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Kinship care: what are the issues?
Kinship care: what are the issues?
Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Social Care, reflects on two recent survey reports of kinship carers’ views.
What are the common features of the best residential special schools?
Our specialist advisor for residential care, Helen Humphreys, discusses the common features of good and outstanding residential special schools.
Implementing the social care common inspection framework - how did we do?
Yvette Stanley, Ofsted's National Director for Social Care, discusses the first year of our common inspection framework.
Fostering: what do the latest statistics tell us?
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
Yvette Stanley discusses Ofsted's work over the last year, and looks ahead to 2019.
Future joint targeted area inspection themes announced
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
Yvette Stanley discusses Ofsted's most recent Annual Report, and the picture for children's social care.
Learning from annual engagement meetings
Yvette Stanley discusses our learning from annual engagement meetings.
Supervision and effective social work practice
Effective supervision is central to good social work practice, writes Yvette Stanley.
Integrated children’s systems – what local authorities have told us
Yvette Stanley discusses the importance of effective Integrated Children's Systems (ICSs).
Assessing risk in children's homes
National Director for Social Care, Yvette Stanley, discusses what makes a good risk assessment.