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Integrated children’s systems – what local authorities have told us

Posted by: Yvette Stanley, Posted on: 11 October 2018 - Categories: children's services, local authorities, social care professionals, social work

Yvette Stanley discusses the importance of effective Integrated Children's Systems (ICSs).

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How do we achieve outstanding help and protection?

Posted by: Yvette Stanley, Posted on: 11 May 2018 - Categories: children's services, inspection framework, social care professionals, social work

Yvette Stanley blogs about the new system of social care inspection, ILACS.

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A preferred model of practice?

Posted by: Eleanor Schooling, Posted on: 1 March 2018 - Categories: children's services, social care professionals, social work

This week I went to the National Learning Conference, part of the Government’s Social Work Innovation Programme - a great event to be part of.

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Effective written agreements

Posted by: Eleanor Schooling, Posted on: 23 January 2018 - Categories: children's services, social care professionals

In September 2017, Ofsted, along with fellow inspectorates for health, police and probation, published a joint report about domestic abuse.

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Social care - an improving picture

Posted by: Eleanor Schooling, Posted on: 14 December 2017 - Categories: children's services, inspection framework, social care professionals

At Ofsted, we have been clear about what needs to improve in local authority children’s services departments.

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Care leavers – front and centre in new inspections

Posted by: Eleanor Schooling, Posted on: 31 October 2017 - Categories: children's services, inspection framework, social care professionals

It’s National Care Leavers week (25 October – 03 November), a great campaign that quite rightly focuses the attention of professionals and politicians on this important group of young people.

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A conversation with the social care sector

Posted by: Eleanor Schooling, Posted on: 3 March 2017 - Categories: children's services, social care professionals
Eleanor Schooling

Having been at Ofsted for more than a year, I want to have a conversation about the big issues that social workers and other social care professionals deal with in their working day.

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