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Adoptions dip sharply as issues over special guardianship orders emerge

Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Department for Education report points to link between a drop in adoptions in favour of SGOs, with unsuitable placements made because of a desire by family courts to place the child within the wider family.

Review: Facilitating Meaningful Contact in Adoption and Fostering

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Legal Update: Young people stay put to get ahead

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Monday, August 31, 2015

| CYP Now

Care leavers are still not reaching their full potential. Amber Rowsell, trainee solicitor at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines whether an increase in the use of staying put arrangements could be the answer.

Children's charity closures prompt leaders to call for investigation

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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The collapse of Kids Company and the British Association for Adoption & Fostering has raised questions over the charities' management. CYP Now assesses the factors behind the closures and what impact they will have.

Councils told to set up regional agencies to increase adoptions

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Creating regional adoption agencies could help local authorities find permanent homes for the hardest-to place children, improve post-adoption support services and reduce overall costs of provision, say experts.

Participation in Action: Adopted young people offer advice to workers and carers

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Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The Adoptables, a group of adopted young people, have helped design a First4Adoption webpage with tips and advice for people who are considering adoption.

Rise in missing-from-care cases

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Experts express concerns over a surge in the number of children going missing from foster care.

Placement order decline puts adoption drive under threat

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

| CYP Now

A halving of the number of children approved for adoption looks set to have far-reaching consequences for how local authorities and voluntary adoption agencies work, despite government efforts to stem the fall.

Adoptions are too complex for politicians' quick fixes

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

| CYP Now

John Freeman on the importance of matching adoptive parents to children to prevent breakdown.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Tailored support brings success

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Integrate Families, Huddersfield, adoption support agency, inspection - August 2014

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Improving permanence for looked-after children

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has outlined the measures it will take following a consultation on improving permanence for looked-after children.

Meeting the children who need a home

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Adoption activity days give prospective adopters the chance to meet and interact with children needing new parents. Eileen Fursland attends an event in East Anglia to see how they work.

Cost of foster care recruitment explored: agencies vs in-house

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Monday, October 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Public sector consultant Impower has calculated that local authorities could save £150m by placing more fostered children with their own carers, but independent providers say its analysis of the costs and benefits is flawed.

Daily roundup: Charity chief, care system, and mosque vandalism

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Andy Elvin appointed new chief executive of Tact; NSPCC study reveals cost of children returning home from care; and mosque vandalised in wake of child sexual exploitation scandal, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Care leavers, free school meals, and Rotherham

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Monday, September 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Many councils use B&Bs to accommodate care leavers; free school meals problems in Dorset; and Rotherham Council chief executive to leave post in wake of abuse scandal, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Haringey told to improve children's social care, major early intervention guide launched, and Nicky Morgan pledges to continue tough stance on term-time holidays, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Free school meals, bedroom tax, and early education

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Clegg admits some schools may struggle to meet free meals deadline; Labour set to call fresh vote on the bedroom tax; and think-tank wants better measure of how to narrow attainment gap, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Childcare training, education outcomes and Ofsted inspections

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Monday, June 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years bursary scheme funds a handful of applicants; gifted poor children less likely than affluent peers to attend top universities; and Bournemouth children's services requires improvement says Ofsted, all in the news today.

The skills to foster

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Fostering requires dedication, resilience and compassion - qualities abundant in the children and young people's workforce. Charlotte Goddard examines what role the sector might play in the future of foster care.

Extended stay

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils have a legal duty to provide financial support for young people who want to stay put with their foster families until they are aged 21. Joe Lepper asks how it will work and whether it can be extended to young people in residential care.

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Adoptions dip sharply as issues over special guardianship orders emerge

Review: Facilitating Meaningful Contact in Adoption and Fostering

Legal Update: Young people stay put to get ahead

Children's charity closures prompt leaders to call for investigation

Councils told to set up regional agencies to increase adoptions

Participation in Action: Adopted young people offer advice to workers and carers

Rise in missing-from-care cases

Placement order decline puts adoption drive under threat

Adoptions are too complex for politicians' quick fixes

Behind the Inspection Rating: Tailored support brings success

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Improving permanence for looked-after children

Meeting the children who need a home

Cost of foster care recruitment explored: agencies vs in-house

Daily roundup: Charity chief, care system, and mosque vandalism

Daily roundup: Care leavers, free school meals, and Rotherham

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

Daily roundup: Free school meals, bedroom tax, and early education

Daily roundup: Childcare training, education outcomes and Ofsted inspections

The skills to foster

Extended stay

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