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Review into deaths of young people leaving the care system to be published later this year, led by Ashley John-Baptiste and Clare Chamberlain
Starting in the autumn of 2025, inspections will consider local areas’ multi-agency responses to child sexual abuse in the family environment.
An example of the section 31 letter issued to the lead local authorities in each of the 9 regional improvement and innovation alliances.
A national child safeguarding practice review has investigated the experiences of 193 children who were sexually abused by a family member.
Ofsted, the CQC, HMICFRS and HMI Probation have today published a report that finds serious youth violence is more far-reaching than many adults realise, affecting children all over England and leaving a serious impact on co…
Letter to local authorities outlining new burdens funding to set up agency child and family social worker data collection for the 2024 to 2025 financial year.
A report assessing data from local safeguarding incidents in England will assist learning and drive improvement to help families and protect children.
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
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