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ChildRIGHT: Duty of Care -- Care of former asylum-seeking children

Monday, November 8, 2010

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, legal and policy officer at the Children's Legal Centre, looks at who should be providing support for former asylum-seeking children.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

News

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.

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

News

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.

Legal Update: Immigration Bill and care leavers

Other

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Stewart Maclachlan, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines proposals in the Immigration Bill that would have a detrimental effect on young care leavers with immigration issues.

Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

News

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is holding discussions about the possibility of outsourcing elements of its children's social care work in order to help deal with an influx of asylum-seeking children, it has emerged.

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

News

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.

Legal Update: Rights of migrant care leavers

Other

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Without permanent immigration status, young migrant or refugee care leavers face an uncertain time, says Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager, Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Interview: Helen Johnson – Refugee Council’s head of children’s services

Features

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes speaks to the Refugee Council’s head of children’s services on post-Brexit support for unaccompanied children.

BASW to take on College of Social Work functions

News

Thursday, August 20, 2015

| CYP Now

The British Association of Social Work (BASW) is to take on the majority of functions performed by The College of Social Work (TCSW) from next month, it has been announced.

Daily roundup: Loughton warning, youth premium and asylum tragedy

Other

Monday, October 8, 2012

| CYP Now

Government warned on family policy, proposals for youth premium, and concerns over "flawed" support system for asylum seekers, all in the news roundup today.