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Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

Thursday, January 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils yet to have their children's services inspected by Ofsted are to be given additional support as part of a local government bid to prevent them being rated "inadequate" and facing intervention from the Department for Education (DfE).

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has been handed new responsibilities for boosting the ‘character and resilience' of young people and tackling bullying, the Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed.

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is struggling to complete inspections of all local authority children's services departments to schedule because it is "significantly under-resourced against agreed budgets", it has emerged.

DfE gives council more time to improve after ‘inadequate' Ofsted rating

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Monday, November 9, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been given more time to turn services around in the wake of Ofsted judging its children's services department ‘inadequate' twice in two years.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

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Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Somerset County Council has announced it has terminated the contract of the interim director of children's services (DCS) for failing to deliver improvements at the struggling authority quickly enough.

Early intervention 'reduces demand for child protection services'

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Investment in early intervention is reducing demand for child protection services by up to 30 per cent in some local authorities, while other areas struggle to cope with huge increases in demand, research by the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has found.

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 slams poor practice at council where three children died

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Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

A children's services department that was providing support for three vulnerable children who died in the space of a month has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

DfE: 'No link' between spending on children's social care and quality

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has said there is no link between the amount of money spent on children's social care and the effectiveness of services.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

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Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

An independent children's services trust that was established on government orders has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Government-ordered children's trust services rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted

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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

| CYP Now

The quality of children's services provided by a government-ordered independent trust have been rated as "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

| CYP Now

Social workers who fail new accreditation tests being introduced by government will not lose their registration, the chief social worker for children has said.

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

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Monday, December 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposed anti-slavery legislation to be published; Cameron rejects child benefit cap; and consultation launched on children's homes inspection framework, all in the news today.

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Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

DfE gives council more time to improve after ‘inadequate' Ofsted rating

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

Early intervention 'reduces demand for child protection services'

Timpson appoints private firm to tackle failings in West Berkshire

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

DfE: 'No link' between spending on children's social care and quality

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

Care Inquiry calls for relationship-focused system

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

Government-ordered children's trust services rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

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