Pace of change at South Gloucestershire has accelerated, says Ofsted
The pace of improvement has started to increase at South Gloucestershire and now needs to be accelerated, said Ofsted following a recent monitoring visit.
Since the last monitoring visit, the local authority has continued to implement its improvement plan and recent progress has been made in some areas to improve services for children and young [...]
Special report: Childrens Mental Health
Clare Jerrom takes a look at the government’s proposals to improve childrens mental health services and why the plans have been criticised as ‘lacking ambition’.
The government has pledged to improve children and young people’s mental health services and published a green paper late last year.
Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health [...]
Expert’s Corner with Gretchen Precey - Children's Mental Health
Clare Jerrom talks to Independent Social Worker Gretchen Precey about children’s mental health.
The care system is not always geared up to address the mental health needs of children and young people, an Independent Social Worker has warned.
While one in 10 children have a diagnosable mental health disorder – the equivalent of three children in every [...]
Bolton rated ‘good’
Ofsted has rated children’s services in Bolton ‘good’ after its previous rating of ‘requires improvement’ in 2014.
Senior leaders and elected members have a clear focus on prioritising support, including financial resources, for Bolton’s most vulnerable children, the single inspection found.
“Social work practice and services have improved since the last inspection and are now good, resulting [...]
Care Crisis Review: overstretched and overwhelmed
The Care Crisis Review has unearthed “a palpable sense of unease” about how lack of resources, poverty and deprivation are making it harder for families and the children’s social care system to cope.
The seven-month sector led a review of the system included contributions from many stakeholders after Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, [...]
Improved care leavers services at Southampton
Improved care leavers services at Southampton: a “determined and stable senior leadership team” has made positive improvements to the services for care leavers in Southampton after services for care leavers were rated inadequate in the last inspection.
The Ofsted single inspection in 2014 found that services to children in Southampton required improvement to be good and [...]
