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Brexit red tape 'puts looked-after children at risk of homelessness'

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

EU-national children in care living in the UK are at risk of homelessness and deportation due to government red tape surrounding Brexit, according to an immigration charity.

DfE orders 'inadequate' council to find improvement partner by January

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Friday, November 1, 2019

A struggling children's services department has been given until January to identify another council with which it can enter into a formal partnership to help turn around provision.

Ofsted gives improved rating to company-run Reading children's services

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Monday, October 28, 2019

Children's services in Reading have shed their "inadequate" rating 10 months after being turned over to a council-owned company.

Teenage mental health research gets £35m funding boost

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Monday, October 7, 2019

The government is to invest £35m into speeding up the identification of mental health problems among teenagers.

Ofsted warns councils over illegal schools 'con'

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Thursday, October 3, 2019

Ofsted has warned councils to carry out robust checks to ensure they are not being conned into placing vulnerable children in illegal schools.

ADCS raises concerns over care home workforce regulation

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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Directors of children's services have raised concerns over government plans to ensure there is professional regulation for care staff in children's homes.

Poverty leads to unequal access to education, report says

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Tuesday, September 3, 2019

The impact that poverty can have on children's ability to learn and succeed at school has been revealed by latest research.

DfE commissioner to oversee council's 'inadequate' children's services

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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

The Department for Education has appointed a commissioner to oversee children's services at Medway Council after Ofsted found social workers dealing with "exceptionally high" individual caseloads of up to 55 children.

Mental health checks for looked-after children to begin in June 2019

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Children will start receiving mental health assessments when they enter the care system from June 2019 as part of a delayed pilot project, it has emerged.

Children's services 'fail to support children of disabled parents'

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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Children's social care services risk unnecessarily separating children from disabled parents through misunderstanding their conditions and weak joint working with adult services, research has claimed.

Multi-agency unit to tackle 'county lines' crime launches

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Friday, September 21, 2018

A £3.6m unit to tackle "county lines" crime where gangs from urban areas exploit children to establish drug-dealing networks in rural areas has launched.

Ofsted relaxes inspections for struggling 'inadequate' councils

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Monday, September 17, 2018

Councils where children's services standards are deemed to be "inadequate" are to receive shorter, less intense re-inspections, Ofsted has announced.

Children's services at cash-strapped council facing deep cuts

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Friday, August 3, 2018

A cash-strapped local authority is considering "radical" cuts to many services, including those for vulnerable children, in an effort to save £70m this year.

Independent children's services trust failing to protect children, Ofsted finds

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Friday, July 27, 2018

Ofsted has criticised failures to protect vulnerable young people and the slow pace of improvement at an "inadequate" children's services department that was taken over by an independent trust last year.

DfE reports £337m cash underspend

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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

The Department for Education underspent by more than £300m on its cash budget during 2017/18, its latest accounts show.

Ofsted blames inadequate leadership for children's services 'drift and delay'

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Monday, July 23, 2018

A "lack of grip and direction" from children's social care leaders in Herefordshire is resulting in drift and delay in casework, Ofsted inspectors have warned.

Rotherham set to regain control of children's services

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Monday, July 23, 2018

Rotherham Council is set to regain control of its children's social care services, Communities Secretary James Brokenshire has announced.

Benchmark all children's services to improve standards, report urges

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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Data on all children's services provision currently on offer across England should be collected and made available to commissioners so they can make decisions based on what works best for vulnerable young people.

Social care 'postcode lottery' puts vulnerable children at risk

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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Children's safety is being put at risk due to differing thresholds across England for intervening and offering support to families, a report by a group of MPs and peers has warned.

SEND school exclusion practice faces legal challenge

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Tuesday, July 3, 2018

A legal bid to give more protection from exclusion to autistic schoolchildren whose condition is linked to physical aggression got under way today.

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Brexit red tape 'puts looked-after children at risk of homelessness'

DfE orders 'inadequate' council to find improvement partner by January

Ofsted gives improved rating to company-run Reading children's services

Teenage mental health research gets £35m funding boost

Ofsted warns councils over illegal schools 'con'

ADCS raises concerns over care home workforce regulation

Poverty leads to unequal access to education, report says

DfE commissioner to oversee council's 'inadequate' children's services

Mental health checks for looked-after children to begin in June 2019

Children's services 'fail to support children of disabled parents'

Multi-agency unit to tackle 'county lines' crime launches

Ofsted relaxes inspections for struggling 'inadequate' councils

Children's services at cash-strapped council facing deep cuts

Independent children's services trust failing to protect children, Ofsted finds

DfE reports £337m cash underspend

Ofsted blames inadequate leadership for children's services 'drift and delay'

Rotherham set to regain control of children's services

Benchmark all children's services to improve standards, report urges

Social care 'postcode lottery' puts vulnerable children at risk

SEND school exclusion practice faces legal challenge

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