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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’

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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.

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.

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

News

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

| CYP Now

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

Hundreds of supported accommodation providers register with Ofsted

News

Monday, May 20, 2024

| CYP Now

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

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Monday, May 20, 2024

| CYP Now

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

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Friday, May 17, 2024

| CYP Now

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

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Thursday, May 16, 2024

| CYP Now

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

News

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

| CYP Now

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

News

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

| CYP Now

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

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

| CYP Now

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'

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

| CYP Now

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

News

Monday, May 13, 2024

| CYP Now

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

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Thursday, May 9, 2024

| CYP Now

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

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Thursday, May 9, 2024

| CYP Now

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.

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