Children's services at Medway are inadequate
Services to help and protect children in Medway are inadequate and most areas have deteriorated since the single inspection of services in 2015, according to a report by Ofsted.
Many vulnerable children who have experienced long-term neglect, and those at risk of exploitation and who go missing from home or care, live in situations of [...]
Progress made at Sheffield
Senior leaders and managers at Sheffield have achieved steady progress in improving the vast majority of services since the last inspection in May 2013, Ofsted has said.
Children’s services in Sheffield were rated good whereas in May 2013 they had received a judgement of require improvement to be good.
"This led to a comprehensive improvement [...]
Clear vision for vulnerable children at Halton, says JTAI
Senior leaders in the Halton local area partnership have a clear vision and strong commitment to working together to meet the needs of vulnerable children, a joint targeted area inspection has found.
Between 8 and 12 July 2019, Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission, HMI Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services and HMI Probation carried out [...]
Services for children in Southend require improvement to be good
Services for children in Southend-on-Sea require improvement to be good, as was the case at the last inspection in 2016, Ofsted has said.
While senior leaders have made significant progress in some areas in improving the quality of practice, despite a challenging local context, there is more work to do.
"Leaders have concentrated heavily on [...]
£3.3 million funding for young people's mental health projects
Twenty three projects supporting young people with mental health problems are to benefit from £3.3 million of funding, the government has announced.
Support including counselling, mentoring and arts programmes will be offered to young people with mental ill health in their communities as a result of the funding.
Minister for Public [...]
Devolved budgets for social workers broadly welcomed
Practitioners have broadly welcomed a new project devolving budgets to social workers, according to the What Works for Children's Social Care centre.
Three pilots running in Darlington, Hillingdon and Wigan are exploring whether devolved budgets enabling workers to allow them to find creative solutions to family problems can prevent young people ending up in care.
