Tag Archives | children’s homes

Girl looking pensive on car journey

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Short-notice’ children’s home closures show need for greater powers over market – sector heads

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Teenage girl in care

Children, Social work leaders

Councils referring more children from residential to foster care, report agencies

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Pad of paper with 'staff shortages' written on it

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social worker shortages making job ‘unsustainable’ for some, warns Ofsted

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Children, Social work leaders

Outsourcing of children’s home placements linked to poorer council Ofsted ratings, suggests study

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Children, Social work leaders

Welsh Government consulting on eliminating profit-making provision for children in care

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Yvette Stanley

Children, Social work leaders

Number of unregistered children’s homes doubled last year, finds Ofsted

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Children

Staffing pressures limiting children’s homes’ ability to respond to rising council demand, finds study

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Children, Social work leaders

Regional care commissioning ‘risks greater costs, bureaucracy and remote decision making’

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Community Care, Workforce Insights

How working in residential care enables staff to build one-on-one relationships with young people

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Children

‘Resident protests against children’s homes are a microcosm of an uncaring care system’

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investigations

Children, Social work leaders

‘Dysfunctional’ care market needs overhaul to tackle high prices and scarce placements, says watchdog

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Children, Social work leaders

Some firms ‘profiteering’ from children’s homes, says minister

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Children

Ofsted to inspect and register unregulated accommodation providers for 16–17-year-olds in care

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Yvette Stanley

Workforce, Children, Social work leaders

Ofsted calls for power to scrutinise children’s home groups

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Yvette Stanley

Children, Social work leaders

Ofsted to let providers register multi-building children’s homes to tackle capacity pressures

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Children

When hard work and sensitivity are not enough in working with vulnerable children

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