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kinship care

How the children’s social care reforms will affect inspection

Yvette Stanley, 19 December 2023 - Care Review, children's homes, children's services, kinship care, local authorities, social care regulation

The Department for Education (DfE) has published several documents as part of the children’s social care reforms: The National Framework and Children’s Social Care (CSC) dashboard Working Together to Safeguard Children (‘Working Together’) The kinship strategy A data and digital …

An unusual Christmas

Yvette Stanley, 21 December 2020 - care experienced, children looked after, children's homes, fostering, kinship care, local authorities

Our National Director for Regulation and Social Care, Yvette Stanley, on Christmas in care and a challenging year.

Adoption: Let’s prioritise children, whatever their needs

Yvette Stanley, 31 January 2020 - adoption, children looked after, children's homes, fostering, kinship care

Policy and practice have to make sure that all children receive the right support at the right time, says Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Social Care.

Kinship care: what are the issues?

Yvette Stanley, 11 October 2019 - fostering, kinship care

Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Social Care, reflects on two recent survey reports of kinship carers’ views.

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This blog looks at the way Ofsted inspects and regulates the social care sector: local authority children's services and social care providers, such as children's homes.

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