Ofsted identifies serious and widespread failures at Wakefield
“Serious and widespread failures” have been identified at Wakefield children’s services by Ofsted.
Judging Wakefield as ‘inadequate’, Ofsted said inspectors found cases of children throughout the services for whom risk had not been identified and where appropriate action had not been taken to help and protect them.
There are serious delays in achieving permanence for children in [...]
Decision to close FDAC National Unit slammed by Nagalro
Nagalro has slammed the imminent closure of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court National Unit as “short-sighted and financially illiterate”.
Following an emergency meeting about the closure of the unit last week attended by former children’s minister Tim Loughton, Labour MP Emma Lewell-Buck, the Earl of Listowel fro the House of Lords, researcher Professor Karen Broadhurst, [...]
"Siblings are considered to be one of the most significant of all of our relationships"
WillisPalmer’s head of operations Harriet Jannetta on the importance of considering siblings within assessments
When I started to write this blog, I questioned myself about why I had chosen this as the topic. The simple answer is that whilst not everyone will undertake sibling assessments, the reality is that when undertaking any assessment each and [...]
APPG for Children reveals postcode lottery for vulnerable children
The government has been urged to address the gap in funding for children’s social care services and put in place a sustainable long-term funding settlement for early help and preventative services by a group of MPs and peers.
The plea comes after an inquiry by the All Party Parliamentary group for Children found that vulnerable children [...]
FDAC National Unit set to close due to funding shortage
The Family Drug and Alcohol Court National Unit is set for closure in September, it has emerged.
The award-winning Family Drug and Alcohol Court was launched in January 2008 and is run by Coram and the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, a leading London-based provider of mental health care and education. FDAC is a new [...]
Bromley ‘working well’ to improve outcomes for vulnerable adolescents
The local authority and partners are working well to improve practice and outcomes for vulnerable adolescents in Bromley, Ofsted has found.
Strong commitment from strategic partners and senior leaders in the council has resulted in strengthened and effective collaboration, Ofsted said following its seventh and final monitoring visit since the local authority was judged inadequate in [...]
