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Brent Council rejects youth service closure plans but backs outsourcing

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

| CYP Now

The London Borough of Brent has thrown out plans to axe youth services, close children's centres and impose sweeping cuts to its Connexions services.

Prioritise free childcare for disadvantaged children, say peers

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

| CYP Now

A House of Lords Committee is calling for a radical rethink in childcare funding to ensure disadvantaged children are prioritised.

Whitehall unit to reform child protection systems under a Labour government

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Monday, February 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Labour will create a cross-government child protection unit to "revolutionise" safeguarding systems and practice if the party is elected in May.

Campaigner raises concerns over Northamptonshire outsourcing plans

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Monday, February 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Northamptonshire County Council plans to outsource all of its children's services, including child protection, to a staff-run mutual have been criticised by Children England.

Government criticises 'underperforming' London councils over free childcare

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Around half of disadvantaged two-year-olds in London who are eligible for free childcare are missing out on provision, latest government statistics show.

'Councils still failing to properly tackle CSE' - children's commissioner

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils and police forces are failing to face up to the realities of child sexual exploitation (CSE), according to a critical report by the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England (OCC).

Children's health worker roles under threat in Leicestershire

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

| CYP Now

A raft of community nursery nurses, infant feeding support and health visitor management roles are set to be cut in Leicestershire due to financial cutbacks.

Youth services face axe in Brent

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Monday, February 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Councillors in the London Borough of Brent are to meet next week to discuss plans to axe its entire youth service.

Union calls for rethink on Warrington youth zone plans

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

| CYP Now

A Warrington Borough Council plan to invest £3m in converting a derelict former cinema into a state-of-the-art youth club has come under fire from the Unite union.

Buckinghamshire offers social workers £5,000 'golden hello'

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Buckinghamshire Council is to offer children's social workers incentive payments of more than £5,000 to join its struggling children's services department.

MPs call for ban on cell use for children in mental health crisis

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Friday, February 6, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs are calling on health commissioners and ministers to take urgent action to halt the detention of young people in police cells under the Mental Health Act.

FGM initiative and family support schemes receive innovation funding

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Friday, February 6, 2015

| CYP Now

A project that aims to end the practice of female genital mutilation within a generation has been handed £2m through the government's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme.

4Children appoints Imelda Redmond as new chief

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Thursday, February 5, 2015

| CYP Now

A longstanding campaigner for better end of life care is to become the new chief executive of charity 4Children.

Union raises fears over Birmingham youth work proposals

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Thursday, February 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Public services union Unite has spoken out against proposals to cut the number of youth clubs and slash youth service funding in Birmingham.

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two more English authorities have been told by Ofsted that their children's services are not up to scratch.

Post-16 study failings cost £800m, says LGA

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Monday, February 2, 2015

| CYP Now

More than £800m of education money is being "wasted" by schools and colleges because of poor advice being given to students about post-16 study options, local government leaders have said.

Nearly half of councils see fall in children's services rating under tougher Ofsted inspections

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Friday, January 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Three quarters of children's services departments assessed under Ofsted's single inspection framework have been rated in the bottom two grades, with nearly half inspected so far seeing a fall in their judgment compared with previous performance.

Children's social workers to learn psychology techniques in trailblazer project

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

| CYP Now

All children's social workers will be trained in advanced psychological counselling techniques as part of a radical shake-up of child protection services in Hertfordshire, funded with nearly £5m of government money.

Ofsted in talks over improvement role in Rotherham

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Rotherham Borough Council is in talks with Ofsted over bringing the inspectorate in to help it improve children's services.

Birmingham commissioner slams NHS over joint working failures

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

| CYP Now

The government-appointed troubleshooter charged with turning around Birmingham's failing children's services has hit out at health services for being reluctant to get involved in child protection work.

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Brent Council rejects youth service closure plans but backs outsourcing

Prioritise free childcare for disadvantaged children, say peers

Whitehall unit to reform child protection systems under a Labour government

Campaigner raises concerns over Northamptonshire outsourcing plans

Government criticises 'underperforming' London councils over free childcare

'Councils still failing to properly tackle CSE' - children's commissioner

Children's health worker roles under threat in Leicestershire

Youth services face axe in Brent

Union calls for rethink on Warrington youth zone plans

Buckinghamshire offers social workers £5,000 'golden hello'

MPs call for ban on cell use for children in mental health crisis

FGM initiative and family support schemes receive innovation funding

4Children appoints Imelda Redmond as new chief

Union raises fears over Birmingham youth work proposals

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

Post-16 study failings cost £800m, says LGA

Nearly half of councils see fall in children's services rating under tougher Ofsted inspections

Children's social workers to learn psychology techniques in trailblazer project

Ofsted in talks over improvement role in Rotherham

Birmingham commissioner slams NHS over joint working failures

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