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County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

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Friday, September 12, 2014

| CYP Now

A group of local authorities will face Ofsted inspections on the way they deal with child sexual exploitation (CSE) in a bid to ensure services are up to scratch in the wake of the Rotherham scandal, CYP Now can reveal.

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.

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly 500 children in Manchester were potentially left at risk because social work assessments were not carried out quickly enough, a report that has rated the city's children's services as "inadequate", has found.

Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

| CYP Now

An expansion of the Troubled Families initiative is to focus on tackling poor health and supporting children under the age of five, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has revealed.

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

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Friday, August 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The quality of child death reviews are "disturbingly variable" with far too many failing to find out what went wrong, a damning report by a government appointed panel has found.

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Inquiries into child deaths must be reformed so frontline practice can be improved to prevent further tragedies, a major study has concluded.

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities that keep hold of their directors of children's services (DCS) perform better in Ofsted inspections than those that change regularly, exclusive analysis by CYP Now has found.

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

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Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Up to 25 local authorities will be judged on their multi-agency child protection arrangements under new inspections being introduced in April 2015, it has been announced.

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Concerns about controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services will get serious consideration, children's minister Edward Timpson has pledged.

Emotional abuse of children to become criminal offence

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Proposals in the Queen's Speech to make emotional neglect of children a criminal offence have been welcomed by leading children's charities.

Children's directors rally against profit-making in child protection

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Child protection services should not be outsourced to organisations intending to make a profit, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

The College of Social Work (TCSW) has called for a government consultation on controversial plans to outsource child protection services to be extended.

Campaign aims to challenge misconceptions over who can foster

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Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly three quarters of people believe they would not be accepted as foster carers, with gay, lesbian, retired, young adults and single people among the most pessimistic about their chances, according to a survey.

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The effectiveness of a specialist court to tackle parental substance misuse could be undermined as a result of the introduction of the 26-week care proceedings target, academics have warned.

Domestic violence project to focus on children's needs

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 700 children who have been affected by domestic violence are to benefit from help and support as part of a £470,000 project being delivered by charity Buttle UK.

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.

Forced caesarean highlights complexity of child protection decisions, experts say

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Adoption experts say the placement with a new family of a child of a mentally ill Italian woman who had a forced caesarean is one of the most complex children's social workers have dealt with.

Paul Ennals to chair Haringey child safeguarding board

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Former National Children's Bureau chief executive Sir Paul Ennals has been appointed as chair of Haringey's Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB).

Major crackdown on FGM to launch in London

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Friday, April 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Women who are victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) are to be referred to children's social services and police as part of a pioneering project intended to prevent a further generation of girls being subjected to the abuse.

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County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

London lord mayor Fiona Woolf to lead child sexual abuse inquiry

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

Emotional abuse of children to become criminal offence

Children's directors rally against profit-making in child protection

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

Campaign aims to challenge misconceptions over who can foster

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

Domestic violence project to focus on children's needs

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

Forced caesarean highlights complexity of child protection decisions, experts say

Paul Ennals to chair Haringey child safeguarding board

Major crackdown on FGM to launch in London

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