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Cafcass receives ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

| CYP Now

The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has been judged “outstanding” by Ofsted following a full inspection earlier this year.

Children’s Homes Association bans non UK-owned providers from membership

News

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

| CYP Now

The Children’s Homes Association (CHA) has banned organisations operating in the UK but owned by foreign companies from becoming members.

Government moves family support programme to DfE

News

Thursday, March 28, 2024

| CYP Now

The government’s Supporting Families programme is being moved from the Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities to the Department for Education.

Initial foster care enquiry levels at lowest in five years

News

Thursday, March 28, 2024

| CYP Now

The number of initial enquiries from potential foster carers in England has fallen to its lowest level in five years.

Ofsted: Regionalisation 'not solving many adoption challenges’

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| CYP Now

Challenges facing adoption “remain unresolved” despite the introduction of regional adoption agencies (RAAs) to better coordinate the delivery of services, Ofsted has found.

National roadmap to ACE recovery

Analysis

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Report for MPs says government must lead fight on tackling harm of adverse childhood experiences.

CYP Now Awards: Outstanding work with child refugees

Features

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

As the 2024 Children & Young People Now Awards open for entries, we shine a spotlight on councils who made last year’s shortlist for excellent work with refugee children and families

Secure homes need makeover

Analysis

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Government funding will boost secure children’s homes places but experts call for wholesale changes.

Scandal over advert reveals care leavers’ acute housing challenges

Analysis

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Advert by social housing provider specifying ‘no care leavers’ apply highlights difficulties many young people leaving care face to find a home and why a local authority guarantor scheme is needed, experts say.

Campaign launches to tackle negative perceptions of social work

News

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

| CYP Now

A campaign is set to launch to raise awareness of the role of social workers and tackle negative public perceptions of their work.

Social workers say cuts to public services pose greatest challenge to profession

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

| CYP Now

Cuts to public services has overtaken funding for social care as the biggest challenge facing professionals for the first time, social workers have said.

Davina McCall meets kinship carers

News

Monday, March 18, 2024

| CYP Now

TV star Davina McCall, who grew up in kinship care herself, met with kinship carers in a new film to raise money and awareness for Comic Relief.

County council spending on children’s social care doubles, leaders warn

News

Monday, March 18, 2024

| CYP Now

Most county councils in England have seen per-person spending on children’s services double over the last decade, according to the County Council’s Network (CCN).

Blackpool FC chairman provides university bursary for care leavers

News

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

| CYP Now

British businessman and football chairman Simon Sadler has launched a £1.5 million bursary for care leavers at the University of Manchester.

Council partners with NHS Trust to open specialist children’s home

News

Monday, March 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Hertfordshire County Council has opened a new residential home for young people with complex mental health needs in partnership with a local NHS Trust.

Bradford: Outdoor centre to close as part of budget cuts

News

Monday, March 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Bradford councillors have agreed to sell off an outdoor residential centre for children as part of £40 million worth of cuts to its budget.

Campaign aims to challenge foster care stereotypes

News

Thursday, March 7, 2024

| CYP Now

Foster Wales is working to amplify young people’s voice to challenge stereotypes and stigma faced by children in care.

Call to end deprivation of children’s liberty in unregulated settings

News

Thursday, March 7, 2024

| CYP Now

The government is being called on to “urgently” halt the practice of using deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders to place vulnerable young people in unregulated settings.

Budget 2024: Chancellor commits £165 million to boost children's homes capacity

News

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

A £165 million boost to increase children’s homes capacity in England is among measures to support children and families included in the government’s latest budget.

Birmingham councillors approve £100m cuts to children and families services

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

Services for children, young people and families in Birmingham face a funding drop of more than £100 million after councillors approved what are thought to be the biggest budget cuts in local authority history.

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