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Shared Services: Special Report

Thursday, January 2, 2020

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Fresh evidence suggests collaboration is helping local authorities to find a wider range of care options for vulnerable children and introduce a greater array of good practice approaches to improve outcomes.

Ask the Experts: Worries about new employer

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

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Our expert panel offers advice on sharing expertise, an unhappy foster child, privacy for a gay colleague and illness at nursery.

Children and Social Work Bill: main measures, key questions

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

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Sector leaders explain how proposals in the Children and Social Work Bill could affect care leavers, safeguarding and adoption services, as well as the impact they will have for social workers and councils.

The policy context on Attachment and Neglect

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

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In recent years there has been a growing recognition of the scale of child neglect, its long-term effect on children's wellbeing and how interventions can prevent and repair the damage caused to children's ability to form strong attachments with parents and carers.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

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A council's children's services department has been rated as "requires improvement" by Ofsted after inspectors found a number of areas that need to be addressed.

Frontline social work students ‘perform better', study finds

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

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Students taking part in the Frontline social work training programme display better practice skills than those from mainstream programmes, researchers have found.

DfE unveils four-year adoption strategy

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

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The government has announced plans to change the law to pave the way for more children to be adopted as part of a wide-ranging four-year strategy.

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

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Two local authorities have become the first to be awarded "outstanding" judgments under Ofsted's controversial inspection framework for children's services.

Relentless increase in children's care applications set to continue

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

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A record number of care applications were made in February, but experts differ over whether this is a sign of better child protection practice, the result of cuts to early help services or rising levels of poverty.

Ofsted praises council's children's services for domestic violence work

Friday, March 11, 2016

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A council's children's services department has been praised by Ofsted for its work to tackle domestic abuse, and the quality of leadership.

Fast-track social work scheme massively oversubscribed

Friday, March 4, 2016

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A government-funded fast-track social work training scheme is massively oversubscribed, with more than 10 applicants battling it out for every place, it has emerged.

Unexpected rise in children's social worker vacancies

Thursday, February 25, 2016

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Vacancies for local authority children's social worker posts have increased by 27 per cent in the space of a year, government figures show.

Ofsted praises council for ‘outstanding' work on adoption and leadership

Friday, February 19, 2016

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A council has been praised by Ofsted for its work on adoption and the way its children's services department is managed, with both areas being rated as "outstanding".

Government-ordered children's trust services rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

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The quality of children's services provided by a government-ordered independent trust have been rated as "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Timpson names councils with low Staying Put take-up

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

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There are at least five local authorities in England where no young people in foster care have remained in their placement past the age of 18 during the last year, children's minister Edward Timpson has revealed.

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

Thursday, January 21, 2016

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Councils yet to have their children's services inspected by Ofsted are to be given additional support as part of a local government bid to prevent them being rated "inadequate" and facing intervention from the Department for Education (DfE).

Ofsted tells two councils to improve children's services

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

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Two councils have been told to improve standards within their children's services departments following inspections by Ofsted.

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

Thursday, January 14, 2016

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A new social work organisation to drive up standards and put social workers on a par with high-status professions such as surgeons or lawyers will be established, government has announced.

Ofsted tells children's services department to improve

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

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A children's services department has been told to improve its work following an inspection by Ofsted.

DfE study to inform Spending Review 'not completed in time'

Friday, December 4, 2015

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A study ordered by the Department for Education (DfE) in order to inform decisions made at last month's Spending Review about how children's services will be funded over the next five years is yet to be completed, CYP Now can reveal.

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