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Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Politicians in Kensington & Chelsea have outlined their vision of standards for children's services for a new combined department across three authorities, stating that outstanding inspection ratings are expected.

Distribution of early intervention grant sparks concerns

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Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Fairness in the distribution of the early intervention grant has been called into question after it emerged that many deprived areas have fared worse than those that are better off.

Cameron defends big society 'mission'

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Monday, February 14, 2011

| CYP Now

David Cameron has launched a defence of the big society agenda, describing it as his "mission" for social recovery.

Doncaster brings in Impower to overhaul children's services

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Doncaster Council has appointed consultants Impower and Penna to help it turn around its failing children's services department.

Crime check change could save services millions

News

Friday, June 21, 2013

| CYP Now

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has launched a criminal records update service that could save children's services millions of pounds a year.

Professionals 'collectively failed' to protect Keanu Williams

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Thursday, October 3, 2013

| CYP Now

A two-year-old boy from Birmingham was beaten to death by his mother after professionals "missed a significant number of opportunities" to intervene, a serious case review has found.

Councils cut back on young people's mental health services

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Monday, March 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Two-thirds of local authorities have reduced funding for child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) since the coalition government came to power, according to a survey.

Martin Narey receives knighthood as New Year honours recognise sector's work

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

| CYP Now

The government adoption adviser Martin Narey received a knighthood in the New Year's honors list, among more than 150 people recognised for their work with children and young people.

Birmingham criticised for failing to meet autistic boy's needs

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham City Council has been rebuked by the Local Government Ombudsman for failing to provide support to the mother of an autistic boy whose violent behaviour was deemed to be of "considerable risk" to others.

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.

Derbyshire children's centres face closure threat

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Derbyshire County Council looks set to close seven children's centres in a bid to save £1.1m a year.

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

| CYP Now

A new director of children's services has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to turn around the troubled department.

London lord mayor Fiona Woolf to lead child sexual abuse inquiry

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Friday, September 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The current lord mayor of London Fiona Woolf will lead an independent inquiry into historical child sexual abuse, the government has announced.

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

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Friday, October 24, 2014

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A lack of authority-wide support for change and an "arcane" IT system were key reasons for slow progress in improving children's services in Somerset, the council's former director of children's services (DCS) has claimed.

Government to clarify council school improvement role

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has announced it is to clarify the role of local authorities in helping improve standards in schools.

Fee cuts 'could threaten residential placements'

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Residential care providers have warned children's services leaders that any attempts by councils to cut the fees paid to independent homes could see care placements jeopardised.

Councils increase expenditure on children's social care

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Friday, February 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Spending by England's councils on children's social care increased by 2.6 per cent in the last financial year, according to latest government figures.

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

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Monday, February 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Sheffield has been told to improve its children's services after an inspection highlighted weaknesses in performance on looked-after children and adoption.

SCRs need greater prevention focus, says NSPCC chief

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Serious case reviews (SCRs) need to focus more on learning the lessons from child protection failings to prevent them happening again, the head of the NSPCC has said.

Pioneering youth service mutual gets green light

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Monday, July 23, 2012

| CYP Now

A London borough is poised to launch the first employee-led youth services mutual after the concept was rubberstamped by politicians.

Manchester youth groups launch campaign against funding cuts

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Friday, November 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Voluntary youth groups in Manchester have launched a campaign against council proposals to cut future youth spending.

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| CYP Now

New quality standards for children's homes should be scrapped by the next government, an organisation representing residential care providers has said.

Exclusive: Former BAAF chiefs demand probe into collapse

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Thursday, August 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Two former chief executives of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) have called on regulators to investigate the sudden closure of the charity, claiming the process may have breached legal requirements.

Care leavers 'cut adrift' due to poor-quality support

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Friday, October 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Vulnerable young people leaving the care system are being "let down" and "cut adrift" due to the poor quality of support they receive from local authorities, MPs have said.

Council rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted plans children's centre closures

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

| CYP Now

A council where children's services were judged "inadequate" earlier this year has announced plans to close four of its 10 children's centres.

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Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

Distribution of early intervention grant sparks concerns

Cameron defends big society 'mission'

Doncaster brings in Impower to overhaul children's services

Crime check change could save services millions

Professionals 'collectively failed' to protect Keanu Williams

Councils cut back on young people's mental health services

Martin Narey receives knighthood as New Year honours recognise sector's work

Birmingham criticised for failing to meet autistic boy's needs

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

Derbyshire children's centres face closure threat

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

London lord mayor Fiona Woolf to lead child sexual abuse inquiry

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

Government to clarify council school improvement role

Fee cuts 'could threaten residential placements'

Councils increase expenditure on children's social care

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

SCRs need greater prevention focus, says NSPCC chief

Pioneering youth service mutual gets green light

Manchester youth groups launch campaign against funding cuts

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

Exclusive: Former BAAF chiefs demand probe into collapse

Care leavers 'cut adrift' due to poor-quality support

Council rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted plans children's centre closures

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