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Shared Services: Special Report

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Fresh evidence suggests collaboration is helping local authorities to find a wider range of care options for vulnerable children and introduce a greater array of good practice approaches to improve outcomes.

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

News

Thursday, January 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils yet to have their children's services inspected by Ofsted are to be given additional support as part of a local government bid to prevent them being rated "inadequate" and facing intervention from the Department for Education (DfE).

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services standards

News

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been told to improve the quality of its work with children and young people after Ofsted inspectors identified "significant areas for development".

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

News

Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

An independent children's services trust that was established on government orders has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Children in Care: Policy and Practice

Other

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Special supplement on the latest innovation and implementation of policy reforms to enable children in care to lead healthy, happy lives.

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.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

News

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated "inadequate" for the second time in two years after Ofsted inspectors found widespread failings in services for vulnerable children.

Cameron announces drive to improve outcomes for children in care

News

Thursday, October 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Improving outcomes for children in care will form part of an "all-out assault on poverty" by government, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Cameron speech reignites debate over children's services 'market'

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

The Prime Minister highlighted children's social care as ripe for reform in a speech this month, with failing services handed to trusts or other providers to run. Children's services experts give their views on what this means for the years ahead

Councils call for clarity over refugee support arrangements

News

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Council and children's services leaders are calling on the government to clarify how they will be supported to resettle 20,000 refugees, including unaccompanied children, from Syria.

Only a quarter of councils rated 'good' in Ofsted inspections

News

Thursday, August 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Three-quarters of English children's services departments assessed under Ofsted's single inspection framework (SIF) have been given the two lowest ratings, latest data reveals.

DfE urged to publish full figures for failed returns from care

News

Monday, July 27, 2015

| CYP Now

The NSPCC is calling for the government to publish detailed data revealing how many children in each English local authority area re-enter care after a return home fails.

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

News

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted will spend fewer days "on site" during inspections of local authority children's services as part of efforts to ease the impact of the process, CYP Now has learned.

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

News

Thursday, May 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The leader of a council where children's services were graded "inadequate" by Ofsted has blamed central government for falling standards.

Charity chief: foster carer quality must improve

News

Thursday, May 7, 2015

| CYP Now

Improving the quality of foster carers is the key challenge facing the care system, the chief executive of looked-after children charity the Who Cares? Trust has said.

Doncaster sees four-fold decrease in children missing from care

News

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of looked-after children that go missing from care in Doncaster has fallen nearly four-fold over the past year following the introduction of a dedicated support worker.

ADCS president O'Sullivan to champion Staying Put extension

News

Thursday, April 16, 2015

| CYP Now

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has vowed to make the extension of support rights for children in residential care a key goal of her time in office.

'Passive' DfE fails to improve outcomes for looked-after children

News

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs have launched a scathing attack on the Department for Education's commitment to improving support for children in care.

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

News

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two more English authorities have been told by Ofsted that their children's services are not up to scratch.

Professionals admit to social care knowledge gap

News

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Many social care professionals admit to having an incomplete understanding of the rights and entitlements of looked-after children and care leavers, research has revealed.

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

News

Friday, December 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Bristol and Rochdale have been told to improve the quality of services for children and young people following inspections by Ofsted.

Government rejects MPs' call to ban B&B use for care leavers

News

Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has rejected calls from MPs for an outright ban on the use of bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation for care leavers.

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

News

Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Somerset County Council has announced it has terminated the contract of the interim director of children's services (DCS) for failing to deliver improvements at the struggling authority quickly enough.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

News

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

News

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services in Blackpool are improving but problems remain with support for care leavers and planning for looked-after children, inspectors have found.

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Shared Services: Special Report

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services standards

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

Children in Care: Policy and Practice

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

Cameron announces drive to improve outcomes for children in care

Cameron speech reignites debate over children's services 'market'

Councils call for clarity over refugee support arrangements

Only a quarter of councils rated 'good' in Ofsted inspections

DfE urged to publish full figures for failed returns from care

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

Charity chief: foster carer quality must improve

Doncaster sees four-fold decrease in children missing from care

ADCS president O'Sullivan to champion Staying Put extension

'Passive' DfE fails to improve outcomes for looked-after children

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

Professionals admit to social care knowledge gap

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

Government rejects MPs' call to ban B&B use for care leavers

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

Slough children's services to become independent trust

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

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