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<img alt="Children's services trust set to cost £4.6m" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/4286e13f-ea19-43f8-b7fa-6f455ae96232/2/worcestershirecountyhallpictureworcestershirecountycouncil-320x198.jpg" />
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Worcestershire County Council cabinet members have voted unanimously to develop a wholly owned council company to deliver children's services, which were rated as "inadequate" by Ofsted in January 2017....
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Published: 4 April 2018
<img alt="Major decline in overseas children's social workers in UK since Brexit vote" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/39b402d6-8a7d-4c8d-ad13-1de3403800ca/3/OfficerecruitmentxixinxingAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) figures obtained under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act show that the number of successful international social worker registrations in England increased...
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Published: 4 April 2018
<img alt="As many as 1,000 children's centres now closed, study finds" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/1d56a859-b018-487a-89ef-380e62c19895/1/parenting-320x198.jpg" />
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The Sutton Trust said that official government figures, which show a 14 per cent drop in centre numbers from 3,632 to 3,123 between August 2009 and October 2017, are out of date and inaccurate.
Based...
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Published: 4 April 2018
<img alt="Inspectors criticise SEND failures in Bedford" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/e1351fa3-fb47-4c85-9a1d-602d1979e94e/2/ofstedbuilding04-320x198.jpg" />
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Following a visit to Bedford in February, inspectors from Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission found that the relationship between Bedford Council's children's services and Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning...
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Published: 3 April 2018
<img alt="NCS Trust drops claim against liquidated provider" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/568aeae2-04fc-463f-92af-3cd7cbdb2f31/1/ncstrust-320x198.jpg" />
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The NCS Trust had previously claimed it was owed £780,000 by Engage4Life Ltd (E4L) which was one of 10 main providers awarded regional contracts worth close to £1bn to deliver the NCS between 2015 and...
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Published: 3 April 2018
<img alt="Labour warns of £1bn drop in children's services spending" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/f7dd21fc-0025-4c29-9cbe-608b7dfe1188/3/AngelRaynerMP-320x198.jpg" />
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Analysis by the party found that while the headline fall in spending between 2012 and 2017 comes to £300m, dropping from £7.92bn to £7.61bn, the real-terms decrease, taking into account inflation, comes...
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Published: 3 April 2018
<img alt="Ofsted praises multi-agency child protection work at two councils" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/06b4a33a-3abe-4f59-ac08-6e6a11a0c138/2/9077f771eca82d415755e27e098cba76jpg-320x198.jpg" />
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Separate focused visits by Ofsted to Waltham Forest and Barking and Dagenham councils were made last month to assess how well their multi-agency safeguarding hubs (Mash), which deal with child protection...
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Published: 3 April 2018
<img alt="Fall in number of young people 'Staying Put' in foster care" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6702d883-10cb-49ee-b394-5f97a0978d93/1/careleaver-320x198.jpg" />
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Under the Staying Put initiative, which was made law through the Children and Families Act 2014, councils have a duty to support looked-after children who want to remain with their foster carer until they...
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Published: 3 April 2018
<img alt="SEND reforms: Majority of children transferred ahead of deadline" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/97fe65cb-38fb-4cb3-b046-3e7ccc92cc8e/1/e525d5e501faf8b508aca5021e4a5565jpg-320x198.jpg" />
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Statistics released by the Department for Education show that as of 1 March there were 14,305 children who had not yet been issued with a educational, health and care (EHC) plan.
This means that local...
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Published: 29 March 2018