Children’s Commisioner Highlights Scale of Unregulated Provision in England
Despite being illegal since 2021, the Children’s Commissioner found 775 children in care placed in unregulated settings in a snap survey.
Children And Family Open New Placements In Essex And Hertfordshire
It has been a busy 2024 for Children and Family with the mobilisation of three new placements for children with complex needs.
New Research Identifies Factors In Demand For Children’s Services
The recently completed research aims to give local authorities better data to understand the challenges facing children in their areas and better target children’s services.
Children And Family Secure Three New Properties In Partnership With Local Authorities
Children and Family have been awarded three new contracts to operate children’s homes on behalf of Local Authorities in the East of England. The new properties are all Local Authority owned buildings refurbished to provide solo and dual placements for children with complex and challenging needs. Under the terms of the contracts, the Local Authority […]
CF Present at National Commissioners Conference in Derby
Joanne Henderson, Managing Director of Children and Family shared a platform with Tracey Curtis and Chris Howard of Suffolk County Council at the 2022 National Commissioners Conference in Derby to discuss Suffolk County Council’s approach to eliminating unregistered placements.
Gillian Keegan: Headteachers should pick up absent pupils from home
Headteachers “have a duty” to drive to the homes of absent pupils and bring them into school, the education secretary has said. Gillian Keegan said levels of absence in schools was now “a crisis” with recent figures revealing that 125,000 pupils spent more time out of class than in.
Covid Inquiry Under Pressure To Prioritise Children
More than 40 of the UK’s leading children’s charities and child development experts have issued a warning to the Covid-19 Inquiry chair of “unacceptable delays” to taking evidence from children on lockdown.
Ofsted warns against use of unregistered children’s homes
Children subject to deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders have complex needs and require high levels of skilled care and supervision. Too often, these children are placed in illegal unregistered settings without external oversight.
Children and Family Present at National Commissioners Conference in Derby
Joanne Henderson, Managing Director of Children and Family shared a platform with Tracey Curtis and Chris Howard of Suffolk County Council at the 2022 National Commissioners Conference in Derby to discuss Suffolk County Council’s approach to eliminating unregistered placements.
Children and Family Open Second Dedicated Children’s Home
We are delighted to announce the opening of our second children’s home dedicated to children with complex and challenging needs. Greenway Lodge is a dual placement home and is operated by Children and Family on behalf of Hertfordshire County Council. The home is designed to provide short term accommodation and specialist care, giving the opportunity […]