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

Thursday, May 30, 2024

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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.

Local authorities band together to recruit more foster carers

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

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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

Thursday, May 23, 2024

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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

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

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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

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

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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.

Support for adopted teenagers needs ‘urgent and dramatic improvement’, charity warns

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

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Teenagers are being let down by adoption services in England, Adoption UK has warned.

Hundreds of supported accommodation providers register with Ofsted

Monday, May 20, 2024

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Almost 300 providers of supported accommodation for 16- and 17-year-olds in care have been registered by Ofsted, new figures show.

University scheme to support care leavers into nursing

Monday, May 20, 2024

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The University of Roehampton has launched a new programme designed to make healthcare careers accessible to young care leavers.

Council’s children’s services praised for ‘excellent’ family support

Friday, May 17, 2024

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Children’s services in Brighton and Hove have been rated as “outstanding” by Ofsted with inspectors praising the “excellent support” received by families.

Age checks harming refugee children’s mental health, study warns

Thursday, May 16, 2024

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Clinical psychologists are warning that age assessment checks are causing a “profound and harmful impact on the mental health” of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

Birmingham Children’s Trust under fire over disclosing child's information

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has criticised Birmingham Children’s Trust for disclosing the personal information of a child to another nearby family.

Implementation of social work agency price caps delayed

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

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Regional price caps on the amount paid by local authorities for agency social workers will not come into force until spring 2025, according to latest Department for Education guidance.

‘Critical opportunities’ missed to prevent Arthur Labinjo-Hughes death, review finds

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

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An independent review into the death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes at the hands of his father and step-mother finds that three “critical opportunities” which could have saved him were missed by authorities.

Young people: 'We are begging next government to improve children's services'

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

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Young people have told cross-party MPs in Westminster that they are "not asking, but begging" the next government to change the system around children's social care.

Questions over plans to water down mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse

Monday, May 13, 2024

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The chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has criticised the government over watering down plans for the mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse.

Pilot launches to improve adoption support

Thursday, May 9, 2024

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Seven areas are to pilot a scheme that aims to improve support for adopted children and their families through better collaboration among services.

ADCS president: Government needs cross-departmental plan for children

Thursday, May 9, 2024

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The government must come up with a “coherent plan for children” across all departments with responsibility for services affecting young people, the president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has said.

Invest £50mn in evaluating child domestic abuse support, ministers urged

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

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The government is being urged to invest £50mn in evaluating support for child victims of domestic abuse as Foundations warns that more children could experience abuse than start primary school this year.

Councils urged to appoint early permanence experts to boost adoption rates

Thursday, May 2, 2024

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Councils are being urged to identify "early permanence champions" within their organisations to lead on increasing local adoption rates.

Local authority parenting scheme pilot launches

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

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Four councils are taking part in a scheme aimed at ensuring parenting programmes can offer effective support to families.

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