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Ofsted's Chief Inspector discussed the impact of COVID-19 and recent work at the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) annual conference.
£24 million regional fund for children's social care, including funding to support unaccompanied minors
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Vicky Ford addresses the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) annual conference
Brain injuries in babies to be reduced in new drive to avoid birthing complications, announces maternity safety minister Nadine Dorries.
The British Embassy in Monrovia invites proposals for projects to be grant-funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office’s International Programme.
Serious and widespread failings at Rainsbrook secure training centre have put children and staff at risk of harm, Ofsted, HMI Prisons and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) find.
Ofsted's annual survey captures the views of children and adults about children's social care settings.
Funding boost to help level up opportunities for children and young people in social care
Tax-Free Childcare – a childcare top-up for working parents – can be used to help pay for accredited holiday clubs, childminders or sports activities.
New funding to extend support to care leavers and proposals launched to introduce national standards in unregulated accommodation.
Gavin Williamson speaks about the importance of family in levelling up outcomes and opportunities for young people
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 new report calls for government departments and all those who work to safeguard children to have a shared focus on tackling the “stubborn challenges” in child protection.
From today, councils can apply to the DWP for funding to train frontline staff who regularly come into contact with families facing conflict, so they can intervene at the right time to reduce friction between parents and hel…
Babies and children in England will get a better start in life following the publication of a review into reducing inequalities in the first 1,001 days of life.
Ofsted is set to introduce a new, more effective and proportionate approach to inspecting Cafcass (the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service).
Thousands of families are using Tax-Free Childcare to pay for childcare and benefitting from the 20% government top-up.
Millions more children and young people will have access to significantly expanded mental health services, backed by £79 million.
A ban on placing vulnerable children under the age of 16 in unregulated accommodation will come into force in September
PM Boris Johnson has appointed Dr. Alex George as Youth Mental Health Ambassador.
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