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Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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At its best, technology speeds up laborious inputting of information, enabling children’s services practitioners to spend more time with their clients, helps commissioners to identify trends so they can prioritise resources, and enable leaders to make informed choices on how services are structured.

Unregistered children’s homes: Legal Update

Thursday, January 2, 2020

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As the number of children being taken into care continues to rise, Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at concerns regarding unregulated and unregistered children’s homes.

Shared Services: Special Report

Thursday, January 2, 2020

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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.

Troubled council to launch children's services trust in 2019

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

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A struggling council that a government report recommended be scrapped and replaced with two new unitary authorities is pushing ahead with plans to establish children's services to an independent trust in 12 months' time.

Ofsted considers scrapping overall ratings for children's services

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

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Ofsted is considering ditching overall ratings for the quality of children's services when it introduces its new inspection framework next year, it has emerged.

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

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Social workers who fail new accreditation tests being introduced by government will not lose their registration, the chief social worker for children has said.

Council offers £15,000 mortgage deposit to attract children's social workers

Friday, April 29, 2016

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A council has unveiled plans to stump up money to help children's social workers to buy a home as part of efforts to boost recruitment.

DfE-backed co-operative housing scheme for care leavers to launch

Friday, April 29, 2016

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A council is set to launch a co-operative company to provide supported housing for care leavers as part of pioneering attempts to improve outcomes.

National unit for secure children's home placements to be created

Monday, April 4, 2016

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A local authority is to be handed national responsibility for co-ordinating placements of children in secure homes, children's minister Edward Timpson has said.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

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A council's children's services department has been rated as "requires improvement" by Ofsted after inspectors found a number of areas that need to be addressed.

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

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Two local authorities have become the first to be awarded "outstanding" judgments under Ofsted's controversial inspection framework for children's services.

Relentless increase in children's care applications set to continue

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

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A record number of care applications were made in February, but experts differ over whether this is a sign of better child protection practice, the result of cuts to early help services or rising levels of poverty.

DfE commits to fresh funding for social care innovation programme

Thursday, March 17, 2016

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Local authorities and charities will be able to access a fresh round of government funding to test innovative ideas for children's social care, it has emerged.

Children's home providers call for fee increases

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

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Placement fees paid by local authorities to children's homes providers must be increased if the sector is to cope with rising costs, it has been claimed.

Ofsted praises council for ‘outstanding' work on adoption and leadership

Friday, February 19, 2016

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A council has been praised by Ofsted for its work on adoption and the way its children's services department is managed, with both areas being rated as "outstanding".

Government-ordered children's trust services rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

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The quality of children's services provided by a government-ordered independent trust have been rated as "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Cost of raising residential care leaving age 'could exceed £500m'

Thursday, January 28, 2016

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The cost of raising the age that children can remain in children's homes from 18 to 21 could exceed £500m, the man leading a government review of residential care has said.

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

Thursday, January 21, 2016

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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 two councils to improve children's services

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

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Two councils have been told to improve standards within their children's services departments following inspections by Ofsted.

DfE to encourage children's social care providers to ‘take risks'

Monday, January 18, 2016

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A "fundamental cultural shift" featuring a greater degree of risk-taking is necessary in order to improve standards within children's social care, the Department for Education has said.

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