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Ofsted tells two councils to improve children's services

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

| CYP Now

Two councils have been told to improve standards within their children's services departments following inspections by Ofsted.

NHS Trust to take responsibility for council's children's services

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Thursday, April 7, 2016

| CYP Now

A council that received a "good" rating from Ofsted for children's services has agreed a deal for a local NHS trust to take on responsibility for them.

Early education profile pilot results raise questions over standards

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Just more than two fifths of five-year-olds assessed as part of a pilot for the government's revised early years curriculum have reached its ideal standard.

Children's residential care 'facing funding crisis'

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Monday, December 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The residential children's home sector is facing a financial crisis as large as the problems affecting adult social care, providers are warning.

Health reforms 'ignore children in care'

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's health reforms fail to recognise the needs of children in care and other vulnerable young people, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

Daily roundup: Council sued, no action against Paris Brown and youth cuts

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Monday, April 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Rochdale faces legal action over care comments; no further action against former youth police and crime commissioner, and half of youth service jobs to go in Warwickshire, all in the news today.

Associations criticise care placement decision making

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Independent foster care and children's home bodies have come together to call on local authorities to use third sector providers to reduce inappropriate care placements.

Council's children's services to receive entire social care top-up

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Monday, January 21, 2019

| CYP Now

A council is proposing to plough all of its social care windfall from government into children's services in a bid to stem rising numbers of children in care.

Ofsted rates care services inadequate at two councils

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Friday, August 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Services for looked-after children at two local authorities have been rated as inadequate by Ofsted.

Leadership instability linked to children's services failings

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's services departments are struggling to improve child protection standards due to instability caused by high turnover of senior staff and directors, a report by Ofsted has claimed.

Children in care 'receiving less support', Ofsted finds

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Friday, April 6, 2018

| CYP Now

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

Ofsted highlights lack of support for children placed out of area

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Not enough is being done by local authorities to support children who are placed in care far away from home, Ofsted has warned.

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Concerns about controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services will get serious consideration, children's minister Edward Timpson has pledged.

NSPCC chief to lead historic abuse review

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Monday, July 7, 2014

| CYP Now

NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless has been chosen by the government to lead a review into the handling of historic child sex abuse allegations.

Government rejects MPs' call to ban B&B use for care leavers

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Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has rejected calls from MPs for an outright ban on the use of bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation for care leavers.

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

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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

| CYP Now

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.

Revised Working Together guidance introduces checks on local safeguarding boards

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

| CYP Now

An independent panel of experts will be created to vet the decisions of local safeguarding children board chairs under revised safeguarding guidance published today.

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, palliative care and youth offending

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Friday, December 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Report blames sexual grooming of young girls on police failings; MPs call for fairer children's palliative care funding; and a youth offending service in Teeside wins praise, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Obesity, child protection and mental health

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Friday, February 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Morbidly obese children taken into care; Northamptonshire struggles with unnecessary safeguarding referrals; and bullying is main cause of self-harm study finds, all in the news today.

Ofsted to cut visits to good and outstanding children's homes

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Monday, February 20, 2017

| CYP Now

The government is to press ahead with plans to cut the frequency of Ofsted inspections for good and outstanding children's homes, it has been announced.

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Ofsted tells two councils to improve children's services

NHS Trust to take responsibility for council's children's services

Early education profile pilot results raise questions over standards

Children's residential care 'facing funding crisis'

Health reforms 'ignore children in care'

Daily roundup: Council sued, no action against Paris Brown and youth cuts

Associations criticise care placement decision making

Council's children's services to receive entire social care top-up

Ofsted rates care services inadequate at two councils

Leadership instability linked to children's services failings

Children in care 'receiving less support', Ofsted finds

Ofsted highlights lack of support for children placed out of area

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

NSPCC chief to lead historic abuse review

Government rejects MPs' call to ban B&B use for care leavers

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

Revised Working Together guidance introduces checks on local safeguarding boards

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, palliative care and youth offending

Daily roundup: Obesity, child protection and mental health

Ofsted to cut visits to good and outstanding children's homes

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