" the support they offer to looked-after children and care leavers, according to a report from social policy think-tank, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ).

Children's services in Leicester judged 'inadequate'

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Monday, March 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services in Leicester are "inadequate" and in urgent need of improvement, according to a damning inspection report by Ofsted.

Ofsted rates third council ‘inadequate' in space of week

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Monday, May 18, 2015

| CYP Now

West Berkshire Council has become the third local authority in the space of a week to have its children's services department rated "inadequate" after Ofsted inspectors found serious failures in services.

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The leader of a council where children's services were graded "inadequate" by Ofsted has blamed central government for falling standards.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' over child protection failings

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been criticised by Ofsted for potentially placing children at risk due to delays in assessments.

'Inadequate councils need more time to improve', says LGA

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Monday, December 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Government expectations that councils must improve failing children's services within six months to avoid outside intervention are unrealistic, local government and children's leaders have warned.

Ofsted tells two councils to improve children's services

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

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

NHS Trust to take responsibility for council's children's services

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Thursday, April 7, 2016

| CYP Now

A council that received a "good" rating from Ofsted for children's services has agreed a deal for a local NHS trust to take on responsibility for them.

Charities seek extension to care leaver support

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

| CYP Now

A legal duty to support care leavers until they reach 25 must be introduced if outcomes among the group are to improve, a coalition of charities has stated.

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.

Leadership instability linked to children's services failings

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's services departments are struggling to improve child protection standards due to instability caused by high turnover of senior staff and directors, a report by Ofsted has claimed.

Social action programmes to share £2.5m

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Friday, May 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The Cabinet Office has awarded £2.5m to 26 social action programmes providing support for vulnerable young people including care leavers and young offenders.

Government rejects MPs' call to ban B&B use for care leavers

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Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has rejected calls from MPs for an outright ban on the use of bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation for care leavers.

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Councils receive help to improve care leaver support

Cross-government strategy to support care leavers unveiled

Government considers extending children's home leaving age to 21

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

Government advisers call for boost to care leaver support

Administration frustrates personal advisers' work with care leavers, study finds

Independent children's services trust failing to protect children, Ofsted finds

'Two-tier' care for children in custody criticised

ADCS launches inquiry into the care system

One in six councils exempt care leavers from council tax

Care leaves most looked-after children better off, study finds

Three councils receive 'good' ratings for children's services

Think-tank criticises councils over care support 'failings'

Children's services in Leicester judged 'inadequate'

Ofsted rates third council ‘inadequate' in space of week

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' over child protection failings

'Inadequate councils need more time to improve', says LGA

Ofsted tells two councils to improve children's services

NHS Trust to take responsibility for council's children's services

Charities seek extension to care leaver support

Ofsted rates care services inadequate at two councils

Leadership instability linked to children's services failings

Social action programmes to share £2.5m

Government rejects MPs' call to ban B&B use for care leavers

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