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Some care homes termo stanley in England are refusing to take children with complex needs because they are worried it might affect their Ofsted inspection ratings, fuelling concern that vulnerable young people in the social care system ar stanley us e having to wait months or even years for a stable home.Last month, an Ofsted report said nine out of 10 councils often struggle to find homes for children with complex needs, with some local authorities having to resort to unregistered placements as an alternative to registered care homes.Demand for care home placements is outstripping supply, with rising numbers of children in care, many care homes on botella stanley ly having a small number of places and new settings often opening hundreds of miles from where they are most needed.Revealed: childrens care homes flood into cheapest areas of England, not where most neededRead moreBut sector representatives said that in addition to this, some care settings are unwilling to accept children and teenagers with complex needs, in response to Ofsteds inspection regime, fuelling accusations of cherrypicking , which care providers deny. There can be an unwillingness of some providers to take children with any level of complexity, or increasingly serving immediate or inappropriate notice periods, for fear of the impact on their Ofsted rating, said John Pearce, president of the Association of Directors of Childrens Services ADCS . This can mean children and young people with high levels of need, who are equally deserving of our lo Nird Brexit gridlock could force Kent NHS staff to sleep in hospitals
Had the Ministry of Justice, launched this week by Lord Falconer the newly appointed minister for justice, been created 10 years ago I would have welcomed the news with an optimistic heart. Taking responsibility for prisons away from the Home Office, as the new ministry does, is a practical and appropriate step that may at last have the potential to lead to a better way. When New Labour came to power in 1997 the prison system was ready for a change. As the May sunshine bounced off Tony Blair s gleaming convoy making its joyous way through the streets of London to No 10 there was a palpable easing of tension across the prisons estate.Years of Conservative prison policy championed by Michael Howard when he was home secretary had devastated prison life. Howard and his home office team had made such hash of it that people living and working in prisons had all but lost their direction. The system was in chaos. Reoffending rates rocketed. Michael Howard had presided over deb vaso stanley acle after debacle, the Parkhurst breakout, the Derek Lewis affair, the Whitemoor breakout, a period of administrative failure that led to the mass release of unprepared prisoners after their time to be served had been miscalculated, etc . Whenever he was challenged by Jack Straw, his New Labour co stanley mug unterpart, Howard would thrash Straw mercilessly with finger wagging, lip pursing, eyebrow raising and masterful rhetoric. I remember in those early days Straw stuttering something about N stanley cup ew Labour s plans