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2 years ago
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Ofsted launches consultation for children’s homes and residential holiday schemes

The consultation contains proposals on new inspection arrangements for children's homes and residential holiday schemes...
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ofsted-launches-consultation-for-childrens-homes-and-residential-holiday-schemes
2 years ago
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Ofsted calls for stronger oversight of early years multiple providers and social care groups

Ofsted has published two research reports looking at early years multiple providers and providers that own more than one children's home...
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ofsted-calls-for-stronger-oversight-of-early-years-multiple-providers-and-social-care-groups
2 years ago
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Inspectorates: Urgent action needed at Oakhill Secure Training Centre

Vulnerable children face frequent violence and excessive use of force at Oakhill Secure Training Centre while living conditions are 'dilapidated' Ofsted HMI Prisons and the CQC find...
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/inspectorates-urgent-action-needed-at-oakhill-secure-training-centre
2 years ago
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Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre branded inadequate by inspectors

Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre has been downgraded to inadequate by inspectors the lowest possible rating...
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/rainsbrook-secure-training-centre-branded-inadequate-by-inspectors
3 years ago
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New recovery fund to tackle harms facing vulnerable children

million regional fund for children's social care including funding to support unaccompanied minors...
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-recovery-fund-to-tackle-harms-facing-vulnerable-children
3 years ago
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Children and Families Minister speech at ADCS annual conference

Vicky Ford addresses the Association of Directors of Children's Services ADCS annual conference...
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/children-and-families-minister-speech-at-adcs-annual-conference
5 years ago
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'Don’t expect a survivor to tell you her experience of undergoing FGM'

Specialist social workers explain how they support women and girls affected by the practiceWhen social worker Sam Khalid not her real name first began working with women affected by female genital mutilation FGM she found there wasn't much awareness of the brutal practice in the UK She was in her first year at university in on a placement with a Women's Aid team The service I was placed in was just starting its FGM unit...
https://www.theguardian.com/careers/2018/dec/06/dont-expect-a-survivor-to-tell-you-her-experience-of-undergoing-fgm
6 years ago
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We want to attract the right people with the right values to social care | Caroline Dinenage

New government recruitment campaign will raise the image and profile of the sectorThis year we are celebrating the th anniversary of our amazing NHS but we must not forget that adult social care is also marking years The National Assistance Act that created many of the core elements of the modern social care system came into effect on the same day as the NHS act In the NHS's birthday month we have heard many stories...
https://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2018/jul/10/right-people-right-values-social-care
6 years ago
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The UK project giving refugees another chance at childhood

Young refugees face unspeakable trauma to get here But a cross-charity initiative is helping them to rebuild their livesIt is hard to be an adult when you feel like you haven't had the chance to be a child This simple statement has stayed with me over the last months of working with young refugees and asylum seekers Among them a -year-old boy forced to sleep in a railway station for months and another who witnessed...
https://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2018/jun/29/uk-project-refugees-childhood
6 years ago
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UN: spend an extra £5tn by 2030 to tackle global 'care crisis'

Report highlights risk of rising inequality against women worldwideThe world economy faces a looming care crisis risking further division between men and women across the planet according to a UN report calling for governments and companies worldwide to spend at least an extra tn tn on care by Making the case for spending on support for children old people and the neediest in society to double by the end of the next decade the UN's...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/28/global-care-crisis-risks-rise-in-inequality-against-women-un
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