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Sexual abuse focused child protection plans fall despite increasing cases

Thursday, February 15, 2024

| CYP Now

The number of plans put in place by councils to protect children from sexual abuse has dropped despite the number of recorded cases increasing, analysis has found.

Ofsted rates Tameside ‘inadequate’ amid rising caseloads

News

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

| CYP Now

Tameside Council’s children’s services has been handed Ofsted’s lowest rating after an inspection found concerns around rising caseloads, an “over reliance” on temporary staff and “serious failures” in protecting children.

The silent struggle of asylum-seeking children

Opinion

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

| CYP Now

In the heart of the debate surrounding the Safety of Rwanda Bill and amidst the heated discussions on immigration policy, it’s critical that we keep our attention firmly on the vulnerable children and young people seeking refuge within our borders.

Ofsted criticises council over ‘inadequate experiences and progress of care leavers’

News

Friday, February 9, 2024

| CYP Now

Peterborough's children’s services have been rated “inadequate” by Ofsted, partly due to its lack of support for care leavers and a “lack of sufficient leadership focus”.

DfE releases second round of funding for migrant children mentoring scheme

News

Thursday, February 8, 2024

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has released a new tranche of funding to enable local authorities to deliver mentoring programmes to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

Dorset to trial early help scheme to avoid children being taken into care

News

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

| CYP Now

A pilot scheme to offer early help to families where there is a risk of children being taken into care is to launch in Dorset.

Local Spotlight: Bolton Council

Best Practice

Thursday, February 1, 2024

| CYP Now

Despite budget squeezes and high child poverty rates, North West council’s children’s services is achieving high standards.

Trauma-informed practice in residential child care settings

Best Practice

Thursday, February 1, 2024

| CYP Now

Drawing on 75 years’ experience, the Mulberry Bush Organisation has developed a range of training programmes for staff working with children who have, or are, experiencing early life trauma.

Consultation launches on statutory guidance for council use of agency social workers

News

Thursday, February 1, 2024

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has launched a four-week consultation on new statutory guidance for the use of agency social workers by local authority children’s services.

Young care-experienced parents build confidence in developing support networks

Best Practice

Thursday, February 1, 2024

| CYP Now

Care-experienced parents are using their voice to get support and help with professional development in Hertfordshire.

Liverpool’s ‘inadequate’ children’s services improving, says Ofsted

News

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| CYP Now

Ofsted has welcomed measures being taken by Liverpool City Council to improve its children’s services, which were rated as “inadequate” in May last year.

Call for greater involvement of children’s social care in local health plans

News

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| CYP Now

A lack of joined up working with children’s social care and education settings is contributing to inconsistencies in addressing the needs of babies, children and young people in local health plans, according to research.

Special Report: Trauma-Informed Care

Features

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| CYP Now

Trauma-informed care is a way of working with vulnerable children and families that seeks to recognise and respond to traumatic experiences and which is now being widely adopted across a range of settings

Two more councils vote to recognise care experience as a protected characteristic

News

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| CYP Now

Two more councils have passed a motion to recognise care experience as a protected characteristic, including the first Welsh council to do so.

New era for supporting children

Analysis

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| CYP Now

Supported accommodation providers body aims to help spread good practice as inspections loom.

Six reasons Care Review reforms need strengthening to succeed

Analysis

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| CYP Now

Evidence from key sector organisations to education committee inquiry on the government’s social care strategy calls for profit-making to be removed from the care sector and more rights for care leavers.

Sector recruitment challenges key barrier to safeguarding children, report warns

News

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| CYP Now

Recruitment and retention challenges across services working with families is a key barrier to safeguarding vulnerable children, a major report warns.

Annual spending by councils on private children’s home placements soars

News

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| CYP Now

Local authority spending on private residential care placements for children has increased by almost a quarter over the last year, latest government figures show.

Research reveals trends in child social care demand and outcomes

Analysis

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| CYP Now

An analysis of more than three million social care assessments in England has uncovered trends in demand and links to outcomes for vulnerable children which, researchers say, could help councils to better understand local population challenges and adapt service provision accordingly.

Judge highlights ‘gargantuan’ challenges in finding suitable welfare placements

News

Monday, January 29, 2024

| CYP Now

A High Court judge has criticised “insurmountable challenges” in securing care placements for teenagers with complex mental health needs after a 14-year-old girl, who was deprived of her liberty, was forced to live in a hospital side room for at least six weeks before being placed in an unregistered setting.

Councils still face ‘difficult decisions’ despite children’s services funding boost

News

Thursday, January 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Local authority and children's services leaders have welcomed a £600m government funding boost to relieve pressure for support services but say it "does not negate the need for a sufficient long term funding settlement for children".

Child refugees wrongly assessed as adults facing abuse and exploitation, charities warn

News

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Child refugees are being wrongly assessed as adults and are facing abuse, harassment, and exploitation after being placed in adult hotels and detention facilities, a group of charities is warning.