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Fosterer fees key to easing carer shortage, claims think-tank

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Foster carers should be given an annual fee with the most experienced being paid a formal salary, a think-tank has claimed.

Adopted children to be granted priority for school places

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

| CYP Now

Adopted children are to be given priority access to the school of their choice under the government's revised admissions code.

Councils report shortfall in suitable families as adoptions rise

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

| CYP Now

More children are being adopted, but councils need to do more to recruit the "right" adopters, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Mental health checks for looked-after children to begin in June 2019

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

| CYP Now

Children will start receiving mental health assessments when they enter the care system from June 2019 as part of a delayed pilot project, it has emerged.

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Parents could be forced to pay as much as £900-a-month if their children are taken into care, under plans announced by Worcestershire County Council.

Language guide challenges care system jargon

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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

| CYP Now

"What are peers?", "What are neets?" and "Why do social workers call my home a placement?" are among the questions flagged by young people who helped produce a new publication that challenges jargon used in the care system.

Daily roundup: child poverty, social work bonuses and apprenticeships

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Claims the government will miss its child poverty targets; Doncaster Council offers cash incentives to social workers; and the Sutton Trust calls for more apprenticeship places, all in the news today.

Government considers extending children's home leaving age to 21

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to explore the possibility of allowing young people to stay in residential care up to the age of 21, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

Forced caesarean highlights complexity of child protection decisions, experts say

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Adoption experts say the placement with a new family of a child of a mentally ill Italian woman who had a forced caesarean is one of the most complex children's social workers have dealt with.

Regional network to help boost adoption numbers

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Monday, May 19, 2014

| CYP Now

A network of regional adoption leadership boards is being created to assist national efforts to improve recruitment in the sector.

Opposition to outsourcing of child protection gathers pace

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Monday, May 19, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 8,000 people have signed a petition condemning government plans to outsource child protection services.

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Only non-profit organisations will be allowed to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans to give councils more freedom in the way they work with vulnerable children, it has been announced.

Cameron extends Troubled Families programme to 500,000

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Monday, August 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of troubled families receiving intensive government support to turn their lives around is to be increased from 120,000 to 500,000.

Councils look to unite to deliver children's social care, survey finds

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Monday, August 7, 2017

| CYP Now

A growing number of councils plan to join forces to run children's social care services, a government survey of children's services leaders has found.

Independent fostering providers plead for greater autonomy

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Plans to allow councils to delegate provision of children's social services to staff-led mutuals should be extended to cover independent fostering providers, the government has been told.

Benchmark all children's services to improve standards, report urges

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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

| CYP Now

Data on all children's services provision currently on offer across England should be collected and made available to commissioners so they can make decisions based on what works best for vulnerable young people.

Independent children's services trust failing to protect children, Ofsted finds

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Friday, July 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Ofsted has criticised failures to protect vulnerable young people and the slow pace of improvement at an "inadequate" children's services department that was taken over by an independent trust last year.

ADCS launches inquiry into the care system

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services have launched an inquiry into the purpose of the care system, as part of plans to radically improve provision for looked-after children across the country.

Exclusive: Adoption breakdowns on the rise

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Monday, January 29, 2018

| CYP Now

The number of adoptions that break down, resulting in a child being removed from a placement, have risen in recent years, despite government attempts to tackle the issue, an investigation by CYP Now has found.

Fostering stocktake proposals 'place vulnerable children at risk'

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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

| CYP Now

Proposals put forward as part of a government-commissioned review of the fostering system would place vulnerable children at risk, a professional association has warned.

Competition authority set to authorise £400m fostering merger

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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

| CYP Now

A major merger of fostering providers is set to be given the green light after regulators indicated they are happy with plans to sell on some elements of the business to other firms to avoid a monopoly.

Three councils receive 'good' ratings for children's services

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Friday, March 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's services at three councils have been rated as "good" following inspections by Ofsted.

Think-tank criticises councils over care support 'failings'

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Monday, January 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Local authorities need to "step up" the support they offer to looked-after children and care leavers, according to a report from social policy think-tank, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ).

Children's services in Leicester judged 'inadequate'

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Monday, March 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services in Leicester are "inadequate" and in urgent need of improvement, according to a damning inspection report by Ofsted.

Ofsted rates third council ‘inadequate' in space of week

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Monday, May 18, 2015

| CYP Now

West Berkshire Council has become the third local authority in the space of a week to have its children's services department rated "inadequate" after Ofsted inspectors found serious failures in services.

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Fosterer fees key to easing carer shortage, claims think-tank

Adopted children to be granted priority for school places

Councils report shortfall in suitable families as adoptions rise

Mental health checks for looked-after children to begin in June 2019

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

Language guide challenges care system jargon

Daily roundup: child poverty, social work bonuses and apprenticeships

Government considers extending children's home leaving age to 21

Forced caesarean highlights complexity of child protection decisions, experts say

Regional network to help boost adoption numbers

Opposition to outsourcing of child protection gathers pace

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

Cameron extends Troubled Families programme to 500,000

Councils look to unite to deliver children's social care, survey finds

Independent fostering providers plead for greater autonomy

Benchmark all children's services to improve standards, report urges

Independent children's services trust failing to protect children, Ofsted finds

ADCS launches inquiry into the care system

Exclusive: Adoption breakdowns on the rise

Fostering stocktake proposals 'place vulnerable children at risk'

Competition authority set to authorise £400m fostering merger

Three councils receive 'good' ratings for children's services

Think-tank criticises councils over care support 'failings'

Children's services in Leicester judged 'inadequate'

Ofsted rates third council ‘inadequate' in space of week

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