What makes an effective case record?
National Director for Social Care, Yvette Stanley, discusses why good case recording is so important.
social care professionals
Incident notifications: what social care providers need to tell us
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Jason Bradbury, Posted on:
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children looked after, children's homes, fostering, social care professionals
Jason Bradbury, Deputy Director for Data and Insight, discusses incident notifications from social care providers regulated by Ofsted.
What are the common features of the best residential special schools?
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Helen Humphreys, Posted on:
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children's homes, residential special schools, social care professionals
Our specialist advisor for residential care, Helen Humphreys, discusses the common features of good and outstanding residential special schools.
Fostering: what do the latest statistics tell us?
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Matthew Brazier, Posted on:
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children looked after, fostering, social care professionals
Matthew Brazier, Ofsted's specialist advisor for looked after children, discusses our latest fostering statistics and what they tell us about the sector.
A look ahead, and thank you
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Yvette Stanley, Posted on:
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children looked after, children's services, joint inspection, social care professionals, social work
Yvette Stanley discusses Ofsted's work over the last year, and looks ahead to 2019.
Future joint targeted area inspection themes announced
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Yvette Stanley, Posted on:
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health, inspection framework, joint inspection, local authorities, police, probation, social care professionals
Yvette Stanley talks about forthcoming joint inspection themes, including mental health, early intervention, and older children in need of help and protection.
Ofsted's annual report: a reassuring picture for social care
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Yvette Stanley, Posted on:
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local authorities, social care professionals, social work
Yvette Stanley discusses Ofsted's most recent Annual Report, and the picture for children's social care.
Learning from annual engagement meetings
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Yvette Stanley, Posted on:
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Categories:
children's services, local authorities, social care professionals, social work
Yvette Stanley discusses our learning from annual engagement meetings.
Supervision and effective social work practice
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Yvette Stanley, Posted on:
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local authorities, social care professionals, social work
Effective supervision is central to good social work practice, writes Yvette Stanley.
Integrated children’s systems – what local authorities have told us
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Yvette Stanley, Posted on:
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Categories:
children's services, local authorities, social care professionals, social work
Yvette Stanley discusses the importance of effective Integrated Children's Systems (ICSs).