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The Big Debate: Can regional care co-operatives solve the placement shortage?

Saturday, June 1, 2024

| CYP Now

The government plans to create regional commissioning bodies made up of groups of councils to make care placement finding more efficient. However, experts warn the approach has been tried before with mixed results.

Council offers ‘best foster care recruitment package in London’

News

Thursday, May 30, 2024

| CYP Now

A London council is offering potential foster carers the equivalent of a £72,000 annual salary in a bid to increase placements in the borough.

County council leaders urge next government to curb high cost of children’s services

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Thursday, May 30, 2024

| CYP Now

Implementing a price cap on children’s residential care providers and reducing the cost of home to school transport for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are among county council leaders’ calls for the next government.

Special Report: Commissioning Care

Features

Thursday, May 30, 2024

| CYP Now

A shortage of provision and a rise in vulnerable children has made social care placements harder to find and more expensive for councils and led to policymakers developing plans for regional commissioning.

Compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse plan dropped ahead of election

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Thursday, May 30, 2024

| CYP Now

Controversial plans to introduce compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse (CSA) for some professionals working with children have been axed ahead of the general election on 4 July.

Local authorities band together to recruit more foster carers

Analysis

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Working in regional ‘clusters’, councils are building and testing a new approach to foster carer recruitment through a government-funded programme. Experts outline the impact on the future of fostering.

Sector leaders criticise lack of progress two years on from Care Review publication

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Thursday, May 23, 2024

| CYP Now

Children’s charities and sector leaders have raised concerns about the “painfully slow progress” of implementing reforms to the children’s social care system two years after recommendations were made in Josh MacAlister's Independent Review of Children's Social Care.

Bill to remove profit from children’s care introduced into Welsh Senedd

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

| CYP Now

A bill to remove profit from the care of looked-after children has been laid before the Welsh parliament.

General Election 2024: What the children and young people's sector wants to see from the next government

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Charities supporting children and young people have released manifestos detailing what they want from the next government in the run up to the general election after more than a decade of cuts to public services.