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A report assessing data from local safeguarding incidents in England will assist learning and drive improvement to help families and protect children.
An example of the section 31 letter issued to the lead local authorities in each of the 9 regional improvement and innovation alliances.
Ofsted, the CQC and HMICFRS have published a joint report on the multi-agency response to children and families who need help.
First local areas selected to test initial set of transformational programmes within children’s social care, supporting families through early help.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Ofsted's response to the Department for Education's proposals to reform children’s social care.
Response to the Department for Education's (DFE) consultation on the children’s social care national framework and dashboard indicators.
Ofsted responds to the Department for Education's call for views on a set of national rules on the engagement of agency social work resource.
Oral Statement to the House of Commons following the death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
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
Findings from our joint targeted area inspections of ‘the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment’ summarised in report published today.
How Manchester city council identified gaps and offered training to prepare social workers for the NAAS assessment.
Up to 40 new areas will benefit from £15 million to expand promising innovative approaches to keeping families safely together.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
£45million to boost the number of trainees on the Frontline programme
Minister Nadhim Zahawi spoke to children's services leaders about best practice and innovation at the National Children and Adult Services Conference.
Secretary of State Damian Hinds spoke for the first time to directors of children's services at the ADCS conference on Thursday 5 July in Manchester.
The panel members, along with the chair Edward Timpson, will review the most serious child safeguarding cases to share lessons and improve practice.
Phased roll-out of the National Assessment and Accreditation System from 2018
Children's minister Robert Goodwill announces funding for 24 projects, as part of the Children's Social Care Innovation Programme.
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