Barnet care leavers' service steadily improving
The London Borough of Barnet has continued to focus steadily on developing and delivering improvements to the ‘onwards and upwards’ service for care leavers since the previous inspection, Ofsted has found.
Senior leaders and managers have worked effectively with relevant partner agencies, at both a strategic and operational level, to progress and sustain change across [...]
Slough makes significant progress
Significant progress has been made by Slough council and Slough Children’s Services Trust in tackling the deep-rooted problems which led to the service being judged inadequate in 2011, 2013 and 2015, Ofsted has said.
After a faltering start, senior leaders from the council and the trust now work closely together to deliver improved services for [...]
Oldham requires improvement to be good
Since the last inspection of Oldham children's services in 2015, strategic leadership has not delivered continuous improvement of services for children, Ofsted has said.
During 2016–17, although leaders had access to performance data, they had insufficient understanding of the quality of social work practice, the inspection of Oldham children’s social care services found. While they [...]
Overly adult-focused work found at Hackney
The quality of practice for a substantial number of vulnerable children has not been sustained at the London Borough of Hackney since the last Ofsted inspection in 2016, inspectors have warned.
In 2016, services for children in need of help and protection were judged to be good, however, too many children in too many cases [...]
Child witnesses of domestic abuse need greater support
Child witnesses of domestic abuse need greater support: The cost of failing to protect child exposure to domestic violence is costing UK taxpayers up to £1.4bn, new analysis has warned.
Pro Bono Economics’ (PBE) analysis carried out for the charity Hestia found that children witnessing domestic violence are more likely to experience conduct and hyperactivity disorders. [...]
Employment opportunities for care leavers to be explored
A study exploring the employment opportunities for care leavers is set to be carried out by researchers from the Rees Centre, University of Oxford and from the University of York.
A grant from the Nuffield Foundation will enable the researchersto carry out a large-scale academic study that will explore in detail what factors, including earlier education [...]
