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More places in children’s homes for vulnerable young people along with mandatory national standards and new Ofsted accountability to end unregulated accommodation.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Correspondence between the Secretary of State for Education, the Department for Health and Social Care and the panel about the second national child safeguarding practice review.
Sunderland children’s services jump to Outstanding from failing in 2015 following Government intervention
£24 million regional fund for children's social care, including funding to support unaccompanied minors
Vicky Ford addresses the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) annual conference
Ofsted's annual survey captures the views of children and adults about children's social care settings.
New funding to extend support to care leavers and proposals launched to introduce national standards in unregulated accommodation.
Correspondence between the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel chair and government ministers about the first national child safeguarding practice review.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
A ban on placing vulnerable children under the age of 16 in unregulated accommodation will come into force in September
New guidance for councils has been published to help ensure care leavers have the stable homes they need, and prevent them from becoming homeless.
Ofsted has published guidance for inspectors for new series of joint inspections focusing on children’s mental health.
Up to 40 new areas will benefit from £15 million to expand promising innovative approaches to keeping families safely together.
Education Secretary welcomes innovative approaches being trialled to reduce the number of care leavers ‘Not in Education, Employment or Training’
Nadhim Zahawi, Minister for Children and Families, spoke at the launch of a landmark package of support for young people leaving care.
Landmark package of support announced to help raise aspirations and outcomes for care leavers
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Barnardo’s are entering into a new partnership to support care leavers into work.
The neglect of older children sometimes goes 'unseen', and needs greater understanding and a more co-ordinated approach from local agencies, according to a new report published today.
Minister for Children and Families Nadhim Zahawi spoke to directors of children's services at the ACDS conference 2018 in Manchester.
Children in care will get better mental health assessments as they enter the care system under a new £1million pilot scheme.
Children and Families Minister Nadhim Zahawi announces three new projects to support for care leavers into education, employment or training.
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