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DfE commits to fresh funding for social care innovation programme

Thursday, March 17, 2016

| CYP Now

Local authorities and charities will be able to access a fresh round of government funding to test innovative ideas for children's social care, it has emerged.

Stronger support urged for CSE victims

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Monday, March 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE) or abuse should receive more support when offenders are prosecuted, a senior figure at the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England has said.

Cafcass trial cuts number of care cases reaching court

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

| CYP Now

The use of family court advisers (FCA) at an early stage in care proceedings reduces the number of cases that reach court, according to latest research.

Councils ordered to reduce adoption delays

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Friday, November 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has demanded councils improve their adoption processes after latest figures revealed one in four authorities is exceeding time limits.

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services are to be delivered outside of council control in Slough as part of government efforts to improve performance.

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Children in Knowsley are being left at risk of harm due to serious failures in child protection services, a damning Ofsted report which labelled the authority "inadequate" has found.

Care proceedings run 14 weeks beyond target

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Monday, December 9, 2013

| CYP Now

The average length of care proceedings is still 14 weeks over a new target due to be introduced in April, latest figures show.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

Government awards £16m to 'life chances' projects

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

| CYP Now

Projects supporting children in care and families blighted by drug and alcohol dependency are to benefit from the first wave of investment from an £80m government fund that links payments to improved outcomes.

Care applications hit seven-year high after CSE scandals

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Recent child sexual exploitation (CSE) scandals have contributed to a dramatic rise in the number of care applications, say care experts.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated as "requires improvement" by Ofsted after inspectors found a number of areas that need to be addressed.

Fast-track social work programme to recruit top graduates

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Friday, May 17, 2013

| CYP Now

A controversial fast-track training programme for social workers will launch next year, the government has announced.

Children's social workers face knowledge test

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

| CYP Now

New children's social workers will have to pass a test of their knowledge in order to become an approved practitioner as part of government attempts to improve the quality of the profession, it has been announced.

Ofsted overhauls residential family centre inspections

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted has issued its revised inspection framework for residential family centres.

MP criticised for 'ignorant' advice on family courts

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Monday, January 13, 2014

| CYP Now

A Liberal Democrat MP has come under fire after suggesting that parents suspected of child abuse flee the country because they are unlikely to receive a fair hearing from the family courts.

Care applications hit record high

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Thursday, March 10, 2016

| CYP Now

The number of applications for children to be taken into the care system in England has hit an all-time high.

Nicky Morgan: BAAF collapse has 'no long-term implications'

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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

| CYP Now

The collapse of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) will have no long-term implications for the sector, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has said.

NCAS conference: Call for madrassas to be regulated

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Thursday, October 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Unofficial Islamic schools must be regulated in order for councils to be able to effectively prevent young people being radicalised, a director of children's services has said.

Substance misuse family courts to be expanded

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Friday, July 5, 2013

| CYP Now

At least two new specialist substance misuse family courts are to be set up thanks to £150,000 of government funding.

Care application levels plateau after years of rises

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Thursday, April 12, 2018

| CYP Now

The number of applications being made to the courts for children to be taken into care has fallen slightly following years of rises, according to data released by Cafcass.

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DfE commits to fresh funding for social care innovation programme

Stronger support urged for CSE victims

Cafcass trial cuts number of care cases reaching court

Councils ordered to reduce adoption delays

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

Care proceedings run 14 weeks beyond target

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Government awards £16m to 'life chances' projects

Care applications hit seven-year high after CSE scandals

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

Fast-track social work programme to recruit top graduates

Children's social workers face knowledge test

Ofsted overhauls residential family centre inspections

MP criticised for 'ignorant' advice on family courts

Care applications hit record high

Nicky Morgan: BAAF collapse has 'no long-term implications'

NCAS conference: Call for madrassas to be regulated

Substance misuse family courts to be expanded

Care application levels plateau after years of rises

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