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Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Only non-profit organisations will be allowed to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans to give councils more freedom in the way they work with vulnerable children, it has been announced.

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The leader of a council where children's services were graded "inadequate" by Ofsted has blamed central government for falling standards.

Government rejects MPs' call to ban B&B use for care leavers

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Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has rejected calls from MPs for an outright ban on the use of bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation for care leavers.

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

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Friday, December 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Bristol and Rochdale have been told to improve the quality of services for children and young people following inspections by Ofsted.

DfE urged to publish full figures for failed returns from care

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Monday, July 27, 2015

| CYP Now

The NSPCC is calling for the government to publish detailed data revealing how many children in each English local authority area re-enter care after a return home fails.

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

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

| CYP Now

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).

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

Doncaster sees four-fold decrease in children missing from care

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of looked-after children that go missing from care in Doncaster has fallen nearly four-fold over the past year following the introduction of a dedicated support worker.

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is struggling to complete inspections of all local authority children's services departments to schedule because it is "significantly under-resourced against agreed budgets", it has emerged.

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

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Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Somerset County Council has announced it has terminated the contract of the interim director of children's services (DCS) for failing to deliver improvements at the struggling authority quickly enough.

CWDC issues warning to government ahead of closure

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Friday, March 23, 2012

| CYP Now

The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has warned the government not to lose sight of strong partnerships and professional development in the early years and social care sectors ahead of its closure at the end of the month.

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted is to push ahead with the introduction of a tougher inspection regime for children's services, ignoring warnings from the sector that the system is too simplistic and will fail to deliver improvements.

U-turn over approval process for long-distance care placements

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) will not have to personally approve care placements outside of their authority or region after initial plans to do so were watered down.

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils will be handed powers to outsource a whole range of children's social care services including child protection under proposals announced by the government.

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services in Blackpool are improving but problems remain with support for care leavers and planning for looked-after children, inspectors have found.

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

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Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

An independent children's services trust that was established on government orders has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly 500 children in Manchester were potentially left at risk because social work assessments were not carried out quickly enough, a report that has rated the city's children's services as "inadequate", has found.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

Professionals admit to social care knowledge gap

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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Many social care professionals admit to having an incomplete understanding of the rights and entitlements of looked-after children and care leavers, research has revealed.

'Passive' DfE fails to improve outcomes for looked-after children

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs have launched a scathing attack on the Department for Education's commitment to improving support for children in care.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services standards

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been told to improve the quality of its work with children and young people after Ofsted inspectors identified "significant areas for development".

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Children in Knowsley are being left at risk of harm due to serious failures in child protection services, a damning Ofsted report which labelled the authority "inadequate" has found.

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

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Monday, February 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Sheffield has been told to improve its children's services after an inspection highlighted weaknesses in performance on looked-after children and adoption.

Councils call for clarity over refugee support arrangements

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Council and children's services leaders are calling on the government to clarify how they will be supported to resettle 20,000 refugees, including unaccompanied children, from Syria.

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two more English authorities have been told by Ofsted that their children's services are not up to scratch.

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Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

Government rejects MPs' call to ban B&B use for care leavers

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

DfE urged to publish full figures for failed returns from care

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

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Doncaster sees four-fold decrease in children missing from care

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

CWDC issues warning to government ahead of closure

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

U-turn over approval process for long-distance care placements

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

Slough children's services to become independent trust

Professionals admit to social care knowledge gap

'Passive' DfE fails to improve outcomes for looked-after children

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services standards

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

Councils call for clarity over refugee support arrangements

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

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