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Labour announces shadow childcare and children's ministers

Friday, September 18, 2015

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Labour has appointed its shadow childcare and shadow children's ministers following Jeremy Corbyn's election as the party's new leader.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' over child protection failings

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

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A council has been criticised by Ofsted for potentially placing children at risk due to delays in assessments.

Child protection 'will struggle to cope' with Spending Review cuts

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

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Work by councils to protect children from abuse and neglect will struggle to continue at its current level if funding for local authorities is cut further in the autumn's Spending Review, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Drop in number of children approved for adoption continues

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Friday, August 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Numbers of children being approved for adoption are continuing to fall, it has emerged.

DfE sanctions urgent probe into children's services spending

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Friday, August 14, 2015

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The Department for Education (DfE) has ordered a study into the spending habits of local authority children's services departments ahead of expected central government cuts being announced in November.

Only a quarter of councils rated 'good' in Ofsted inspections

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Thursday, August 13, 2015

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Three-quarters of English children's services departments assessed under Ofsted's single inspection framework (SIF) have been given the two lowest ratings, latest data reveals.

Kids Company closure: Lambeth and Bristol vow to fund alternative services

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Thursday, August 6, 2015

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Local authorities that had commissioned services from Kids Company have vowed to fund alternative provision for vulnerable children affected by the charity's closure.

Ofsted finds improvement in social care assessment practice

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

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Children's services professionals are improving the way they undertake assessments of vulnerable children's needs, an Ofsted inspection has found.

DfE urged to publish full figures for failed returns from care

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Monday, July 27, 2015

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The NSPCC is calling for the government to publish detailed data revealing how many children in each English local authority area re-enter care after a return home fails.

Care system must address ‘recovery from trauma' of child sexual abuse

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

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Agencies are picking up sharp increases in child sexual abuse while many looked-after children urgently need more support to recover from the trauma of abuse that led to them entering care, according to an expert panel of professionals.

Support for care leavers deteriorating, watchdog finds

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Friday, July 17, 2015

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Support for vulnerable young people leaving care has deteriorated over the past decade, a critical report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

ADCS Conference: President warns of funding crisis and ‘broken' Ofsted framework

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Friday, July 10, 2015

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Children's services departments are facing a "looming crisis" because of funding cuts, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.?

Budget 2015: £30m fund a 'shot in the arm' for sector, say adoption experts

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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Adoption experts have welcomed the government's decision to provide £30m to councils to pay the cost of them placing children with adoptive parents outside of their area.

Hilton Dawson urges BASW to take on College of Social Work remit

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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

| CYP Now

Social work leaders should resist moves to resurrect The College of Social Work (TCSW) and instead back the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) to become the "independent, authoritative body" for the whole profession, according to the association's former chief executive Hilton Dawson.

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

| CYP Now

More local authority children's services departments will be taken out of council control in order to tackle failure, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

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Labour announces shadow childcare and children's ministers

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' over child protection failings

Child protection 'will struggle to cope' with Spending Review cuts

Drop in number of children approved for adoption continues

DfE sanctions urgent probe into children's services spending

Only a quarter of councils rated 'good' in Ofsted inspections

Kids Company closure: Lambeth and Bristol vow to fund alternative services

Ofsted finds improvement in social care assessment practice

DfE urged to publish full figures for failed returns from care

Care system must address ‘recovery from trauma' of child sexual abuse

Support for care leavers deteriorating, watchdog finds

ADCS Conference: President warns of funding crisis and ‘broken' Ofsted framework

Budget 2015: £30m fund a 'shot in the arm' for sector, say adoption experts

Hilton Dawson urges BASW to take on College of Social Work remit

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

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