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Tackling Financial Exploitation: Insights from Young Voices
Despite growing attention to child exploitation, professionals often lack insight into how financial exploitation affects young people, and crucially, what they themselves think about it.…
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Creating Safer, Respectful Care: Ofsted’s Latest Guidance on Restraint and Restrictive Practices
A new Ofsted blog post, published yesterday, explores how inspectors assess the use of restraint and restrictive practices in children’s residential settings. The guidance reinforces…
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Education Committee Report Outlines Recommendations for Children’s Social Care Reform
The House of Commons Education Committee has published its report on the state of children’s social care in England. The inquiry considered a wide range…
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A New Resource from the Department for Education: Support for Care Leavers
The Department for Education has launched a new website to support young people aged 16 to 25 who are leaving care in England. The Support…
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What We’ve Learned from the First 6 Months of Supported Accommodation Full Inspections
In our latest Supported Accommodation Leadership Programme (SALP) Development Session, we took a closer look at the first six months of Ofsted full inspections across…
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6 Months of Full Inspections – Data and Takeaways
We’ll be exploring insights from the first six months of full Ofsted inspections in Supported Accommodation, drawing on key themes, common recommendations, and practical takeaways…
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Now Live: The Children’s Homes Leadership Programme
Social Care Skills is proud to launch the Children’s Homes Leadership Programme, designed specifically for Responsible Individuals, Registered Managers, and Deputy Managers of Residential Children’s…
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Upcoming Online Seminar: Communication Skills for Working in Care Settings
Effective communication is one of the most powerful tools in care. Whether you're supporting children, young people, or adults in residential or supported accommodation, your…
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New Ofsted Updates: Supporting Placement Stability and Complex Needs
This week, Ofsted published key updates to the Social Care Common Inspection Framework (SCCIF), with a strong focus on supporting children with high or complex…
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