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A round-up of the Ofsted reports of inspections of children’s services published during September. Strong corporate leadership at Westminster Within Westminster, there is strong corporate leadership to improve outcomes for…
Over a quarter of the funding for child and adolescent mental health services is not making it to frontline services, it has emerged. Labour MP Luciana Berger asked a parliamentary…
Close Protection Officer David Hammond on how Independent Social Workers need to keep safe in their work and protect themselves from harm. In 2014 the Community Care website ran a…
A scheme which supports children who have witnessed domestic violence is set to be rolled out nationally following £163m funding from the Home Office. Operation Encompass has been awarded the…
The government has launched a National County Lines Coordination Centre to improve the UK’s response to county line drug crimes. County lines includes criminals exploiting vulnerable young people to supply…
Campaigning charities have welcomed the announcement that there will be a full review of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. Coalition partners Barnardo’s Chief Executive Javed Khan, Victim Support Chief Officer…
Children’s services rated as inadequate by Ofsted will face a shorter re-inspection, the inspectorate has announced. Inadequate councils currently receive up to six quarterly monitoring visits prior to a three-week…
The pace of progress has been slow in too many areas of the service for looked-after children in Tameside, Ofsted has warned. Inspectors found some evidence of improving performance in…
New research shows that there may be more than 800,000 young carers aged 11-16 years old in England – much more than previously thought. The University of Nottingham and BBC…
The number of care applications received by Cafcass has reduced by 5 per cent over two years, the latest statistics have shown. Cafcass received a total of 1,179 new care…
