Redcar and Cleveland improve response to children needing protection
Senior managers at Redcar and Cleveland have acted to improve their response when children need help and protection since the last Ofsted inspection, the inspectorate has said.
The functions of the first contact team have been reviewed and restructured and the team now undertakes assessments as well as reviewing contacts and referrals, the focused visit to [...]
The Big Question when you are a foster carer
Foster carer and journalist David Bocking on his experience of when foster children move on.
When you’re telling your friends about your cute temporary infant, they all eventually ask about what is known in the trade as the ‘transition’.
“How will you feel when he/she moves on?” they say, sometimes in a whisper in case the youngster [...]
Better information sharing found at West Berkshire
The co-location of partners in the MASH at West Berkshire since the last inspection has enabled more efficient and effective information-sharing, Ofsted has said.
A focused visit of the authority which looked at arrangements for children who need help and protection, found decisions made when children are first referred to children’s services are appropriate, correctly overseen [...]
Special Report: NHS pledges to improve children's mental health
In the same week that a committee of MPs slammed the NHS for failing children with mental health problems, the NHS published its Long-Term Plan which pledges to prioritise child and adolescent mental health services.
In its report into mental health services for children and young people, the Public Accounts Committee said [...]
Care applications plummet
There has been a significant plummet in the number of care applications made, figures have revealed.
In December 2018, there 975 care applications made to Cafcass - compared to 1,022 or a decline of 4.6% since December 2017 and compared to 1,094 in December 2016.
The last time figures were this low was in September 2015 [...]
Senior leadership team lead improvements in Bromley
A new and highly experienced senior leadership team has driven a rapid and sustained pace of improvement at the London Borough of Bromley, according to Ofsted.
In the last inspection in 2016, children’s services were judged to be inadequate, but the new leadership team has driven change, supported by a whole-council investment in children’s services.
"This has [...]
