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Feedback sought on plans to overhaul inspection of adoption services

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Ofsted inspectors are to canvas the views of adopted children and their birth and adoptive families, under plans to overhaul the scrutiny of adoption support agencies.

Attachment training for teachers

Features

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

| CYP Now

Adoption UK is leading a campaign to boost schools' awareness of the attachment needs of adopted children.

Adoption processes must be simplified, ADCS warns

News

Monday, December 12, 2011

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services are calling on the government to simplify the assessment process for potential adopters.

Good Practice: How Harrow's partnership with Coram is boosting its adoption success rate

Best Practice

Monday, October 31, 2011

| CYP Now

Harrow Council's Adoption Service now has a 100 per cent success rate in finding adoptive parents for children with adoption plans

Achievement against the odds

Features

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Looked-after children's educational performance trails far behind their peers. Jo Stephenson asks what role social workers can play to narrow the attainment gap.

Private fostering rules risk 'another Climbi'

Other

Monday, February 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Private fostering regulations are failing to protect vulnerable children brought to this country from overseas, a charity has warned.

CYP Now Children in Care Supplement 2013

Other

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Providing a chance to thrive: How to secure the best outcomes for looked-after children against the backdrop of reduced budgets and rising demand.

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

News

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

News

Friday, August 23, 2013

| CYP Now

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

Campaign challenges public myths to tackle fostering recruitment crisis

Other

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

| CYP Now

A campaign has been launched to try to tackle the myths surrounding foster care in an effort to attract new people to the role from a broader range of backgrounds as demand for their services increases.

Daily roundup: Children's bill debate, Labour reshuffle, and Hull cuts

Other

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Children and Families Bill amendments due to be debated by peers today; Labour makes changes to its education team; and planned cuts at Hull Council sparks union concerns, all in the news today.

NCAS Conference: Experts push for investment in marketing strategy to improve adopter recruitment

News

Thursday, October 17, 2013

| CYP Now

The government must invest in a national marketing strategy to boost attempts to recruit more potential adopters, experts have said.

Daily roundup: Foster children's rights, SEN reforms, and the cost of sending a child to school

Other

Thursday, October 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Research says children in foster care are being "denied a proper childhood", concerns over the government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms, and the rising cost of sending children to school, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Foster care, libraries, and child protection in the African community

Other

Thursday, November 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Timpson urges greater discretion for foster carers, automatic library card scheme launched, and concerns over the number of African children in the child protection system, all in the news today.

Children in care 'receiving less support', Ofsted finds

News

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.

Daily roundup: Missing babies, nurture groups, and play

Other

Monday, June 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly 20 babies reported missing from council care; research backs value of nurture groups; and £1.9m boost for play in Scotland, all in the news today.

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

News

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.

New foster care placement needed every 22 minutes

News

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

| CYP Now

A child goes into care and needs a foster family every 22 minutes across the UK, analysis by the Fostering Network has revealed.

Council moves from 'inadequate' to 'good' in just two years

News

Friday, July 7, 2017

| CYP Now

Inspectors have praised swift improvements at a council's children's services department, which has been rated as "good", just two years after receiving an "inadequate" judgment.

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, What Works Network, and strip-searching

Other

Monday, March 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Disabled children start legal bid on room-sharing plans; policy advice network launches, and concerns over prevalence of strip-searching in youth custody, all in the news today.

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Feedback sought on plans to overhaul inspection of adoption services

Attachment training for teachers

Adoption processes must be simplified, ADCS warns

Good Practice: How Harrow's partnership with Coram is boosting its adoption success rate

Achievement against the odds

Private fostering rules risk 'another Climbi'

CYP Now Children in Care Supplement 2013

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

Ofsted rates care services inadequate at two councils

Campaign challenges public myths to tackle fostering recruitment crisis

Daily roundup: Children's bill debate, Labour reshuffle, and Hull cuts

NCAS Conference: Experts push for investment in marketing strategy to improve adopter recruitment

Daily roundup: Foster children's rights, SEN reforms, and the cost of sending a child to school

Daily roundup: Foster care, libraries, and child protection in the African community

Children in care 'receiving less support', Ofsted finds

Daily roundup: Missing babies, nurture groups, and play

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

New foster care placement needed every 22 minutes

Council moves from 'inadequate' to 'good' in just two years

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, What Works Network, and strip-searching

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