Tag Archives | unregulated placements

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Children, Social work leaders

15th consecutive rise in care population in England over past year, DfE data shows

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Catastrophic’ loss of one in five supported accommodation beds projected, as regulation looms

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Children

‘The wrong people are running the care system – and getting it badly wrong’

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Social Work Recap: regulation of care leaver accommodation and legal action over children in hotels

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Unregulated settings to face inspections a third as often as children’s homes

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Children

Third of looked-after children aged 16 and 17 in unregulated settings

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The Royal Courts of Justice

Children, Social work leaders

High Court dismisses claim that failure to ban unregulated placements for 16- and 17-year-olds was unlawful

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Children

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

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The Royal Courts of Justice

Children, Social work leaders

Court can still agree children’s deprivation of liberty in placements banned by new law, says ruling

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Children

Children’s rights charity granted judicial review of ‘discriminatory’ unregulated placements legislation

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Children, Social work leaders

Sector split on unregulated placements overhaul as under-16s ban looms

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