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Why your registration application may be taking longer than usual

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Why your registration application may be taking longer than usual

We want to address some concerns in the sector about registrations for children’s homes and supported accommodation taking longer than normal. First, I want to thank you for applying to register (whether you already have or are intending to) and …

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Leadership: what are the best local authorities doing?

Posted by: Yvette Stanley, Posted on: 17 March 2020 - Categories: children's services, leaders, local authorities, social care professionals, social work
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Marking World Social Work Day, Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Social Care, talks about the importance of great leadership in children's social care.

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Dealing with risks to children outside the family home

Posted by: Yvette Stanley, Posted on: 6 March 2020 - Categories: local authorities, safeguarding, social care professionals
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Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Social Care, discusses how Ofsted looks at the response to children who are at risk outside the family home.

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Adoption: Let’s prioritise children, whatever their needs

Posted by: Yvette Stanley, Posted on: 31 January 2020 - Categories: adoption, children looked after, children's homes, fostering, kinship care
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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.

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Ofsted’s Annual Report: highlighting some of the big issues for social care

Posted by: Yvette Stanley, Posted on: 23 January 2020 - Categories: children looked after, children's homes, children's services, local authorities
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Yvette Stanley, Ofsted’s National Director for Social Care, discusses our latest Annual Report.

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Domestic abuse: keeping the conversation going

Posted by: Yvette Stanley, Posted on: 7 January 2020 - Categories: domestic abuse, police, probation, social care professionals, social work
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Our National Director for Social Care, Yvette Stanley, talks about domestic abuse and the findings from our latest joint inspections.

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Christmas in care – helping children enjoy the festive period

Posted by: Yvette Stanley, Posted on: 19 December 2019 - Categories: children looked after, children's homes, fostering
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Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Social Care, discusses some of the things that providers are doing to make the festive period special for children in care.

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National Adoption Week 2019 – a time for celebration, and reflection

Posted by: Yvette Stanley, Posted on: 17 October 2019 - Categories: adoption, fostering

Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Social Care, talks about the importance of adoption, and how we look at it on our inspections.

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Kinship care: what are the issues?

Posted by: Yvette Stanley, Posted on: 11 October 2019 - Categories: 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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The Care Experienced Conference

Posted by: Yvette Stanley, Posted on: 4 October 2019 - Categories: care experienced, children looked after, children's homes
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In this blog, Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Social Care, talks about this week’s Care Experienced Conference reports.

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ILACS implementation review - how are our children's services inspections working?

Posted by: Yvette Stanley, Posted on: 26 September 2019 - Categories: children's services, inspection framework, social care professionals, social work
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Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Social Care, discusses our ILACS implementation review.

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