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

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.

Finalised Labour manifesto promises care system overhaul

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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

| CYP Now

A vow to overhaul the children's care system and end the government's focus on adoption has been added to the final version of Labour's manifesto for next month's general election.

Ofsted considers scrapping overall ratings for children's services

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted is considering ditching overall ratings for the quality of children's services when it introduces its new inspection framework next year, it has emerged.

Reduced caseloads net council 'good' Ofsted rating

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Tuesday, February 7, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted has praised a council's children's services for reducing social worker caseloads and focusing on placing children locally, handing services a "good" rating overall.

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Monday, June 6, 2016

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Senior managers credited with drop in London care numbers

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

The number of looked-after children in London is falling because senior social work managers in the capital are actively pursuing other options such as kinship care, a report has found.

Early education profile pilot results raise questions over standards

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Just more than two fifths of five-year-olds assessed as part of a pilot for the government's revised early years curriculum have reached its ideal standard.

Children's services to be allowed to seek ‘Ofsted exemption'

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Monday, May 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils will be given the opportunity to have Ofsted inspections of their child protection provision suspended for up to six years as part of the government's social care reforms, it has emerged.

Social work accreditation reforms ‘risk destabilising workforce'

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The new accreditation system for children's social workers being introduced by government risks "destabilising and demoralising" the workforce and could have "profound implications" for vulnerable children, service leaders have warned.

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

| CYP Now

Social workers who fail new accreditation tests being introduced by government will not lose their registration, the chief social worker for children has said.

Council offers £15,000 mortgage deposit to attract children's social workers

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Friday, April 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has unveiled plans to stump up money to help children's social workers to buy a home as part of efforts to boost recruitment.

DfE-backed co-operative housing scheme for care leavers to launch

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Friday, April 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council is set to launch a co-operative company to provide supported housing for care leavers as part of pioneering attempts to improve outcomes.

Children in care denied help with mental health problems

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils and specialist services are failing to support children in care who have mental health problems, a probe by MPs has found.

Former ADCS president to oversee development of mental health services for children in care

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

| CYP Now

A former president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has been appointed by government to oversee attempts to boost support for children in care with mental health problems.

DfE refuses to release controversial study on outsourcing children's services

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Friday, April 15, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has refused to release the findings of a controversial study examining how children's services can be delivered outside of local authority control following a five-month Freedom of Information (FOI) battle.

NHS Trust to take responsibility for council's children's services

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Thursday, April 7, 2016

| CYP Now

A council that received a "good" rating from Ofsted for children's services has agreed a deal for a local NHS trust to take on responsibility for them.

DfE acts after Ofsted rates council's children's services ‘inadequate'

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has appointed a commissioner to oversee children's services at a council rated "inadequate" by Ofsted due to serious child protection failures.

National unit for secure children's home placements to be created

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Monday, April 4, 2016

| CYP Now

A local authority is to be handed national responsibility for co-ordinating placements of children in secure homes, children's minister Edward Timpson has said.

Children in residential care 'excessively criminalised'

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

| CYP Now

Children in residential care are being criminalised at excessively high rates compared with other boys and girls, a campaign group has claimed.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated as "requires improvement" by Ofsted after inspectors found a number of areas that need to be addressed.

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Two local authorities have become the first to be awarded "outstanding" judgments under Ofsted's controversial inspection framework for children's services.

Relentless increase in children's care applications set to continue

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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.

DfE commits to fresh funding for social care innovation programme

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Thursday, March 17, 2016

| CYP Now

Local authorities and charities will be able to access a fresh round of government funding to test innovative ideas for children's social care, it has emerged.

Children's home providers call for fee increases

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Placement fees paid by local authorities to children's homes providers must be increased if the sector is to cope with rising costs, it has been claimed.

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

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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".

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

Finalised Labour manifesto promises care system overhaul

Ofsted considers scrapping overall ratings for children's services

Reduced caseloads net council 'good' Ofsted rating

Daily roundup: XXXXX

Senior managers credited with drop in London care numbers

Early education profile pilot results raise questions over standards

Children's services to be allowed to seek ‘Ofsted exemption'

Social work accreditation reforms ‘risk destabilising workforce'

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

Council offers £15,000 mortgage deposit to attract children's social workers

DfE-backed co-operative housing scheme for care leavers to launch

Children in care denied help with mental health problems

Former ADCS president to oversee development of mental health services for children in care

DfE refuses to release controversial study on outsourcing children's services

NHS Trust to take responsibility for council's children's services

DfE acts after Ofsted rates council's children's services ‘inadequate'

National unit for secure children's home placements to be created

Children in residential care 'excessively criminalised'

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

Relentless increase in children's care applications set to continue

DfE commits to fresh funding for social care innovation programme

Children's home providers call for fee increases

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

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