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Research Report: Investigating Special Guardianship: Experiences, Challenges and Outcomes

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

| CYP Now

University of York academics were funded by the Department for Education to investigate the effectiveness of special guardianship as an alternative to adoption.

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

News

Friday, December 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Bristol and Rochdale have been told to improve the quality of services for children and young people following inspections by Ofsted.

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

News

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's charities have criticised the government for failing to prioritise the needs of children in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.

Coalition fails to improve care placements

News

Thursday, November 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The coalition government has failed to make any progress in getting children into the right placement when they first enter care and ensuring it is close to their home, a damning report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

Councils see rise in child abuse contacts

News

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Numbers of calls to councils about the safety and wellbeing of children have increased by nearly 12 per cent in a single year, research has found.

Courts deliver blow to government adoption drive

News

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's push on adoptions is facing a setback after it was claimed rises in the number of children being adopted will stall due to courts granting fewer adoption orders.

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

News

Friday, October 24, 2014

| CYP Now

A lack of authority-wide support for change and an "arcane" IT system were key reasons for slow progress in improving children's services in Somerset, the council's former director of children's services (DCS) has claimed.

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

News

Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Somerset County Council has announced it has terminated the contract of the interim director of children's services (DCS) for failing to deliver improvements at the struggling authority quickly enough.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

News

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.

Inspectors criticise Doncaster agencies over CSE failings

News

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Child protection agencies in Doncaster have come under fire for failing to take action to protect three girls in a children's home from child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Specialist residential care for successful foster and adoptive placements

Features

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Daily roundup: Child benefit, children's homes, and LSCB appointment

Other

Monday, September 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Ed Balls reveals Labour plans for child benefit cap; Two Birmingham children's homes close permanently; and Redbridge Local Safeguarding Children Board appoints former Ofsted deputy inspector, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Charity chief, care system, and mosque vandalism

Other

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Andy Elvin appointed new chief executive of Tact; NSPCC study reveals cost of children returning home from care; and mosque vandalised in wake of child sexual exploitation scandal, all in the news today.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

News

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

News

Friday, September 12, 2014

| CYP Now

A group of local authorities will face Ofsted inspections on the way they deal with child sexual exploitation (CSE) in a bid to ensure services are up to scratch in the wake of the Rotherham scandal, CYP Now can reveal.

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

News

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services in Blackpool are improving but problems remain with support for care leavers and planning for looked-after children, inspectors have found.

London lord mayor Fiona Woolf to lead child sexual abuse inquiry

News

Friday, September 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The current lord mayor of London Fiona Woolf will lead an independent inquiry into historical child sexual abuse, the government has announced.

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

News

Thursday, September 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly 500 children in Manchester were potentially left at risk because social work assessments were not carried out quickly enough, a report that has rated the city's children's services as "inadequate", has found.

Costing the case for change

Other

Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett talks to Matthew Reed, chief executive of The Children's Society.

Daily roundup: Parental rights, exam performance and age ratings

Other

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

| CYP Now

The Prime Minister considers new parental rights for grandparents caring for children; new research suggests link between mothers' confidence during pregnancy and GCSE success; and the government announces plans to place age restrictions on music videos, all in the news today.

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Research Report: Investigating Special Guardianship: Experiences, Challenges and Outcomes

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

Coalition fails to improve care placements

Councils see rise in child abuse contacts

Courts deliver blow to government adoption drive

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

Slough children's services to become independent trust

Inspectors criticise Doncaster agencies over CSE failings

Specialist residential care for successful foster and adoptive placements

Daily roundup: Child benefit, children's homes, and LSCB appointment

Daily roundup: Charity chief, care system, and mosque vandalism

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

London lord mayor Fiona Woolf to lead child sexual abuse inquiry

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

Costing the case for change

Daily roundup: Parental rights, exam performance and age ratings

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