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    Yvette Stanley

    Children, Social work leaders

    Ofsted sharpens focus on stability for children in care in judgments of providers

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    The Houses of Parliament in London

    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill explained

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    Workforce

    Would you work for an ‘inadequate’ service?

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    Image of teenager looking sadly towards window (credit: fizkes / Adobe Stock)

    Children, Social work leaders

    Sevenfold increase in number of children placed in unregistered homes over past three years

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    Bridget Phillipson standing in front of a union fla

    Children, Social work leaders

    ‘Crackdown on excessive profits’ pledged as government unveils children’s social care reforms

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    Community Care, Workforce Insights

    Podcast: would you work for an inadequate-rated service?

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    Woman social worker talking to girl. Child psychology, mental health.

    Children, Social work leaders

    Inspectors to probe agencies’ response to child victims of domestic abuse

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    Compass dial pointing to word 'performance'

    Adults, Social work leaders

    No plans to scrap single-word ratings for adults’ services, says government

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    Janet Daby

    Children, Social work leaders

    Government to legislate to tackle ‘profiteering’ in children’s social care, says minister

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    Magnifying glass focusing on the word inspection

    Children, Social work leaders

    Ofsted to scrap single-word judgments of social care services

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    Yvette Stanley

    Children, Social work leaders

    ‘Worrying’ number of children wrongly placed in supported accommodation, says Ofsted chief

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    Yvette Stanley

    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    Number of children’s homes up 44% since 2020 as fostering sector shrinks

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    Image of compass arrow pointing to word 'improvement' (credit: Coloures-Pic / Adobe Stock)

    Children, Social work leaders

    ‘Consistently high standards’ of social work earns Cafcass across-the-board outstanding rating

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    Swindon social workers on strike

    Workforce

    Third group of social workers to strike at council

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    Word blocks spelling out 'outsourcing' being changed to 'insourcing'

    Children, Social work leaders

    Children’s trust to be disbanded as council takes services back in-house

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    Yvette Stanley

    Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

    ‘Good social work basics’ key to year-on-year children’s services improvements – Ofsted

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