Stockton praised for response to neglect in JTAI
Effective multi-agency arrangements to address child abuse at Stockton-upon-Tees has been highlighted in a Joint Targeted Area Inspection.
Inspectors from Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission, and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation and Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services undertook a joint inspection of the multi-agency response to abuse and neglect in Stockton-On-Tees, including a ‘deep dive’ focus [...]
Care applications fall in December for the third year running
Care applications fell for the third December in a row, official data shows.
There were 1008 care applications made to Cafcass in December 2017. In December 2016 there were 1094 and in December 2015 there were 1103.
The figures were not as low as in 2014 when 932 care applications were made.
The [...]
Progress made in care leavers services in Wandsworth
Wandsworth council has been praised for making progress in its services for care leavers by Ofsted.
A monitoring visit of the London Borough of Wandsworth by the inspectorate found made ‘purposeful and well-targeted progress’ in improving services for its care leavers.
“The quality of work in most areas has started to improve very recently. Senior leaders now [...]
Government urged to address shortfall in funding for children’s services
The Local Government Association has urged the government to address the £2 billion funding gap facing children’s services in the upcoming final Local Government Finance Settlement.
The LGA warns that a child was referred to children’s services every 49 seconds last year and councils are struggling to cope with the rising demand for support.
Cllr Richard Watts, [...]
Social media causing anxiety amongst children
Children are becoming overly reliant on ‘likes’ and comments on social media for validation, the children’s commissioner for England has warned.
Anne Longfield has published a report ‘Life in Likes’ which highlights that some children are becoming almost addicted to ‘likes’ as a form of social validation that makes them happy and that many are increasingly [...]
Two thirds of schools yet to have mental health lead
Two thirds of school leaders have reported that they do not have a trained lead professional in mental health in their schools.
The Pupil Mental Health Crisis Survey 2017 of more than 600 school leaders found that two thirds said that there is still no dedicated staff member in their school who is trained in, [...]
