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Slough children's services to become independent trust

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  • Wednesday, October 8, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

Costs of children in care hit £3.4bn

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  • Thursday, August 21, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The cost of supporting children in care has reached £3.4bn, according to an Audit Commission report that exposes widespread variation of spending across councils.

Children's social workers face knowledge test

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  • Thursday, July 31, 2014
  • | CYP Now
New children's social workers will have to pass a test of their knowledge in order to become an approved practitioner as part of government attempts to improve the quality of the profession, it has been announced.

Extended stay

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  • Wednesday, June 11, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Councils have a legal duty to provide financial support for young people who want to stay put with their foster families until they are aged 21. Joe Lepper asks how it will work and whether it can be extended to young people in residential care.

Ofsted faces criticism over botched inspection

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  • Wednesday, February 26, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Ofsted's controversial new framework for rating child protection and care services has been criticised after one of the first inspections was found to be "seriously flawed".

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