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Residential Care Special Report 2023

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  • Tuesday, September 26, 2023
  • | CYP Now
A new government policy paper puts forward plans to change the way residential care placements are commissioned but the measures fall short of solving a shortage of children’s homes places, say experts.

Residential Care: Key policy developments

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  • Tuesday, September 26, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Latest Department for Education statistics show that there were 2,880 children’s homes operating on 31 March 2023, an increase of nine per cent from the previous year (238 homes).

Commissioning Children’s Social Care: Key policy developments

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  • Tuesday, May 30, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Faced with a 25 per cent rise in children in care over the past decade and funding levels that have failed to keep pace with this demand, some local authorities have struggled to ensure there are enough placements in their local area to meet the number and needs of children.

Wider factors influencing the closure of children's homes

There is a sufficiency crisis for looked-after children in residential and foster care. In the case of residential sufficiency, the crisis has now become more acute with the reported planned closure of a significant number of homes operated by Outcomes First Group (see "Guide to OFG" below).

Inspections Clinic: Supported accommodation

Providers of supported accommodation to looked-after young people and care leavers are being registered this year before inspections start in 2024. Jo Stephenson takes a look at Ofsted's plans.

Therapeutic Care: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, January 31, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Therapeutic care has its roots in the post-war psychoanalytic movement that sought to understand the impact trauma has on children and young people and what support needs to be put in place to give them the best chance of recovering.

Therapeutic Care Special Report

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  • Tuesday, January 31, 2023
  • | CYP Now
With a post-pandemic surge in demand for mental health and emotional wellbeing support, service providers are working to meet the needs of children and young people requiring therapeutic care.

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