Significant improvements at Wiltshire
There have been significant improvements at Wiltshire since the last inspection in 2015, when all areas of the service required improvement to be good.
Ofsted has now rated the authority's children's services as good, saying the determined and well-focused leadership of the executive director, combined with the corporate
resolution of key elected members, has paid dividends [...]
Inquiry into children's workforce launched
An inquiry into children's social care workforce has been launched by the Education Committee.
The committee of MPs, chaired by Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP, will examine what is needed from social work and what social workers need to ensure that children are adequately protected and supported.
Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP, Chair of the Education Committee, [...]
Care applications continue to fall
The number of care applications continues to fall, the latest statistics have revealed.
There were 1,021 care applications in June 2019 - a fall of 55 per cent from June 2018 when there were 1,076 applications made to Cafcass.
The 1,021 care applications also fell from the previous month in May 2019 when 1,157 were made.
Care applications [...]
£9.3 million mental health training scheme launched
Every school and college will be offered mental health training through a series of workshops as part of a £9.3 million scheme led by the Anna Freud Centre.
As part of the Link Programme, the most appropriate member of staff will be put forwards to participate in the workshops alongside mental health specialists.
Education Secretary Damian Hinds [...]
Police called to children's homes 23,000 times in a year
The police were called to children's homes in England and Wales almost 23,000 times in 2018 leading a penal reform charity to raise concerns over children in care being criminalised.
Some children's homes called police as many as 200 times a year and there were almost 23,000 call outs in total from all the children's homes [...]
Ofsted notes slow progress at Tameside
Progress had been slow at Tameside since the last inspection in 2016, when services for children were judged to be inadequate, Ofsted has said.
However, the inspection of children's services found that more recently, significant changes in senior leadership have supported the adoption of a much strengthened ‘whole-council’ commitment to improving the quality and impact of [...]
