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Cameron speech reignites debate over children's services 'market'

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

The Prime Minister highlighted children's social care as ripe for reform in a speech this month, with failing services handed to trusts or other providers to run. Children's services experts give their views on what this means for the years ahead

Ofsted warns children's services departments of ‘inadequate' factors

News

Friday, November 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted has taken steps to warn children's services departments of common weaknesses they must address to avoid being rated "inadequate" when they are visited by inspectors.

Narey quits as head of Adoption Leadership Board

News

Thursday, November 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Sir Martin Narey has quit as head of the Adoption Leadership Board, the influential body set up by the government to drive through reforms to the sector.

Children in Care: Policy and Practice

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Special supplement on the latest innovation and implementation of policy reforms to enable children in care to lead healthy, happy lives.

Council outsources adoption and fostering services in £126m deal

News

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has appointed a charity to run its new permanency service, which includes fostering and adoption services, in the first arrangement of its kind in England.

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

News

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services in Warrington has been appointed by Ofsted to spearhead attempts to improve social care across England.

Daily roundup: School places, mental health, and troubled families

News

Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities make progress on school places, rise in mental health concerns for education staff, and Reading Council hits troubled families target, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection

Other

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Hampshire children's services receive "good" Ofsted judgment; Salford DCS to become Solihull chief executive; and Bristol gets new child protection service, all in the news today.

BAAF announces new chief executive

News

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

| CYP Now

The British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) has named Caroline Selkirk as its new chief executive.

Charity chief warns of knock-on effect of Kids Company and BAAF closures

News

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's charities are facing a financial backlash following the sudden collapse of Kids Company and the British Association for Adoption and Fostering, it has been claimed.

Drop in number of children approved for adoption continues

News

Friday, August 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Numbers of children being approved for adoption are continuing to fall, it has emerged.

Cameron announces drive to improve outcomes for children in care

News

Thursday, October 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Improving outcomes for children in care will form part of an "all-out assault on poverty" by government, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Commissioning Care: Special Report

Features

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| CYP Now

Recommendations in the Care Review aim to improve co-ordination and management in the care market while driving down costs for councils, but some believe the proposals do not go far enough.

Step-down service improves placement stability

Best Practice

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

In-depth assessments identify ways to support young people from residential homes into foster care delivering placement stability and reducing council costs.

Ofsted praises council for ‘outstanding' work on adoption and leadership

News

Friday, February 19, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has been praised by Ofsted for its work on adoption and the way its children's services department is managed, with both areas being rated as "outstanding".

Ofsted praises council's children's services for domestic violence work

News

Friday, March 11, 2016

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been praised by Ofsted for its work to tackle domestic abuse, and the quality of leadership.

Relentless increase in children's care applications set to continue

Other

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A record number of care applications were made in February, but experts differ over whether this is a sign of better child protection practice, the result of cuts to early help services or rising levels of poverty.

Frontline social work students ‘perform better', study finds

News

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Students taking part in the Frontline social work training programme display better practice skills than those from mainstream programmes, researchers have found.

Government sets out blueprint to reverse decline in adoption

Other

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

Plans to reverse a fall in the number of children being adopted include changes to prioritise adoption over other forms of care, increased post-adoption support and speeding up the process of finding prospective adopters.

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

News

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted will spend fewer days "on site" during inspections of local authority children's services as part of efforts to ease the impact of the process, CYP Now has learned.

Ofsted brands council 'inadequate' over CSE failures

News

Thursday, June 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Surrey has become the fourth authority in the space of a month to have its children's services rated "inadequate" by Ofsted after inspectors flagged up serious concerns about how it deals with child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Review: Facilitating Meaningful Contact in Adoption and Fostering

Other

Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted tells two children's services departments to improve

News

Friday, September 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Two children's services departments have been told to improve their work following inspections by Ofsted.

Martin Narey's resignation statement

News

Thursday, November 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Sir Martin Narey took to social media network Twitter to announce his resignation from the Adoption Leadership Board.

DfE study to inform Spending Review 'not completed in time'

News

Friday, December 4, 2015

| CYP Now

A study ordered by the Department for Education (DfE) in order to inform decisions made at last month's Spending Review about how children's services will be funded over the next five years is yet to be completed, CYP Now can reveal.

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Cameron speech reignites debate over children's services 'market'

Ofsted warns children's services departments of ‘inadequate' factors

Narey quits as head of Adoption Leadership Board

Children in Care: Policy and Practice

Council outsources adoption and fostering services in £126m deal

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

Daily roundup: School places, mental health, and troubled families

Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection

BAAF announces new chief executive

Charity chief warns of knock-on effect of Kids Company and BAAF closures

Drop in number of children approved for adoption continues

Cameron announces drive to improve outcomes for children in care

Commissioning Care: Special Report

Step-down service improves placement stability

Ofsted praises council for ‘outstanding' work on adoption and leadership

Ofsted praises council's children's services for domestic violence work

Relentless increase in children's care applications set to continue

Frontline social work students ‘perform better', study finds

Government sets out blueprint to reverse decline in adoption

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

Ofsted brands council 'inadequate' over CSE failures

Review: Facilitating Meaningful Contact in Adoption and Fostering

Ofsted tells two children's services departments to improve

Martin Narey's resignation statement

DfE study to inform Spending Review 'not completed in time'

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