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DfE announces drive to place more looked-after children in boarding schools

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

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More children in care are to be offered places at boarding schools as part of a new government drive, the Department for Education has announced.

Benchmark all children's services to improve standards, report urges

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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

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Data on all children's services provision currently on offer across England should be collected and made available to commissioners so they can make decisions based on what works best for vulnerable young people.

Social Work England to have power to limit duties

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Tuesday, June 5, 2018

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The new social work regulator will have the power to limit the types of work social workers can do and test them on their English skills, the government has confirmed.

Government vows to launch mental health check pilots later this year

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Friday, June 1, 2018

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Delayed trials of mental health assessments for children entering the care system will launch later this year, the government has pledged.

Longfield calls on councils to improve stability for children in care

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Thursday, May 31, 2018

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Children in care are being moved around too much, with the proportion who have experienced a change in school, home or social worker within a year all rising, the children's commissioner for England has warned.

Care improves life for two thirds of children, study finds

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

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Being taken into care improves the life chances of more than two thirds of children, a study has found.

Major rise in number of children in 'out-of-area' residential care

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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

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The number of looked-after children placed in residential care outside of their local area has increased by nearly two thirds over the last five years, figures obtained from the government have shown.

Children's home providers criticise 'misleading' DfE data on missing incidents

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Thursday, April 26, 2018

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Children's home providers have accused government of publishing "misleading" and "potentially incendiary" data about the number of children who go missing from residential care.

Troubled council to launch children's services trust in 2019

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

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A struggling council that a government report recommended be scrapped and replaced with two new unitary authorities is pushing ahead with plans to establish children's services to an independent trust in 12 months' time.

Doubts over future of DfE's £20m social care research centre

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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

| CYP Now

The future of a delayed initiative to improve the quality of children's social care is in doubt, as there is no guarantee of ongoing government funding, documents reveal.

Government reveals more than 50,000 children's home 'missing incidents'

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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

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Young people living in children's homes in England have been reported missing more than 50,000 times in the last three years - with the missing rate for individual children currently averaging nearly five times a year, it has emerged.

Children in care 'receiving less support', Ofsted finds

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Friday, April 6, 2018

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Children in care are receiving less support and do not feel as safe as in previous years, a study by Ofsted has found.

Children's services trust set to cost £4.6m

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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

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The creation of an independent trust as part of efforts to improve children's services in Worcestershire will cost around £4.6m, it has emerged.

One in 10 children's homes providers face closure, study finds

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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

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One in 10 residential children's care providers are potentially facing insolvency because they are unable to meet the costs of "sleep-in" pay for staff, according to a survey.

Wood sets out priority areas in residential care reform

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Monday, March 12, 2018

| CYP Now

Government efforts to improve residential care will focus on just two areas until there is clarity about leadership arrangements across children's social care in its entirety, the man in charge of the reforms has said.

Council to invest £1m in children's social work recruitment drive

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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

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A council is to launch a £1m children's social work recruitment drive in a bid to reduce its children in care population.

Former ADCS president receives knighthood

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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

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A government adviser who was previously president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has been knighted.

Police forces praised for action on criminalisation in children's homes

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Monday, December 18, 2017

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Joint action by care home providers and police to tackle the criminalisation of children in residential care is dramatically reducing the number of inappropriate call-outs, research has found.

Council spending rises on children in need of help

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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

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Councils are spending 10 per cent more per head on children in need of support than they did in 2010, a government report has found.

Nine out of 10 London councils overspend on children's social care

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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

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London councils are overspending on children's services by almost 10 per cent, a survey has revealed.

Former ADCS president takes charge of residential care reforms

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Monday, November 13, 2017

| CYP Now

Former Association of Directors of Children's Services president Alan Wood is to chair the new Residential Care Leadership Board, the Department for Education has announced.

Experts urge training drive to boost mental health support for children in care

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Monday, November 6, 2017

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All carers and professionals who work directly with looked-after children should receive mental health training as part of a range of efforts to boost support for them, a government-appointed group of experts has recommended.

Greening: Raise council tax to save children's centres

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Wednesday, October 25, 2017

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Justine Greening has told councils to increase council tax charges if they want to save children's centres rather than rely on support from central government.

Government awards £16m to 'life chances' projects

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

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Projects supporting children in care and families blighted by drug and alcohol dependency are to benefit from the first wave of investment from an £80m government fund that links payments to improved outcomes.

Experts warn of 'lack of learning' from social care innovation failures

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Friday, October 6, 2017

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The children's social care system tends to "bury failure" rather than learning valuable lessons and sharing the findings, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (Scie) has said.

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DfE announces drive to place more looked-after children in boarding schools

Benchmark all children's services to improve standards, report urges

Social Work England to have power to limit duties

Government vows to launch mental health check pilots later this year

Longfield calls on councils to improve stability for children in care

Care improves life for two thirds of children, study finds

Major rise in number of children in 'out-of-area' residential care

Children's home providers criticise 'misleading' DfE data on missing incidents

Troubled council to launch children's services trust in 2019

Doubts over future of DfE's £20m social care research centre

Government reveals more than 50,000 children's home 'missing incidents'

Children in care 'receiving less support', Ofsted finds

Children's services trust set to cost £4.6m

One in 10 children's homes providers face closure, study finds

Wood sets out priority areas in residential care reform

Council to invest £1m in children's social work recruitment drive

Former ADCS president receives knighthood

Police forces praised for action on criminalisation in children's homes

Council spending rises on children in need of help

Nine out of 10 London councils overspend on children's social care

Former ADCS president takes charge of residential care reforms

Experts urge training drive to boost mental health support for children in care

Greening: Raise council tax to save children's centres

Government awards £16m to 'life chances' projects

Experts warn of 'lack of learning' from social care innovation failures

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