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Sibling relationships in the care system

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Children’s services and courts face serious challenges when making care plans or permanence orders for siblings, writes Dr John Simmonds, director of policy, research and development at CoramBAAF.

Battle lines drawn in future of IROs debate

News

Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Independent reviewing officers (IRO) appear split over whether to back plans to take the role out of council control.

Children's home standards revisions fail to convince providers

News

Thursday, March 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's residential care providers remain concerned new regulations for the sector are too ambiguous despite government changes.

Half of sibling groups in the care system live apart, study finds

News

Monday, January 26, 2015

| CYP Now

A charity is calling for local authorities to do more to keep sibling groups taken into care together, after data it gathered showed half are being separated.

Campaigners slam government U-turn over care support requirements

News

Thursday, October 23, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has been criticised for giving councils too much flexibility in the way they offer long-term support to looked-after children.

Faster court process cuts residential parenting assessments

News

Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Social workers are scaling back their use of residential parenting assessments due to Children and Families Act changes to the length of care proceedings, latest government research has found.

Campaigners call for end to B&B use for care leavers

News

Friday, May 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities should be banned from using bed and breakfasts to house young care leavers, while post-care accommodation should be regulated by Ofsted, MPs have been told.

Daily roundup: Care proceedings, teacher training, and physical education

Other

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Social workers to get help understanding care proceedings legislation; teacher training on SEN insufficient; and most pupils "not bothered" by loss of competitive school sport, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Care of unaccompanied children

Other

Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Draft proposals on the care of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and trafficked children are a welcome step but could go further, argues Rachel Hutchings, researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Birmingham criticised for failing to meet autistic boy's needs

News

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham City Council has been rebuked by the Local Government Ombudsman for failing to provide support to the mother of an autistic boy whose violent behaviour was deemed to be of "considerable risk" to others.

Birmingham to get children's commissioner under Le Grand plans

News

Thursday, March 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to draft in a commissioner and expert panel to oversee Birmingham's troubled children's services.

Ofsted delays revised children's home inspections

News

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted has delayed by a year the introduction of new children's home inspections because of concerns they would be "inefficient".

Narey slams 'lazy philosophy' of care home campaigners

News

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Martin Narey, the government's adviser on children, has criticised a group of activists for playing politics over their campaign to extend post-care support to children living in care homes.

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

News

Thursday, January 9, 2014

| CYP Now

There is an "unhelpful" misperception among the media and public about the nature of out-of-authority placements for looked-after children, council care managers have said.

Cutting care home offending needs greater focus, says DfE

News

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authorities and other agencies need to work more closely together to reduce offending of children and young people living in care homes, a government review has concluded.

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

News

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted is to push ahead with the introduction of a tougher inspection regime for children's services, ignoring warnings from the sector that the system is too simplistic and will fail to deliver improvements.

Legal Update: Reform of children's home rules

Other

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposals set out by the government aim to improve safeguarding measures for vulnerable children in residential care, says Awaz Raoof, international research officer, Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell -- Care placements and a child's right to liberty

Features

Monday, January 23, 2012

| CYP Now

A decision by the Court of Appeal has clarified whether a child's care placement could breach their right to liberty.

Essex delays plans to shut children's homes

News

Monday, November 28, 2011

| CYP Now

Essex County Council has postponed plans to close seven of its children's homes, after a 17-year-old boy took the local authority to court.

Court Report: Challenge to a local authority's care

Other

Friday, July 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Case name: London Borough of Hillingdon v Neary & Anor; Case number: [2011] EWHC 1377 (COP); Judge: Mr Justice Peter Jackson; Location: Court of Protection, Royal Courts of Justice

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Sibling relationships in the care system

Battle lines drawn in future of IROs debate

Children's home standards revisions fail to convince providers

Half of sibling groups in the care system live apart, study finds

Campaigners slam government U-turn over care support requirements

Faster court process cuts residential parenting assessments

Campaigners call for end to B&B use for care leavers

Daily roundup: Care proceedings, teacher training, and physical education

Legal Update: Care of unaccompanied children

Birmingham criticised for failing to meet autistic boy's needs

Birmingham to get children's commissioner under Le Grand plans

Ofsted delays revised children's home inspections

Narey slams 'lazy philosophy' of care home campaigners

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

Cutting care home offending needs greater focus, says DfE

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

Legal Update: Reform of children's home rules

Legal Update: In a Nutshell -- Care placements and a child's right to liberty

Essex delays plans to shut children's homes

Court Report: Challenge to a local authority's care

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