The latest child welfare items that should be right on your radar:
- Domestic violence and substance abuse fuelling rise of children in care
- The UK’s first storybook written by children in care
- Children’s services in St Helens rated inadequate after damning Ofsted inspection
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“Children’s services in St Helens rated inadequate after damning Ofsted inspection”
“Ofsted also says there are still “widespread and serious failures” in the quality of services for children in care, due to significant drift and delay in securing children a stable long-term home.”
This shows how Ofsted are part of the culture of processing children into Adoption faster and any council that fails to meet those targets are rated Poor.
Ofsted are just as much a danger to family life as the dishonest LA’s who wrongly take children into care.
Coun Baines said:
“It is no secret that local authorities continue to face severe financial challenges. Despite this we are putting an extra £8m per year in to better supporting foster families, increasing the numbers of Social Workers and improving safeguarding and edge of care services, and have already made available an additional £7m in 2019-20 and allocated an additional £9m for 2020-21 in recognition of demographic pressures facing the service and rising costs.”
Thats their idea of improving outcomes for children. pumping Millions into supporting Foster families and increasing the numbers of Social workers.
No mention of funding to help families stay together. absolutely pathetic!
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