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Cross-sector partnership launches to promote children’s social care innovation

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

A council, charity and private sector partnership has launched to improve innovation, including the use of technology, in children’s social care.

Most English councils expect to slash budgets next year, NAO warns

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Wednesday, March 10, 2021

The majority of local authorities in England plan to make further budget cuts next year following the Covid-19 pandemic, a stark new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) warns.

De Souza embarks on children’s commissioner role vowing to 'listen to sector'

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Monday, March 1, 2021

Dame Rachel De Souza has vowed to “take responsibility for the future of children” as she takes on the role of children’s commissioner for England.

Lords to examine 'increasing lack of support' for vulnerable children

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Wednesday, February 17, 2021

A new inquiry by the House of Lords aims to find ways public services can improve the support they offer vulnerable children and their families, it has been announced.

Children’s commissioner calls for social care reform in stark warning to ‘negligent’ government

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

The children’s commissioner for England will warn politicians that local authority children’s services “are on the edge of a precipice” due to a lack of funding to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic and delays to long-awaited reforms.

Children's social care projects receive £2m to test effectiveness

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Monday, November 2, 2020

A total of seven new children's social care projects have been awarded close to £2m as part of efforts to identify effective programmes to help improve outcomes for vulnerable children.

Croydon Council names Debbie Jones as interim DCS

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Thursday, October 8, 2020

Croydon Council has appointed former Ofsted national director for social care Debbie Jones as interim executive director for children, families and education.

Council leaders call for more funding as children's services referrals set to rise

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Monday, September 7, 2020

The Local Government Association (LGA) is calling for councils to receive extra funding amid an expected rise in referrals for children's social care services over the coming weeks.

Six companies provide half of private foster care placements, latest Ofsted analysis shows

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Thursday, July 23, 2020

Half of all private and voluntary foster care placements in England are provided by just six companies, latest figures from Ofsted show.

Girls at higher risk of informal exclusion than boys, study shows

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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Girls are more likely to be informally excluded from schools in England than boys leaving them hidden from official statistics and missing out on vital support, new research shows.

Care leavers ‘likely to suffer poor health 30 years later’

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Monday, July 20, 2020

People who grew up in care are more likely to suffer from poor health in the decades that follow, new research shows.

DfE launches consultation on extension of statutory duty relaxations

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Monday, July 20, 2020

The Department for Education has launched a consultation over the extension of controversial emergency legislation which relaxes and removes local authorities’ statutory duties to vulnerable children.

Coronavirus daily update: Friday 17 July

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Friday, July 17, 2020

The government sets out plans for how its 12 Opportunity Areas will support recovery from the pandemic in England's most deprived communities.

Coronavirus daily update: Wednesday 15 July

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Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Young people in the secure estate will now be able to receive visits as restrictions imposed at the start of the coronavirus lockdown are lifted.

Children’s services lack funding to deal with ‘peak in demand’, ADCS warns

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Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Children’s services departments are facing a post-lockdown “peak in demand” but have “no emergency funding left” to cope with it, the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has warned.

Delivery drivers and postal workers urged to spot signs of child abuse

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Friday, July 10, 2020

Delivery drivers, postal workers and concerned neighbours are being asked to help fight child abuse as part of a campaign by the National Police Chiefs Council and The Children’s Society.

ADCS president calls for urgent action to address inequality in first virtual speech

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Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Financial, social and educational inequality should be addressed as a “priority” as the UK eases out of Covid-19 lockdown, the president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has said.

Summer statement: Chancellor ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle child poverty and early years crisis as employment scheme praised

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Wednesday, July 8, 2020

The government “missed an opportunity” to tackle child poverty and a financial crisis facing the early years sector in its summer statement, campaigners have said.

Children’s commissioner warns 120,000 teenagers at risk of ‘falling off the radar’

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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Tens of thousands of England’s teenagers are at risk of “falling off the radar” of schools and local authority children’s services as the country eases out of lockdown, the children’s commissioner for England has warned.

Free school breakfast scheme extended over summer holidays

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Friday, July 3, 2020

Free breakfasts will be provided to thousands of vulnerable children over the summer holidays in an extension of the government’s breakfast, the Department of Education has announced.

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Cross-sector partnership launches to promote children’s social care innovation

Most English councils expect to slash budgets next year, NAO warns

De Souza embarks on children’s commissioner role vowing to 'listen to sector'

Lords to examine 'increasing lack of support' for vulnerable children

Children’s commissioner calls for social care reform in stark warning to ‘negligent’ government

Children's social care projects receive £2m to test effectiveness

Croydon Council names Debbie Jones as interim DCS

Council leaders call for more funding as children's services referrals set to rise

Six companies provide half of private foster care placements, latest Ofsted analysis shows

Girls at higher risk of informal exclusion than boys, study shows

Care leavers ‘likely to suffer poor health 30 years later’

DfE launches consultation on extension of statutory duty relaxations

Coronavirus daily update: Friday 17 July

Coronavirus daily update: Wednesday 15 July

Children’s services lack funding to deal with ‘peak in demand’, ADCS warns

Delivery drivers and postal workers urged to spot signs of child abuse

ADCS president calls for urgent action to address inequality in first virtual speech

Summer statement: Chancellor ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle child poverty and early years crisis as employment scheme praised

Children’s commissioner warns 120,000 teenagers at risk of ‘falling off the radar’

Free school breakfast scheme extended over summer holidays

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