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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.

Greenwich wins praise for progress on SEND reforms

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Co-production of services with children and young people has helped Greenwich secure a generally positive inspection report of the area's work on special educational needs and disability reforms.

Senior figures quit council following 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

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Thursday, September 7, 2017

| CYP Now

Two senior figures in Croydon children's services have resigned following the south London borough's damning Ofsted inspection.

Rotherham: No action against council leaders over CSE failings

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Thursday, September 7, 2017

| CYP Now

No action should be taken against the former leaders of Rotherham children's services despite organisational failings in addressing child sexual exploitation (CSE), an investigation has concluded.

Senior Tories call for cabinet-level families post

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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

| CYP Now

More than 50 Tory MPs and peers are calling on the government to create a cabinet-level families minister post to better co-ordinate family policy across departments.

Council becomes third to receive 'outstanding' Ofsted grade for children's services

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Monday, September 4, 2017

| CYP Now

A social enterprise established to support and house care leavers has helped North Lincolnshire Council become the third local authority to achieve an "outstanding" rating from Ofsted.

Councils look to unite to deliver children's social care, survey finds

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Monday, August 7, 2017

| CYP Now

A growing number of councils plan to join forces to run children's social care services, a government survey of children's services leaders has found.

Goodwill takes on DfE early years and social care briefs

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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

| CYP Now

New Department for Education minister Robert Goodwill MP is to take on responsibility for early years in addition to children's social care as part of an expanded ministerial portfolio.

Call for all councils to receive children's services innovation funding

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Monday, June 26, 2017

| CYP Now

Local government leaders are calling on ministers to hand over a slice of £300m of innovation funding to help all councils improve services for vulnerable children.

Youth services 'face oblivion' unless they pursue social investment

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Monday, February 27, 2017

| CYP Now

Youth services are in existential crisis and face oblivion unless they change the way they are funded and take advantage of social investment opportunities, a leading figure in the sector has warned.

Ofsted finds 'significant progress' at trust-run children's services

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Thursday, November 24, 2016

| CYP Now

Doncaster's 'inadequate' rated children's services - run by an independent trust for the past two years - is continuing to improve, Ofsted has said.

NCAS conference: Ofsted offers councils incentives to trial new inspection system

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Friday, November 4, 2016

| CYP Now

Social care regulator Ofsted is offering incentives to councils in a bid to sign up volunteers to trial the replacement for the controversial single inspection framework (SIF).

NCAS conference: Greening announces £11m for innovation projects

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Friday, November 4, 2016

| CYP Now

A total of £11m will be handed to the three most successful projects to emerge from the Department for Education's Children's Social Care Innovation programme to allow them to expand, Education Secretary Justine Greening has said.

NCAS conference: ADCS president urges investment to reduce care numbers

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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils must invest heavily in early intervention services in order to stem recent increases in the number of children being taken into care.

DfE refuses to ditch independent trust drive

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Thursday, October 13, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has dismissed calls for it to stop taking responsibility for failing children's services out of local authorities' hands until there is evidence that it improves standards.

Tory Party Conference: Call for national tracking system for children

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Monday, October 3, 2016

| CYP Now

A national system to track children should be introduced in order to keep children safe from harm if they move from one area to another, it has been suggested.

Pilots 'to reduce mental health hospital admissions'

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Monday, October 3, 2016

| CYP Now

Six areas are to test new ways to cut the number of hospital admissions among children and young people with serious mental health problems.

Duration of care proceedings falls to record low

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Monday, October 3, 2016

| CYP Now

Courts are dealing with care proceedings in record time, but are still failing to meet the government's 26-week target, according to latest figures.

Councils 'fail to equip' care leavers to manage their money

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Thursday, September 15, 2016

| CYP Now

??Young people leaving the care system are falling into debt and losing benefits due to insufficient financial education and support from councils, research has found.

4Children chief criticises children's centres consultation delay

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

| CYP Now

The chief of collapsed charity 4Children has criticised the government for its failure to deliver on its pledge to hold a consultation on the future of children's centres.

Government launches specialist CSE response unit

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

| CYP Now

A service providing specialist advice and support to children's professionals tackling child sexual exploitation (CSE) incidents is to be launched by the government later this month.

Ambition announces new chief executive

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Thursday, July 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Youth organisation Ambition has appointed education and training expert Emma Revie as its new chief executive.

Narey backs residential child care but calls for better value

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Monday, July 4, 2016

| CYP Now

There is "very little scope" for reducing reliance on children's homes, and any moves to do so would not be in children's best interests, a review of residential child care by government adviser Sir Martin Narey has concluded.

Government to trial 'Staying Close' scheme for children leaving residential care

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Monday, July 4, 2016

| CYP Now

The government is to pilot a scheme to enable young people leaving residential care to live near to, and retain links with, their children's homes.

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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

Greenwich wins praise for progress on SEND reforms

Senior figures quit council following 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

Rotherham: No action against council leaders over CSE failings

Senior Tories call for cabinet-level families post

Council becomes third to receive 'outstanding' Ofsted grade for children's services

Councils look to unite to deliver children's social care, survey finds

Goodwill takes on DfE early years and social care briefs

Call for all councils to receive children's services innovation funding

Youth services 'face oblivion' unless they pursue social investment

Ofsted finds 'significant progress' at trust-run children's services

NCAS conference: Ofsted offers councils incentives to trial new inspection system

NCAS conference: Greening announces £11m for innovation projects

NCAS conference: ADCS president urges investment to reduce care numbers

DfE refuses to ditch independent trust drive

Tory Party Conference: Call for national tracking system for children

Pilots 'to reduce mental health hospital admissions'

Duration of care proceedings falls to record low

Councils 'fail to equip' care leavers to manage their money

4Children chief criticises children's centres consultation delay

Government launches specialist CSE response unit

Ambition announces new chief executive

Narey backs residential child care but calls for better value

Government to trial 'Staying Close' scheme for children leaving residential care

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