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Children fleeing domestic violence 'forced to sleep rough'

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Women and children fleeing domestic abuse are being forced to sleep rough or "sofa surf" due to a lack of support from councils, research has found.

Council's children's services rated 'good' by Ofsted

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Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Ofsted has praised the role of leaders and the quality of support for vulnerable children, for improvements in the overall standard of children's services at a council.

BASW demands greater protection from violence for social workers

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Wednesday, June 6, 2018

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) and the Social Workers Union (SWU) have called for social workers to be given the same level of protection from violence as emergency services personnel.

Social Work England to have power to limit duties

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Tuesday, June 5, 2018

The new social work regulator will have the power to limit the types of work social workers can do and test them on their English skills, the government has confirmed.

Health services reluctant to ask about childhood trauma, study finds

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Friday, June 1, 2018

Health workers are reluctant to routinely ask young people who access their services if they have been affected by adverse childhood experiences such as abuse or exploitation, a pilot study has found.

Teenagers and single parents 'at highest risk of domestic abuse'

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Thursday, May 31, 2018

Teenage girls and single parents with children are among the most likely victims of domestic abuse, official data has revealed.

Ofsted praises council's 'outstanding' children's services leadership

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Inspectors have commended the quality of leadership of children's services in Hillingdon as "outstanding", with standards given a "good" overall rating.

Inspectors praise council for maintaining 'good' children's services

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Tuesday, May 22, 2018

A council has been praised by inspectors for averting a decline in the performance of its children's services due to rising demand and budget cuts.

Council weaknesses 'leave children at risk', warns Ofsted

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Friday, May 18, 2018

Children are being left at risk of harm due to failures in the way a council is responding to protection concerns, Ofsted has found.

What Works Centre seeks 'pioneer councils' to develop social care best practice

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

A government-backed initiative to improve the quality of children's social care has said it wants to team up with "pioneer councils" to test new approaches and help ensure evidence of good work is being shared across the sector.

Rich parents 'use status to disrupt child protection probes'

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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Affluent parents suspected of child neglect are using their "status and privilege" to undermine investigations and the work of social workers, researchers have claimed.

Ofsted warns council over high child protection caseloads

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Monday, May 14, 2018

High social worker caseloads are threatening to undermine efforts to support vulnerable teenagers in Stoke, according to Ofsted.

London council moves out of 'inadequate'

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Children's services at a London council are no longer judged to be "inadequate" following a fresh inspection of provision by Ofsted.

Major rise in number of children in 'out-of-area' residential care

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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

The number of looked-after children placed in residential care outside of their local area has increased by nearly two thirds over the last five years, figures obtained from the government have shown.

Children's home providers criticise 'misleading' DfE data on missing incidents

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Thursday, April 26, 2018

Children's home providers have accused government of publishing "misleading" and "potentially incendiary" data about the number of children who go missing from residential care.

Troubled council to launch children's services trust in 2019

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

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.

Doubts over future of DfE's £20m social care research centre

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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

The future of a delayed initiative to improve the quality of children's social care is in doubt, as there is no guarantee of ongoing government funding, documents reveal.

Government reveals more than 50,000 children's home 'missing incidents'

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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Young people living in children's homes in England have been reported missing more than 50,000 times in the last three years - with the missing rate for individual children currently averaging nearly five times a year, it has emerged.

DfE hands council £2.9m to establish children's services trust

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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

The government has agreed to hand a council a £2.9m grant towards the cost of setting up a trust to run its children's services, two years after it was rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Government denies welfare changes will exacerbate domestic abuse

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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

The government has rejected concerns from MPs that the move to paying benefits to a single recipient in the household rather than separately will exacerbate domestic abuse cases.

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Children fleeing domestic violence 'forced to sleep rough'

Council's children's services rated 'good' by Ofsted

BASW demands greater protection from violence for social workers

Social Work England to have power to limit duties

Health services reluctant to ask about childhood trauma, study finds

Teenagers and single parents 'at highest risk of domestic abuse'

Ofsted praises council's 'outstanding' children's services leadership

Inspectors praise council for maintaining 'good' children's services

Council weaknesses 'leave children at risk', warns Ofsted

What Works Centre seeks 'pioneer councils' to develop social care best practice

Rich parents 'use status to disrupt child protection probes'

Ofsted warns council over high child protection caseloads

London council moves out of 'inadequate'

Major rise in number of children in 'out-of-area' residential care

Children's home providers criticise 'misleading' DfE data on missing incidents

Troubled council to launch children's services trust in 2019

Doubts over future of DfE's £20m social care research centre

Government reveals more than 50,000 children's home 'missing incidents'

DfE hands council £2.9m to establish children's services trust

Government denies welfare changes will exacerbate domestic abuse

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