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Project to improve sharing of social care data receives £2.8m grant

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

| CYP Now

The Nuffield Foundation has awarded £2.8m to a research project aimed at better understanding the needs and experiences of vulnerable children and families.

Tact proposes creation of national care service

News

Thursday, September 16, 2021

| CYP Now

Fostering charity Tact is calling on the Care Review to recommend the creation of a national care service.

Evaluation of the University of Kent’s Consortium Project to Explore How Technology Can Support Young People in Care

Research

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

This project, led by the University of Kent, brought together a consortium of technologists, designers and academics to understand how to leverage advances in technology for the benefit of young people in care.

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

News

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.

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

News

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

News

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.

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

News

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.

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.

Ofsted praises council's 'outstanding' children's services leadership

News

Friday, November 24, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted has praised the leadership of a council's children's services department saying managers think "deeply and creatively" about improving the lives of vulnerable young people.

Children in care numbers rise at fastest rate in five years

News

Thursday, September 28, 2017

| CYP Now

The number of children in care has risen at its fastest rate in five years while the number of children being adopted continues to fall, official figures have revealed.

'Inadequate' council set to invest £12m to reduce number of children in care

News

Friday, September 15, 2017

| CYP Now

A council rated as "inadequate" by Ofsted is planning to invest an extra £12m in children's social care in a bid to reduce the number of children coming into care.

Ofsted rates council 'good' in trial of new inspection framework

News

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

| CYP Now

A council's children's services have been rated "good' following a trial of the new Ofsted inspection framework being introduced next year.

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.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' amid concerns over leadership

News

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

| CYP Now

A council has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted after inspectors found "serious and widespread failures" across children's services and questioned the integrity of its leadership team.

Children's services move out of 'inadequate' at two councils

News

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

| CYP Now

Two councils have been told their children's services departments are no longer "inadequate" following inspections by Ofsted.

Major review into children's care system in Scotland gets under way

News

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

| CYP Now

A "root and branch" review that will look into legislation, practices, culture and ethos of the children's care system in Scotland has launched.

Your guide to the Children and Social Work Act

Features

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

| CYP Now

What the act means for everyday practice across the children's workforce.

Call for minimum allowance under Staying Put foster care initiative

News

Friday, May 26, 2017

| CYP Now

Government must introduce a minimum allowance for foster carers looking after young people up to the age of 21, the National Association of Fostering Providers (NAFP) has said.

Three councils receive 'good' ratings for children's services

News

Friday, March 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's services at three councils have been rated as "good" following inspections by Ofsted.

DfE announces £7m innovation funding to three projects

News

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

| CYP Now

Three projects will share a total of £7m in funding from the Department for Education's social care innovation progamme, it has been announced.

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