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Fosterer fees key to easing carer shortage, claims think-tank

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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Foster carers should be given an annual fee with the most experienced being paid a formal salary, a think-tank has claimed.

Behind the Rating: Strong links with health staff

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Friday, May 27, 2011

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Wirral Council -- Inspection of safeguarding and looked-after children services, March 2011.

Adopted children to be granted priority for school places

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

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Adopted children are to be given priority access to the school of their choice under the government's revised admissions code.

Councils report shortfall in suitable families as adoptions rise

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

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More children are being adopted, but councils need to do more to recruit the "right" adopters, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said.

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

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

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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.

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, benefits and child poverty

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

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Clegg pledges government review of youth unemployment strategy; the Conservatives could introduce tougher penalties for unemployed young people; and a charity warns literacy levels must improve to tackle child poverty, all in the news today.

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

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Parents could be forced to pay as much as £900-a-month if their children are taken into care, under plans announced by Worcestershire County Council.

Language guide challenges care system jargon

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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

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"What are peers?", "What are neets?" and "Why do social workers call my home a placement?" are among the questions flagged by young people who helped produce a new publication that challenges jargon used in the care system.

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, youth unemployment and children's centres

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

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Government's response on child sexual exploitation criticised; small rise in youth unemployment; and minister plays down significance of children's centre closures, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: child poverty, social work bonuses and apprenticeships

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

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Claims the government will miss its child poverty targets; Doncaster Council offers cash incentives to social workers; and the Sutton Trust calls for more apprenticeship places, all in the news today.

Panel of experts set out to get adoption sector's 'house in order'

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

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Members of the government's new Adoption Leadership Board explain how they will help ensure adoption reforms change local services on the ground and improve the system for children and adoptive parents.

Government considers extending children's home leaving age to 21

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

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The government is to explore the possibility of allowing young people to stay in residential care up to the age of 21, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

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Wilshaw reveals he called for Ofsted chair to remain; leaving foster care age for young people in Wales raised; and £500,000 fund set up to help male victims of rape, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Discrimination, adoption advertising, and children's hospital review

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Monday, February 17, 2014

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Staff survey reveals apparent increase in discrimination at Department for Education; council launches cinema advertising campaign; and probe ordered into deaths at Bristol children's hospital, all in the news today.

Child's needs key to sibling adoption

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

| CYP Now

When placing siblings for adoption, social workers must no longer assume they should be kept together.

Forced caesarean highlights complexity of child protection decisions, experts say

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

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Adoption experts say the placement with a new family of a child of a mentally ill Italian woman who had a forced caesarean is one of the most complex children's social workers have dealt with.