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Council proposes 'higher risk' care strategy for vulnerable children

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has warned that vulnerable children are likely to be placed at risk if plans to balance the books by adopting a "higher risk" care strategy are given the go-ahead.

Police chief urges leniency around children's home incidents

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Police forces should only attend children's homes to tackle extreme incidents of young people's behaviour, the country's top police officer for children's issues has said.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated "inadequate" for the second time in two years after Ofsted inspectors found widespread failings in services for vulnerable children.

Cameron announces drive to improve outcomes for children in care

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Thursday, October 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Improving outcomes for children in care will form part of an "all-out assault on poverty" by government, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Ofsted tells two children's services departments to improve

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Friday, September 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Two children's services departments have been told to improve their work following inspections by Ofsted.

Cameron's children's services ‘reform' agenda receives mixed response from sector

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to change the way child protection and children's services are delivered by "bringing in new providers" have been given a mixed reception by the sector.

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Lucy Powell shadow education secretary.

Ofsted judges two children's homes 'inadequate'

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two children's homes, including one where a young person displaying sexually harmful behaviour was found to have had access to pornography, have been judged "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' over child protection failings

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been criticised by Ofsted for potentially placing children at risk due to delays in assessments.

Timpson appoints private firm to tackle failings in West Berkshire

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has appointed a private firm to oversee improvements at a children's services department following a damning Ofsted inspection earlier this year.

BASW to take on College of Social Work functions

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

| CYP Now

The British Association of Social Work (BASW) is to take on the majority of functions performed by The College of Social Work (TCSW) from next month, it has been announced.

Only a quarter of councils rated 'good' in Ofsted inspections

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Thursday, August 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Three-quarters of English children's services departments assessed under Ofsted's single inspection framework (SIF) have been given the two lowest ratings, latest data reveals.

Care applications continue to soar

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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Numbers of court applications being made for children to be taken into care are continuing to soar, with latest figures showing a 14 per cent increase compared with last year.

Exclusive: Batmanghelidjh speaks out on Kids Company closure

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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh has hit out at civil servants and sections of the media after confirming that the charity is to close with immediate effect due to insolvency.

Kent appeals for help to deal with surge in asylum-seeking children

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Friday, July 31, 2015

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is in talks with the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) about finding foster places for asylum-seeking children after numbers arriving in Dover doubled in the space of three months.

Inspectors slam South Yorkshire Police over safeguarding failures

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The police force criticised last year over its handling of child sexual exploitation (CSE) allegations in Rotherham is not doing enough to improve its child protection procedures, a report has found.

Senior Ofsted figure quits

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Friday, June 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's interim head of social care is leaving her post to become a director of children's services, it has been announced.

College of Social Work chief confirms closure within three months

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

| CYP Now

The College of Social Work (TCSW) will close by the end of September, it has been announced.

Ofsted rules out social care inspector purge

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted has ruled out the mass departure of social care inspectors, days after ditching 1,200 education inspectors for not being good enough.

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

| CYP Now

More local authority children's services departments will be taken out of council control in order to tackle failure, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Massive rise in number of children in care under coalition

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Monday, June 22, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of children being cared for by the state rose by more than 5,000 during the term of the coalition government, an investigation by CYP Now has found.

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The chief inspectors of Ofsted and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) have launched a scathing attack on councils' failure to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Charities unite to call for care system to ensure better outcomes

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

| CYP Now

A group of children's charities has called on government to make "fundamental" changes to the care system including new ways of measuring outcomes to ensure young people's lives are being improved.

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

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Monday, June 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Charities working with children and young people have lost more than £150m of government funding in the past year, it has emerged.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

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Friday, June 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Sandwell Council has said it is considering a formal challenge after Ofsted rated its children's services "inadequate" for the second time since 2013.

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Council proposes 'higher risk' care strategy for vulnerable children

Police chief urges leniency around children's home incidents

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

Cameron announces drive to improve outcomes for children in care

Ofsted tells two children's services departments to improve

Cameron's children's services ‘reform' agenda receives mixed response from sector

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

Ofsted judges two children's homes 'inadequate'

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' over child protection failings

Timpson appoints private firm to tackle failings in West Berkshire

BASW to take on College of Social Work functions

Only a quarter of councils rated 'good' in Ofsted inspections

Care applications continue to soar

Exclusive: Batmanghelidjh speaks out on Kids Company closure

Kent appeals for help to deal with surge in asylum-seeking children

Inspectors slam South Yorkshire Police over safeguarding failures

Senior Ofsted figure quits

College of Social Work chief confirms closure within three months

Ofsted rules out social care inspector purge

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

Massive rise in number of children in care under coalition

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

Charities unite to call for care system to ensure better outcomes

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

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