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Ofsted praises children's services in London bi-borough councils

Friday, August 31, 2018

| CYP Now

Standards at two London councils have been praised by Ofsted inspectors in the wake of an acrimonious split from partnership arrangements with a third council.

Ofsted blames merger for council's failure to improve children's services

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Monday, August 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Local government reorganisation has hamstrung efforts by a council's leaders to make improvements to children's services, according to Ofsted.

Troubled council to launch children's services trust in 2019

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

| CYP Now

A struggling council that a government report recommended be scrapped and replaced with two new unitary authorities is pushing ahead with plans to establish children's services to an independent trust in 12 months' time.

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Amid constant reforms and challenges, Charlotte Goddard identifies entry-level requirements and ongoing professional development for key roles across the children and young people's workforce.

Former DfE official to lead children's services in Birmingham

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

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A former Department for Education civil servant who was dispatched to Birmingham to oversee school improvement in the wake of the Trojan Horse scandal has been appointed as the local authority's director of children's services.

Ofsted considers scrapping overall ratings for children's services

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

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Ofsted is considering ditching overall ratings for the quality of children's services when it introduces its new inspection framework next year, it has emerged.

Birmingham children's trust to launch April 2018

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Monday, January 16, 2017

| CYP Now

A new independent trust to run children's services in Birmingham will officially launch in April 2018, with the organisation taking the form of a company owned by the council, rather than an employee-owned mutual, it has emerged.

Social workers reject government reform plans

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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Social workers in England have "overwhelmingly" rejected the government's plans to reform the profession, a survey has found.

High-performing councils explore alternative delivery models for children's services

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

A growing number of councils with children's services departments that have been rated as "good" by Ofsted are considering alternative delivery models, it has emerged.

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

| CYP Now

Social workers who fail new accreditation tests being introduced by government will not lose their registration, the chief social worker for children has said.

Ofsted ‘inadequate' council reduces social work caseloads by 30 per cent

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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

| CYP Now

A council where children's services were last year rated "inadequate" by Ofsted has succeeded in recruiting scores of new social workers and reducing caseloads by 30 per cent, it has emerged.

Council offers £15,000 mortgage deposit to attract children's social workers

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Friday, April 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has unveiled plans to stump up money to help children's social workers to buy a home as part of efforts to boost recruitment.

DfE-backed co-operative housing scheme for care leavers to launch

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Friday, April 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council is set to launch a co-operative company to provide supported housing for care leavers as part of pioneering attempts to improve outcomes.

National unit for secure children's home placements to be created

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Monday, April 4, 2016

| CYP Now

A local authority is to be handed national responsibility for co-ordinating placements of children in secure homes, children's minister Edward Timpson has said.

Rise in special guardianship orders made by courts

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Thursday, March 31, 2016

| CYP Now

The number of children placed with special guardians each year has passed the 5,000 mark for the first time.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

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

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

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

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

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

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

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

Rising numbers in child protection system 'down to cuts', MPs told

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Numbers of children entering the child protection system are on the rise because services designed to help them stay with their families are being "decimated", MPs have been told.

DfE-funded care initiative to recruit 100,000 volunteers to expand nationwide

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

| CYP Now

A government-funded social care initiative that supports families in crisis has announced plans to recruit 100,000 volunteers as part of a major nationwide expansion.

DfE commits to fresh funding for social care innovation programme

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Thursday, March 17, 2016

| CYP Now

Local authorities and charities will be able to access a fresh round of government funding to test innovative ideas for children's social care, it has emerged.

Children's home providers call for fee increases

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Placement fees paid by local authorities to children's homes providers must be increased if the sector is to cope with rising costs, it has been claimed.

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

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Friday, March 11, 2016

| CYP Now

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

Children's social workers 'undermined' by government reform plans

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

| CYP Now

Social workers in England feel "patronised" and "sidelined" by the government's approach to social work reform, it has been claimed.

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Ofsted praises children's services in London bi-borough councils

Ofsted blames merger for council's failure to improve children's services

Troubled council to launch children's services trust in 2019

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training

Former DfE official to lead children's services in Birmingham

Ofsted considers scrapping overall ratings for children's services

Birmingham children's trust to launch April 2018

Social workers reject government reform plans

High-performing councils explore alternative delivery models for children's services

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

Ofsted ‘inadequate' council reduces social work caseloads by 30 per cent

Council offers £15,000 mortgage deposit to attract children's social workers

DfE-backed co-operative housing scheme for care leavers to launch

National unit for secure children's home placements to be created

Rise in special guardianship orders made by courts

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

Frontline social work students ‘perform better', study finds

DfE unveils four-year adoption strategy

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

Rising numbers in child protection system 'down to cuts', MPs told

DfE-funded care initiative to recruit 100,000 volunteers to expand nationwide

DfE commits to fresh funding for social care innovation programme

Children's home providers call for fee increases

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

Children's social workers 'undermined' by government reform plans

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