One in five child deaths in England are preventable
A fifth of child deaths in England could be prevented, according to a study examining deaths between 2010 and 2011.
The study, published in the respected medial journal The Lancet, found the causes of these deaths included abuse, neglect, suicide and accidents.
The research series, which examined child deaths in high-income countries, also suggests [...]
DfE childminder guidance contradicts Ofsted inspection plans
DfE childminder guidance contradicts Ofsted inspection plans
Childminders who join an agency will not be able to register with Ofsted in order to retain their individual inspection rating, the Department for Education has confirmed.
The DfE’s step-by-step guide to childminder agencies states that individuals can “only be registered with one agency or Ofsted at any one time”.
The [...]
Majority of family courts miss 26-week target
Majority of family courts miss 26-week target. More than two-thirds of court areas in England have failed to meet a target for care proceedings to be completed within six months.
Statistics released by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) show that across England the average time care applications that were completed between [...]
DBS Update Service
For all new DBS applications you can now register for the DBS update service.The update service allows the disclosure to be checked by employers online. This means that your DBS Certificate can be used across multiple work roles with children and/or vulnerable adults avoiding the expense and time taken of applying for individual certificates for [...]
HCPC re-registration for social workers
The window of time to sort HCPC re-registration opens on 1 September.
This will be the first time social workers have renewed in the new system since the registration and regulation of social workers in England changed on 1 August 2012, when the Health and Care Professions Council took over responsibility for the social care register.
This [...]
Councils 'unaware' of how many children 'neglected'
Councils 'unaware' of how many children 'neglected'
Research by Action for Children has found that most local authorities have no system for counting the number of neglected children
Most English local authorities do not have systems in place to identify how many children are being neglected, according to research by Action for Children.
Freedom of Information requests carried [...]
