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Councils need the means to deliver foster care support
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- Tuesday, December 17, 2013 | CYP Now
A little over two months ago, the Fostering Network called on the government to do the right thing - both morally and economically - by extending financial support to foster carers and in doing so enable children they care for to stay in the placement past their 18th birthday and up to 21 if they so wish.
Social care third-party plans must not be rushed
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- Tuesday, November 26, 2013 | CYP Now
Education Secretary Michael Gove's speech at a recent NSPCC conference could become an epoch-making moment in the history of children's services.
Support care leavers to strive in their studies
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- Tuesday, October 29, 2013 | CYP Now
Our investigation of the state of support for care leavers paints what only can be described as a conflicting picture.
New inspections must show us the big picture
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- Tuesday, October 1, 2013 | CYP Now
Ofsted provokes outright hostility among many local authority folk.
Children's services need clarity of accountability
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- Tuesday, August 20, 2013 | CYP Now
The government's proposals to transfer responsibility for children's social services in Doncaster from the local council to an independent trust have come under attack from Doncaster Mayor Ros Jones in her detailed response to the plans.
Doncaster experiment is sure to yield lessons
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- Tuesday, July 23, 2013 | CYP Now
Education Secretary Michael Gove's decision to remove Doncaster Council's powers to provide children's social care is a landmark move.
One small step for care, one giant leap required
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- Monday, April 29, 2013 | CYP Now
The high-profile cases of children in residential care going missing and being sexually exploited in the past year have sent shockwaves through our society. Last week, the government responded by announcing some important reforms.
Time to stop the neglect of long-term foster care
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- Tuesday, March 5, 2013 | CYP Now
Foster carers are responsible for three out of every four looked-after children in the country, and yet their vital role in providing that nurture and support gets barely any attention.
DfE must serve children, not our sitcom writers
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- Tuesday, January 22, 2013 | CYP Now
In what ended up as an explosive exit interview, Tim Loughton lifted the lid on the inner workings of the Department for Education at a select committee hearing last week with the department's former ministers.
Youth sector needs help to realise its true value
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- Tuesday, November 27, 2012 | CYP Now
In this prolonged era of spending cuts, services that promote young people's personal and social development - provided by youth workers and others - have suffered among the deepest.
Children need a long-term plan in this spending abyss
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- Tuesday, October 30, 2012 | CYP Now
The country might be out of recession (again), but with the size of the deficit still enormous, public spending shows no sign of returning to growth. In our special report, we examine the long-term challenges and consequences of children's services spend continuing to fall during this decade.
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