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Former Ofsted social care chief appointed DCS at Tower Hamlets

Thursday, July 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's former national director for social care Debbie Jones has been appointed as interim director of children's services (DCS) at Tower Hamlets Council.

ADCS Conference: Narey urges action to halt fall in adoptions

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Friday, July 10, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of children being adopted is set for an "alarming drop" unless action is taken, the government's adoption adviser has warned.

ADCS Conference: President warns of funding crisis and ‘broken' Ofsted framework

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Friday, July 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services departments are facing a "looming crisis" because of funding cuts, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.?

Ofsted appoints interim social care chief

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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

| CYP Now

Islington Council's director of children's services (DCS) has been appointed to take over as Ofsted's national director of social care on an interim basis, it has been announced.

Early intervention funding halved under coalition

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Monday, July 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils have cut spending on early intervention by a further eight per cent in 2015/16 on the back of funding being halved under the coalition government, CYP Now can reveal.

Councils to receive £30m to speed up adoptions

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Monday, July 6, 2015

| CYP Now

The government is to give councils £30m to encourage them to place children with adoptive parents outside their area.

Foster carers reject Staying Put over lack of financial support

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Foster carers are reluctant to allow young people to remain with them until they are 21 because of a lack of financial support for the flagship government policy, it has emerged.

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

| CYP Now

More local authority children's services departments will be taken out of council control in order to tackle failure, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

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.

DfE to slice £450m from non-schools budget

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Friday, June 5, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) will cut £450m from its non-schools budget for the current financial year, it has been announced.

Ofsted brands council 'inadequate' over CSE failures

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Thursday, June 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Surrey has become the fourth authority in the space of a month to have its children's services rated "inadequate" by Ofsted after inspectors flagged up serious concerns about how it deals with child sexual exploitation (CSE).

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.

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.

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.

Ofsted 'too tough' on child protection teams, finds scathing report

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is unfairly tough on children's services departments and its inspections can have a detrimental impact on performance, a damning report has concluded.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| CYP Now

New quality standards for children's homes should be scrapped by the next government, an organisation representing residential care providers has said.

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

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Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education will consider intervening in the running of children's services in Somerset after the department was labelled "inadequate" by Ofsted for the second time in less than two years.

Government admits 26-week care proceedings target 'unlikely' to be met

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Friday, March 27, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has admitted the 26-week target to decide whether a child is taken into care is "highly unlikely" to ever be met for all cases.

VCS grants scheme prioritises mental health services

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

| CYP Now

Mental health services have benefited to the tune of £4.9m as part of £25m of government grants announced today.

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Former Ofsted social care chief appointed DCS at Tower Hamlets

ADCS Conference: Narey urges action to halt fall in adoptions

ADCS Conference: President warns of funding crisis and ‘broken' Ofsted framework

Ofsted appoints interim social care chief

Early intervention funding halved under coalition

Councils to receive £30m to speed up adoptions

Foster carers reject Staying Put over lack of financial support

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

DfE to slice £450m from non-schools budget

Ofsted brands council 'inadequate' over CSE failures

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

Children's services in Lambeth judged 'inadequate'

Ofsted 'too tough' on child protection teams, finds scathing report

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

Government admits 26-week care proceedings target 'unlikely' to be met

VCS grants scheme prioritises mental health services

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