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Double cost-of-living support for vulnerable families, urges coalition

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Government support to help vulnerable households tackle rising food and energy bills needs to be more than doubled, with priority given to families with children, a coalition of charities and campaigners has warned.

Refugee support is legacy of Grenfell tragedy

Blogs

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

I don’t think I have ever described an inspection as a motivational activity – we all know how it feels when the call from Ofsted arrives – but just recently inspections have been a seriously bonding experience for my teams.

Increase in council budgets for children’s services ‘highlights need for reform’

News

Monday, August 15, 2022

An increase in local authorities’ children’s social care budgets for 2022/23 highlights an “urgent need” for funding recommendations made in the Care Review to be implemented, sector leaders have said.

Record number of children referred as victims of trafficking

News

Monday, August 15, 2022

The number of children suspected as being victims of child trafficking has reached record levels, according to Home Office figures.

Gym group launches free membership for care-experienced young people

News

Monday, August 15, 2022

A national gym group has launched a new membership offering free access to activities for children in care and those with care experience.

Rotherham Council retains ‘good’ Ofsted rating after regaining control of children’s services

News

Friday, August 12, 2022

Rotherham Council has retained a “good” Ofsted rating for its children’s services in its first inspection since government intervention in the department ended.

Thousands of families in temporary accommodation over holidays

News

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Hundreds of thousands of school-age children are living in temporary accommodation during the summer holidays due to family homelessness, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

BASW issues warning over impact of cost-of-living crisis on social workers

News

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has warned that children's social work is among professions worst affected by rising living costs.

Tory leadership candidates urged to prioritise Care Review

News

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Charity leaders are urging the next Prime Minister to commit to implementing a radical reform of the children’s social care system in England.

DfE ends intervention in Hull City Council’s children’s services

News

Monday, August 8, 2022

The Department for Education has ended statutory intervention in Hull City Council’s “inadequate” children’s services following “progress” at the local authority.

Children’s commissioner report reveals 650 child strip-searches

News

Monday, August 8, 2022

New analysis by the children's commissioner for England has revealed that 650 children were strip-searched by the Metropolitan Police Service between 2018 and 2020.

Children’s commissioner lays out proposals for children's homes improvements

News

Thursday, August 4, 2022

Children’s homes are “not meeting the standards we should expect” and need to be reformed, according to children's commissioner for England Rachel de Souza.

Foster carers reconsider role amid cost-of-living crisis

News

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

More than half of foster carers have considered giving up the role due to the rising cost of living, a survey has found.

Watchdog issues recommendations to Met over strip-searching children

News

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has been issued with a raft of recommendations from the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) amid concerns over the strip-searching of children.

Ofsted rates Bracknell Forest’s children’s services ‘outstanding’

News

Monday, August 1, 2022

Bracknell Forest Council’s children’s services have received an Ofsted rating of “outstanding”, with inspectors praising the service’s “healthy culture of child-focused support”.

Cumberland Council votes to make care experience a protected characteristic

News

Monday, August 1, 2022

A new local authority is the first to pass a motion to protect people with care experience from discrimination following a recommendation made in the Care Review.

‘Urgent’ strategy needed to tackle social worker shortage, Ofsted says

News

Thursday, July 28, 2022

The pandemic has exacerbated a staffing crisis in children's social care, putting vulnerable young people at risk, a new report by Ofsted reveals.

Success for projects supporting migrant care leavers

News

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Targeted support for young people leaving care with uncertain immigration status can improve lives and avoid costly interventions, new research finds.

Recruitment agency practices compound workforce pressures

Analysis

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

CYP Now investigation shows 10-fold rise in agency social work teams being used by local authorities in last five years, with children’s services leaders saying staff shortages are placing huge pressure on budgets.

Family Action embeds trauma-informed practice at heart of provision

Features

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Recognising the impact of past trauma and tackling its underlying causes is at the heart of all services provided by 150-year-old children’s charity Family Action.

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