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Cameron announces review of children's residential care system

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a major "root and branch" review of children's residential care will be conducted by government adviser Sir Martin Narey.

Children’s homes facing 'horrific' recruitment and retention problems

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Wednesday, October 13, 2021

| CYP Now

Residential children’s care providers are warning of a staffing crisis, amid burnout fears and a salary war breaking out among homes.

CMA report on children’s social care market reveals ‘failing system’

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Friday, October 22, 2021

| CYP Now

An interim report by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into the children’s social care market reveals a “failing system” which sees children “not placed in the right homes while providers make big profits”.

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

| CYP Now

A new social work organisation to drive up standards and put social workers on a par with high-status professions such as surgeons or lawyers will be established, government has announced.

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

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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).

DfE acts after Ofsted rates council's children's services ‘inadequate'

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has appointed a commissioner to oversee children's services at a council rated "inadequate" by Ofsted due to serious child protection failures.

Former ADCS president to oversee development of mental health services for children in care

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

| CYP Now

A former president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has been appointed by government to oversee attempts to boost support for children in care with mental health problems.

Senior managers credited with drop in London care numbers

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

The number of looked-after children in London is falling because senior social work managers in the capital are actively pursuing other options such as kinship care, a report has found.

Ofsted rates council-run children's home ‘inadequate'

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

A local-authority run children's home has been criticised by Ofsted for "serious and widespread failures".

Government to trial 'Staying Close' scheme for children leaving residential care

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Monday, July 4, 2016

| CYP Now

The government is to pilot a scheme to enable young people leaving residential care to live near to, and retain links with, their children's homes.

Daily roundup: Care applications data, sex offenders' register and age of consent

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Care applications up 70 per cent; changes to sex offenders' register rules condemned, and barrister's age of consent comments dismissed as "outdated", all in the news today.

Councils give backing to care leavers' charter

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

| CYP Now

More than two-thirds of councils have signed up to the government's care leavers' charter, care minister Edward Timpson has said.

Reforms will not prevent use of children's homes as 'last resort', say providers

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's care providers are set to tell the government its proposed overhaul of residential care will do nothing to prevent children's homes being used as a last resort.

Councils face £25,000 per child shortfall under refugee scheme

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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils involved in a Home Office scheme to take in unaccompanied asylum seeking children from other areas are facing an average £25,000 shortfall in funding for every child they support, research suggests.

Birmingham children's home closure proposals 'will save £3m'

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

| CYP Now

Birmingham Council is planning to close five of its 17 children's homes with a view to saving £3m by increasing the use of foster care and adoption.

Inspectors find signs of progress at 'inadequate' council

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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

News

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.

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Cameron announces review of children's residential care system

Children’s homes facing 'horrific' recruitment and retention problems

CMA report on children’s social care market reveals ‘failing system’

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

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

DfE acts after Ofsted rates council's children's services ‘inadequate'

Former ADCS president to oversee development of mental health services for children in care

Senior managers credited with drop in London care numbers

Ofsted rates council-run children's home ‘inadequate'

Government to trial 'Staying Close' scheme for children leaving residential care

Daily roundup: Care applications data, sex offenders' register and age of consent

Councils give backing to care leavers' charter

Reforms will not prevent use of children's homes as 'last resort', say providers

Councils face £25,000 per child shortfall under refugee scheme

Birmingham children's home closure proposals 'will save £3m'

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

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