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Ofsted upgrades Doncaster from 'inadequate' to 'good'

    News
  • Friday, January 19, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Standards at an independent trust set up to improve the quality of children's services provision in Doncaster have been rated "good" following a re-inspection by Ofsted, just two years after receiving the lowest rating.

The Influence of Adoption on Sibling Relationships

    Research
  • Tuesday, January 2, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Researchers from Cardiff University wanted to explore how sibling relationships are affected by adoption. These can include relationships with brothers and sisters outside the adoptive family, relationships between siblings placed for adoption together, and relationships with children already living in the adoptive family.

Inspections: Local authority foster care

    Features
  • Tuesday, October 31, 2017
  • | CYP Now
The number of local authority foster placements rose last year, with Ofsted analysis showing most councils delivering high-quality services with improvements in placement stability and post-18 support.

The care remainers

    Features
  • Tuesday, October 31, 2017
  • | CYP Now
All four nations of the UK have some form of provision for young people to stay in care beyond the age of 18. Joe Lepper compares the approaches and investigates plans to extend entitlements.

Care and capability

    Features
  • Tuesday, October 31, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Looked-after young people are some of the most vulnerable in society. Charlotte Goddard examines the skills required and challenges across the workforce in providing quality care across the system.

Call for national foster care recruitment drive

    News
  • Wednesday, October 18, 2017
  • | CYP Now
The government should establish a national campaign to attract foster carers in a bid to tackle the current shortage, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said.