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DfE launches new advisory group on children’s social care ‘profiteering’

Thursday, April 25, 2024

| CYP Now

The former director of children’s services for Hampshire and Isle of Wight councils will lead a Department for Education advisory group on the profiteering of private companies from children’s social care.

Frank Field: Children’s campaigners pay tribute to 'inspirational' peer

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Tributes have been paid by children’s campaigners to former Labour Party minister Frank Field after his death aged 81.

Adoption England pledges to boost diversity among adopters

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Adoption England has launched its three-year strategy to "modernise adoption services" in England, setting a goal to recruit adopters from diverse communities to support more children’s needs.

Programme launches to distribute £3.6mn to support care leavers

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

| CYP Now

A programme that will see £3.6 million handed to care leavers initiatives across England has been launched.

Free Loaves on Fridays: Anthology of 100 care experienced voices published

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

| CYP Now

A new anthology containing the voices of 100 children and adults about their experience in care is now available in bookshops.

North of England councils face ‘£25bn children in care burden’, claims report

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

| CYP Now

Councils in the North of England are paying an extra £25bn to place children in care compared with local authorities in the South, a report is claiming.

DfE scraps social work leadership training scheme

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

| CYP Now

A flagship leadership development programme for children’s social workers has been scrapped by the Department for Education because of budget cuts.

ADCS president pledges focus on improving diversity in children’s services

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

| CYP Now

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has committed to “improving diversity across local authority children’s services” over the coming year.

MPs launch call for care leavers to share experience of services

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Cross-party MPs are encouraging people to share their experiences of children’s social care as part of their investigation into how the government could improve services.

Council blocks plans for new children’s home

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Huntingdonshire District Council has blocked plans for a new children's home in the village of Old Weston, citing “a lack of infrastructure" and "safeguarding issues for residents” as key reasons behind its decision.

Ofsted: Latest children’s services focused visits

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024

| CYP Now

Ofsted has published the outcomes of a series of focused visits to local authority children’s services.

Ofsted extends ability to pause complaints to social care and early years providers

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Monday, April 8, 2024

| CYP Now

The ability to pause Ofsted inspections in circumstances where there are concerns for leaders’ wellbeing will be extended to cover children’s social care and early years providers, the inspectorate has said.

Kent to open nine properties to house lone migrant children

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is set to open nine properties to house increasing numbers of lone migrant children arriving in the UK.

Partnership project aims to improve evaluation of family group conferences

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

| CYP Now

A new partnership project aims to better understand the data that local authorities are collecting on the use of family group conferences (FGCs).

Sibling contact events ‘could help local authorities to improve long-term relationships’

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

| CYP Now

Events designed to allow children in care to reconnect with separated siblings could help local authorities to support future meaningful contact, according to an evaluation of an early pilot programme.

Cafcass receives ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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