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DfE launches new advisory group on children’s social care ‘profiteering’

Thursday, April 25, 2024

| CYP Now

The former director of children’s services for Hampshire and Isle of Wight councils will lead a Department for Education advisory group on the profiteering of private companies from children’s social care.

Frank Field: Children’s campaigners pay tribute to 'inspirational' peer

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Tributes have been paid by children’s campaigners to former Labour Party minister Frank Field after his death aged 81.

Adoption England pledges to boost diversity among adopters

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Adoption England has launched its three-year strategy to "modernise adoption services" in England, setting a goal to recruit adopters from diverse communities to support more children’s needs.

Programme launches to distribute £3.6mn to support care leavers

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

| CYP Now

A programme that will see £3.6 million handed to care leavers initiatives across England has been launched.

Free Loaves on Fridays: Anthology of 100 care experienced voices published

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

| CYP Now

A new anthology containing the voices of 100 children and adults about their experience in care is now available in bookshops.

North of England councils face ‘£25bn children in care burden’, claims report

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

| CYP Now

Councils in the North of England are paying an extra £25bn to place children in care compared with local authorities in the South, a report is claiming.

DfE scraps social work leadership training scheme

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

| CYP Now

A flagship leadership development programme for children’s social workers has been scrapped by the Department for Education because of budget cuts.

ADCS president pledges focus on improving diversity in children’s services

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

| CYP Now

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has committed to “improving diversity across local authority children’s services” over the coming year.

MPs launch call for care leavers to share experience of services

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Cross-party MPs are encouraging people to share their experiences of children’s social care as part of their investigation into how the government could improve services.

Council blocks plans for new children’s home

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Huntingdonshire District Council has blocked plans for a new children's home in the village of Old Weston, citing “a lack of infrastructure" and "safeguarding issues for residents” as key reasons behind its decision.

Ofsted: Latest children’s services focused visits

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024

| CYP Now

Ofsted has published the outcomes of a series of focused visits to local authority children’s services.

Ofsted extends ability to pause complaints to social care and early years providers

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Monday, April 8, 2024

| CYP Now

The ability to pause Ofsted inspections in circumstances where there are concerns for leaders’ wellbeing will be extended to cover children’s social care and early years providers, the inspectorate has said.

Kent to open nine properties to house lone migrant children

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is set to open nine properties to house increasing numbers of lone migrant children arriving in the UK.

Partnership project aims to improve evaluation of family group conferences

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

| CYP Now

A new partnership project aims to better understand the data that local authorities are collecting on the use of family group conferences (FGCs).

Sibling contact events ‘could help local authorities to improve long-term relationships’

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

| CYP Now

Events designed to allow children in care to reconnect with separated siblings could help local authorities to support future meaningful contact, according to an evaluation of an early pilot programme.

Cafcass receives ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

| CYP Now

The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has been judged “outstanding” by Ofsted following a full inspection earlier this year.

Children’s Homes Association bans non UK-owned providers from membership

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

| CYP Now

The Children’s Homes Association (CHA) has banned organisations operating in the UK but owned by foreign companies from becoming members.

Government moves family support programme to DfE

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

| CYP Now

The government’s Supporting Families programme is being moved from the Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities to the Department for Education.

Initial foster care enquiry levels at lowest in five years

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

| CYP Now

The number of initial enquiries from potential foster carers in England has fallen to its lowest level in five years.

Ofsted: Regionalisation 'not solving many adoption challenges’

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| CYP Now

Challenges facing adoption “remain unresolved” despite the introduction of regional adoption agencies (RAAs) to better coordinate the delivery of services, Ofsted has found.

What the sector wants to see from the next government

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Charities supporting children and young people have released manifestos detailing what they want from the next government in the run up to the general election after more than a decade of cuts to public services.

Campaign launches to tackle negative perceptions of social work

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

| CYP Now

A campaign is set to launch to raise awareness of the role of social workers and tackle negative public perceptions of their work.

Social workers say cuts to public services pose greatest challenge to profession

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

| CYP Now

Cuts to public services has overtaken funding for social care as the biggest challenge facing professionals for the first time, social workers have said.

Davina McCall meets kinship carers

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Monday, March 18, 2024

| CYP Now

TV star Davina McCall, who grew up in kinship care herself, met with kinship carers in a new film to raise money and awareness for Comic Relief.

County council spending on children’s social care doubles, leaders warn

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Monday, March 18, 2024

| CYP Now

Most county councils in England have seen per-person spending on children’s services double over the last decade, according to the County Council’s Network (CCN).

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DfE launches new advisory group on children’s social care ‘profiteering’

Frank Field: Children’s campaigners pay tribute to 'inspirational' peer

Adoption England pledges to boost diversity among adopters

Programme launches to distribute £3.6mn to support care leavers

Free Loaves on Fridays: Anthology of 100 care experienced voices published

North of England councils face ‘£25bn children in care burden’, claims report

DfE scraps social work leadership training scheme

ADCS president pledges focus on improving diversity in children’s services

MPs launch call for care leavers to share experience of services

Council blocks plans for new children’s home

Ofsted: Latest children’s services focused visits

Ofsted extends ability to pause complaints to social care and early years providers

Kent to open nine properties to house lone migrant children

Partnership project aims to improve evaluation of family group conferences

Sibling contact events ‘could help local authorities to improve long-term relationships’

Cafcass receives ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted

Children’s Homes Association bans non UK-owned providers from membership

Government moves family support programme to DfE

Initial foster care enquiry levels at lowest in five years

Ofsted: Regionalisation 'not solving many adoption challenges’

What the sector wants to see from the next government

Campaign launches to tackle negative perceptions of social work

Social workers say cuts to public services pose greatest challenge to profession

Davina McCall meets kinship carers

County council spending on children’s social care doubles, leaders warn

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