Hampshire Council to co-ordinate secure children’s home placements
Children’s minister outlines plans to address problems in secure children’s home field
Hampshire Council will co-ordinate all placements for children in secure children’s homes, it has emerged.
Hampshire Council will set up a new unit to co-ordinate placements made by all local authorities from early May.
“The unit will remove some of the administrative difficulties and delays from [...]
Government to spend £200m on innovation in children’s social care
Innovation Programme is backed by £200m over next four years to deliver government’s vision for children’s services
The government has pledged to spend £200m to enhance innovation in children’s services over the next four years.
The Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme, launched by the Children’s Minister Edward Timpson in October 2013, is designed to innovate and redesign [...]
Local authorities ‘may misinterpret’ law around s20 warns children’s leaders
ADCS and Cafcass launch guidance for local authorities around use of Section 20 following recent judicial criticism
The Association of Directors of Children’s Services has warned that local authorities may misinterpret the law around Section 20 of the Children Act following recent judicial criticism.
In fresh guidance issued by the ADCS and Cafcass, the organisations state that [...]
New standards for social workers unveiled by HCPC
HCPC launches consultation on standards of proficiency
Social workers will need to be able to present reports in formal settings under new standards proposed by the Health and Care Professions Council.
The HCPC has launched a consultation on changes to the standards of proficiency for social workers in England which are standards that the [...]
Special Guardianship Orders reach record high
The number of children placed with Special Guardians exceeds 5,000 for the first time ever
More than 5,000 children were involved in Special Guardianship Orders in the family courts during 2015, Ministry of Justice figures have confirmed.
The number of children placed with special guardians exceeded 5,000 for the first time, the statistics showed, a rise of [...]
Ofsted heaps praise on tri-borough partnership
Inspectorate rates Westminster and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea as outstanding while Hammersmith and Fulham is rated good.
Exemplary leadership and high quality social work has been praised at two London Boroughs by Ofsted.
The inspectorate rated Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea as ‘outstanding’ following an inspection of children’s services. The two [...]
