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Inspectors find signs of progress at 'inadequate' council

Thursday, September 28, 2017

| CYP Now

A council rated as 'inadequate' by Ofsted and subsequently criticised for its slow pace of progress is beginning to show signs of improvement, inspectors have said.

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

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Monday, November 6, 2017

| CYP Now

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.

Children in residential care must be listened to, MPs told

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Friday, November 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposed government reforms of the residential care system do not focus enough on listening to children, a group of MPs has been told.

Children's home risk assessment plans delayed

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Plans to risk assess proposed new children's homes to make sure young people are safe from criminals and abusers have been delayed, after concerns were raised about how it will work.

Extend Staying Put rights to children's homes, say MPs

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Staying Put legislation should be extended into children's homes as part of sweeping changes needed to improve post-16 support for looked-after young people, MPs have said.

Councils receive Staying Put funding allocations

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Friday, August 8, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has announced how much each council will receive this year to extend support up to age 21 for young people in foster care, but concerns remain that the money is not enough.

Ofsted gives councils 12-month deadline on adoptions

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Friday, February 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Local authorities will fail to secure an "outstanding" rating from Ofsted unless they place all children identified for adoption within 12 months.

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.

Intervention projects help to cut care figures, DfE research suggests

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Friday, October 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Areas with established family intervention projects are seeing fewer children taken into care, emerging research by the Department for Education (DfE) has suggested.

Call to keep looked-after children out of justice system

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

| CYP Now

More needs to be done to keep children in care out of the criminal justice system, the country's top police officer for children and young people has said.

Doncaster sees four-fold decrease in children missing from care

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of looked-after children that go missing from care in Doncaster has fallen nearly four-fold over the past year following the introduction of a dedicated support worker.

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.

MPs call for police discretion in child 'sexting' cases

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Monday, November 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Police must be given greater discretion when dealing with children who share explicit pictures of themselves so that their future life chances are not harmed, a group of MPs and peers has said.

Young people set out recommendations for Care Review

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Monday, November 1, 2021

| CYP Now

Young people with experience of the care system have issued a checklist of issues they want to be addressed by the Care Review.

Morgan criticised for foster care ‘slur'

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Friday, January 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has been criticised for denigrating foster care with comments she made as the government launched a bid to reverse a sharp drop in adoptions.

Government set to boost mental health services for children in care

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Thursday, February 4, 2016

| CYP Now

Support for children and young people in care who are experiencing mental health problems is set to be boosted after the government pledged to set out exactly what services they can expect to receive.

Children's home providers call for fee increases

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Placement fees paid by local authorities to children's homes providers must be increased if the sector is to cope with rising costs, it has been claimed.

Ofsted too rigid in children's home inspections, claim managers

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Thursday, April 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Residential care managers have heavily criticised Ofsted for its "inconsistent" and "unfair" interpretation of new quality standards for children's homes.

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Inspectors find signs of progress at 'inadequate' council

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

Children in residential care must be listened to, MPs told

Children's home risk assessment plans delayed

Extend Staying Put rights to children's homes, say MPs

Councils receive Staying Put funding allocations

Ofsted gives councils 12-month deadline on adoptions

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Intervention projects help to cut care figures, DfE research suggests

Call to keep looked-after children out of justice system

Doncaster sees four-fold decrease in children missing from care

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

MPs call for police discretion in child 'sexting' cases

Young people set out recommendations for Care Review

Morgan criticised for foster care ‘slur'

Government set to boost mental health services for children in care

Children's home providers call for fee increases

Ofsted too rigid in children's home inspections, claim managers

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