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Call for review of special guardianship orders

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  • Thursday, December 11, 2014
    • | CYP Now
The British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) has called for a review of special guardianship orders (SGOs) amid a sharp rise in numbers being granted and concerns about the way they are used.

Coalition fails to improve care placements

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  • Thursday, November 27, 2014
    • | CYP Now
The coalition government has failed to make any progress in getting children into the right placement when they first enter care and ensuring it is close to their home, a damning report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

Security concerns delay adoption video pilot

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  • Monday, November 17, 2014
    • | CYP Now
A high-profile scheme intended to increase adoptions by allowing would-be adopters to search videos and photos of children has been delayed due to security issues, CYP Now has learned.

Government to clarify serious case review criteria

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  • Thursday, November 13, 2014
    • | CYP Now
Guidance on serious case reviews (SCRs) is to be clarified in a bid to address reluctance among local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) to initiate them, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

ADCS calls for Ofsted workforce shake-up

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  • Friday, October 31, 2014
    • | CYP Now
Ofsted must recruit existing children's services professionals to inspect local authority social care arrangements if it is to boost confidence in its judgments, the head of the Association of Directors of children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

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  • Friday, October 24, 2014
    • | CYP Now
A lack of authority-wide support for change and an "arcane" IT system were key reasons for slow progress in improving children's services in Somerset, the council's former director of children's services (DCS) has claimed.

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