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Gavin Williamson acted unlawfully over children’s social care exemptions, Court of Appeal rules

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Education Secretary Gavin Wiliamson acted unlawfully in not consulting the children’s commissioner for England before making a raft of changes to children’s social care legislation during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Tackling foster carer decline

Analysis

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Councils and agencies must understand foster carers’ needs better if they are to boost recruitment.

Ofsted registers most children’s homes on record ‘to cope with pandemic’

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

More than 170 children’s homes opened across England between April and September this year “possibly to cope with the additional demand caused by Covid-19”, Ofsted has said.

Children’s commissioner calls for social care reform in stark warning to ‘negligent’ government

News

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

The children’s commissioner for England will warn politicians that local authority children’s services “are on the edge of a precipice” due to a lack of funding to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic and delays to long-awaited reforms.

CYP Now Early Help Conference: Local authorities hit by increase in demand for early intervention services

News

Monday, November 23, 2020

Local authority children’s services department’s did not experience the expected surge in demand for referrals when schools reopened in September but have seen an increase in requests for early help services, experts have said.

Home education rise leaving children’s services ‘stretched’, ADCS warns

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Monday, November 23, 2020

The number of children being electively home educated has jumped by more than a third compared with last year due to health fears sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic, new figures from the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) shows.

Covid-19 ‘having a devastating impact on children’s rights’

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Friday, November 20, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic is having a “devastating impact on children’s rights, wellbeing and futures”, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has warned.

Lords' debate ramps up calls for outright ban of unregulated placements

News

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Campaigners have reiterated calls for unregulated placements for all under-18s in care to be banned following a debate in the House of Lords.

New social work body calls for government support during Covid pandemic

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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

A new body for children's social work has warned that the profession could be "overwhelmed" by the current coronavirus pandemic unless it receives greater support from government.

Small rise in foster carers not enough to meet demand, Ofsted figures show

News

Thursday, November 12, 2020

The number of fostering places and carers has only increased slightly this year, despite demand being at its highest, new data from Ofsted shows.

Government lays out plan to support care leavers

News

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

A major new government report details the level of support care leavers should receive from councils.

Children's commissioner: Broken residential care system failing vulnerable children

News

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

The children’s residential social care system is broken and failing many of the most vulnerable children, the children’s commissioner for England has warned.

Services for children with SEND ‘seriously affected’ by Covid-19 pandemic

News

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have regressed in their development due to lack of available services during the Covid-19 pandemic, Ofsted has said.

Children living with 'toxic trio' issues more likely to be victims of crime

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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Children living in homes with an adult experiencing one or more of the "toxic trio" of mental illness, domestic abuse or substance misuse, are more likely to be victims of crime, research has found.

Sector leaders welcome government U-turn on free school meals

News

Monday, November 9, 2020

Sector leaders have welcomed the government's new winter support package which includes rolling-out free school meals across the Christmas holidays and until summer 2021.

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