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Call for whistleblowing protection for foster carers

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Government has been called on to protect foster carers after it was claimed they are too scared to blow the whistle on suspected cases of child abuse because of fears they could be struck off.

Buckinghamshire children's services rated 'inadequate'

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Friday, August 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted has judged Buckinghamshire County Council's children's services "inadequate" in a damning inspection report.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has been handed new responsibilities for boosting the ‘character and resilience' of young people and tackling bullying, the Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed.

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is struggling to complete inspections of all local authority children's services departments to schedule because it is "significantly under-resourced against agreed budgets", it has emerged.

Morgan criticised for foster care ‘slur'

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Friday, January 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has been criticised for denigrating foster care with comments she made as the government launched a bid to reverse a sharp drop in adoptions.

Government set to boost mental health services for children in care

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Thursday, February 4, 2016

| CYP Now

Support for children and young people in care who are experiencing mental health problems is set to be boosted after the government pledged to set out exactly what services they can expect to receive.

Labour criticises government 'obsession' with adoption

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Monday, December 19, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has an "obsession" with adoption and is neglecting other forms of care, Labour's shadow children's minister Emma Lewell-Buck has said.

Daily roundup: Paris Brown, youth funding and child protection

Other

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Media pressure prompts youth PCC to quit, £10m boost for Northern Irish youth groups, and resignations at Sandwell after critical Ofsted, all in the news today.

Effective Working with Neglected Children and their Families: Linking Interventions to Long-term Outcomes

Other

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Authors Elaine Farmer and Eleanor Lutman; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 978-1-84905-288-7; £25; 240pp

Kent urges all councils to place looked-after children closer to home

News

Thursday, June 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Kent County Council has made a plea to all local authorities to place children in care closer to home, after revealing that 1,267 children are placed in Kent from other parts of the country.

Ofsted rates council 'good' in trial of new inspection framework

News

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

| CYP Now

A council's children's services have been rated "good' following a trial of the new Ofsted inspection framework being introduced next year.

Daily roundup: Drug treatment, Doncaster children's services, and foster care

Other

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Four-year-olds referred for drug and alcohol treatment; launch date for independent children's services trust in Doncaster delayed a month; and call for long-term foster care to be used more, all in the news today.

Campaign aims to challenge misconceptions over who can foster

News

Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly three quarters of people believe they would not be accepted as foster carers, with gay, lesbian, retired, young adults and single people among the most pessimistic about their chances, according to a survey.

Daily roundup: Care leavers, free school meals, and Rotherham

Other

Monday, September 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Many councils use B&Bs to accommodate care leavers; free school meals problems in Dorset; and Rotherham Council chief executive to leave post in wake of abuse scandal, all in the news today.

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.

Daily roundup: Police detention, adoption leadership, and self-harm

Other

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Police detain children in cells unlawfully; new ceo of voluntary adoption agencies consortium announced; and self-harm rates higher among students with poor GCSE results, all in the news today.

One in seven children's social worker posts unfilled

News

Friday, March 7, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 3,800 children's social workers are needed to fill vacancies across local authorities in England, figures published by the government have shown.

Early intervention 'reduces demand for child protection services'

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Investment in early intervention is reducing demand for child protection services by up to 30 per cent in some local authorities, while other areas struggle to cope with huge increases in demand, research by the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has found.

Ofsted upgrades Doncaster from 'inadequate' to 'good'

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Friday, January 19, 2018

| CYP Now

Standards at an independent trust set up to improve the quality of children's services provision in Doncaster have been rated "good" following a re-inspection by Ofsted, just two years after receiving the lowest rating.

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