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DfE announces major overhaul of children's social care system

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Published on: 18 November 2024

Published by LNB News

LNB News 18/11/2024

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Issue Date: 18 November 2024

Published Date: 18 November 2024

Jurisdiction(s): England

Article summary

The Department for Education (DfE) has unveiled a comprehensive reform package aimed at transforming the children's social care system in England. Key measures include granting the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) new powers to issue civil fines and investigate multiple homes run by the same company, introducing financial transparency requirements for key placement providers and implementing a potential profit cap for care providers. The reforms also focus on early intervention, mandating multi-agency child safeguarding teams in councils and giving families legal rights in care decisions. Additional provisions include a consistent child identifier system, the universal offering of the Staying Close programme for care leavers and new regulations on home education for children under child protection measures. These reforms seek to address long-standing issues of profiteering, substandard care and systemic inefficiencies in the sector.

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