Tag Archives | secure children’s homes

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Children, Social work leaders

Care proceedings delays reduce but 26-week target still missed in most cases

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Jeremy Hunt

Children, Social work leaders

Budget: Hunt finds £165m for children’s homes as part of public sector productivity drive

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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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Children, Social work leaders

Secure children’s home bed numbers fall despite huge level of need

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Adults, Children, Workforce

How long waits for secure care are harming children already in crisis

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Children, Social work leaders

Multiple and complex needs found in backgrounds of children deprived of liberty

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Children, Social work leaders

Children are in ‘extreme crisis’: top judge berates DfE’s six-year failure to tackle ‘gross’ lack of secure units

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

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

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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, Social work leaders

Government should be required to ensure enough secure placements, says Children’s Commissioner

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Children, Social work leaders

Arrested children in London ‘will continue to be held in police cells’ despite court ruling

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Children, Social work leaders

Supreme Court voices ‘deep anxiety’ over ongoing secure home shortage in face of judges’ repeated warnings

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Yvette Stanley

Children, Social work leaders

Ofsted urges DfE to distribute children’s homes funding ‘at pace’ to tackle secure place shortage

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