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

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.

DfE faces legal action over 'misleading' safeguarding guidance

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Wednesday, January 9, 2019

| CYP Now

The Department for Education could face legal action for publishing guidance that might lead local authorities to break laws protecting vulnerable children, a charity has claimed.

Mental health checks for looked-after children to begin in June 2019

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

| CYP Now

Children will start receiving mental health assessments when they enter the care system from June 2019 as part of a delayed pilot project, it has emerged.

DfE drops waiting time target for adoption support decisions

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Wednesday, September 19, 2018

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has dropped a target to review applications for support for adopted children within five days due to a high volume of applications.

Independent children's services trust failing to protect children, Ofsted finds

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Friday, July 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Ofsted has criticised failures to protect vulnerable young people and the slow pace of improvement at an "inadequate" children's services department that was taken over by an independent trust last year.

Benchmark all children's services to improve standards, report urges

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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

| CYP Now

Data on all children's services provision currently on offer across England should be collected and made available to commissioners so they can make decisions based on what works best for vulnerable young people.

Inspectors praise improvements to 'front door' social work in Liverpool

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Tuesday, July 3, 2018

| CYP Now

Ofsted has praised improvements to the quality of "front door" social work in Liverpool, following an inspection of children's services, although provision overall has been rated as "requires improvement".

Major children's trust 'making progress', Ofsted finds

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Friday, June 8, 2018

| CYP Now

The largest children's services trust to be established has made progress in improving support for care leavers, Ofsted has found.

Government vows to launch mental health check pilots later this year

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Friday, June 1, 2018

| CYP Now

Delayed trials of mental health assessments for children entering the care system will launch later this year, the government has pledged.

Longfield calls on councils to improve stability for children in care

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Thursday, May 31, 2018

| CYP Now

Children in care are being moved around too much, with the proportion who have experienced a change in school, home or social worker within a year all rising, the children's commissioner for England has warned.

What Works Centre seeks 'pioneer councils' to develop social care best practice

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

| CYP Now

A government-backed initiative to improve the quality of children's social care has said it wants to team up with "pioneer councils" to test new approaches and help ensure evidence of good work is being shared across the sector.

Care improves life for two thirds of children, study finds

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

| CYP Now

Being taken into care improves the life chances of more than two thirds of children, a study has found.

London council moves out of 'inadequate'

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

| CYP Now

Children's services at a London council are no longer judged to be "inadequate" following a fresh inspection of provision by Ofsted.

Decline in adoptions continues, figures show

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

| CYP Now

The number of adoptions continued to fall last year but the rate of decline has slowed, latest official figures show.

Doubts over future of DfE's £20m social care research centre

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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

| CYP Now

The future of a delayed initiative to improve the quality of children's social care is in doubt, as there is no guarantee of ongoing government funding, documents reveal.

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.

Fall in number of young people 'Staying Put' in foster care

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Tuesday, April 3, 2018

| CYP Now

The proportion of young people who remain in foster care after turning 18 has fallen to its lowest level since the introduction of the Staying Put duty, new figures show.

DfE announces five more regional adoption agencies

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Friday, March 23, 2018

| CYP Now

A further five regional adoption agencies (RAAs) are to launch, backed with Department for Education funding of £3.4m.

Government urged to reject foster care proposals that 'weaken children's rights'

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

| CYP Now

A coalition of more than 40 leading children's organisations and experts has written to government urging it to reject several proposals from a major review of the fostering system, because they would "greatly weaken" legal protections for vulnerable children.

Adoption services improving at 'inadequate' council, say inspectors

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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

| CYP Now

Ofsted has praised a council for improvements in finding permanent homes for looked-after children through adoption, two years after rating its children's services as "inadequate".

Adopted children should remain close to birth families, study suggests

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Friday, March 2, 2018

| CYP Now

Adoption law should be overhauled to ensure children can retain close contact with their birth families, the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has said following the findings of an academic study.

Half of councils contributing to adoption support 'match-funding'

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Monday, February 26, 2018

| CYP Now

Nearly half of local authorities have provided top-up funding to a government scheme that pays for therapeutic support for adoptive families, figures obtained by CYP Now reveal.

Fostering stocktake proposals 'place vulnerable children at risk'

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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

| CYP Now

Proposals put forward as part of a government-commissioned review of the fostering system would place vulnerable children at risk, a professional association has warned.

Foster care review criticised for 'lacking ambition and vision'

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Tuesday, February 6, 2018

| CYP Now

Proposals to improve foster care following a major review of the system have received a mixed response from the sector, garnering support from some, but also attracting criticism for not being ambitious enough.

Fostering stocktake recommends national register

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Tuesday, February 6, 2018

| CYP Now

A national register of foster carers should be established so that children can be matched to the right families leading to fewer placement breakdowns, a major review of the system has recommended.

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

DfE faces legal action over 'misleading' safeguarding guidance

Mental health checks for looked-after children to begin in June 2019

DfE drops waiting time target for adoption support decisions

Independent children's services trust failing to protect children, Ofsted finds

Benchmark all children's services to improve standards, report urges

Inspectors praise improvements to 'front door' social work in Liverpool

Major children's trust 'making progress', Ofsted finds

Government vows to launch mental health check pilots later this year

Longfield calls on councils to improve stability for children in care

What Works Centre seeks 'pioneer councils' to develop social care best practice

Care improves life for two thirds of children, study finds

London council moves out of 'inadequate'

Decline in adoptions continues, figures show

Doubts over future of DfE's £20m social care research centre

Children in care 'receiving less support', Ofsted finds

Fall in number of young people 'Staying Put' in foster care

DfE announces five more regional adoption agencies

Government urged to reject foster care proposals that 'weaken children's rights'

Adoption services improving at 'inadequate' council, say inspectors

Adopted children should remain close to birth families, study suggests

Half of councils contributing to adoption support 'match-funding'

Fostering stocktake proposals 'place vulnerable children at risk'

Foster care review criticised for 'lacking ambition and vision'

Fostering stocktake recommends national register

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