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Government commits to overhaul of children's mental health services

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has pledged a "complete overhaul" for children and young people's mental health services to address poor access and support.

MPs criticise Ofsted and DfE for 'Trojan Horse' failings

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs have criticised Ofsted and the Department for Education (DfE) for their handling of the Trojan Horse scandal in Birmingham.

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's social workers, teachers and local councillors will face up to five years in jail for failing to protect children from sexual exploitation, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

'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).

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

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Friday, January 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The government intends to change the law to make reporting suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory prior to May's general election.

ADCS defends social workers over safeguarding assessments

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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders have defended council child protection teams over suggestions they are not investigating safeguarding concerns raised by schools quickly enough.

Labour to prioritise children's mental health

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Monday, January 19, 2015

| CYP Now

The Labour Party has promised to radically improve children's mental health services if it wins the general election in May.

Councils should tap into school early help funding, says ADCS

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Friday, January 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Cash-strapped local authorities could work more collaboratively with schools in order to deliver early intervention services, the president-elect of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has said.

Deputy commissioner slams failure to address sex offending by boys

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

| CYP Now

England's deputy children's commissioner has hit out at the lack of work being done to address sexual offending with young people in secure settings.

CSE in Middlesbrough ‘a growing problem'

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Friday, October 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Middlesbrough is "extremely prevalent" according to a council report into the issue.

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

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Friday, September 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's homes will be required to show how they support young people and respond to their wishes as part of ongoing government efforts to improve standards.

Call for schools to educate boys on abuse risk

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Schools need to place greater emphasis on teaching boys and young men about the risks of sexual exploitation and abuse, Barnardo's has said.

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.

Gyimah handed role to strengthen children's mental health services

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Friday, August 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Sam Gyimah has been handed responsibility for strengthening Department for Education links with child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).

Daily roundup: School population, child obesity, and extremism

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Friday, July 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Numbers of pupils to top eight million by 2023; London mayor launches drive to tackle child obesity; and school extremism report leaked, all in the news today.

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.

Harris case highlights need for compulsory SRE in school

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Thursday, July 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Convictions of celebrities for child sexual abuse highlight the need to provide better education to children and young people to help them distinguish between healthy relationships and abuse, a campaign group has said.

Coventry to standardise school safeguarding policies

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Monday, June 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Coventry City Council is set to standardise safeguarding policies across all schools in the authority in light of failings highlighted by the Daniel Pelka case.

Councils lose track of thousands of school-age children

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Thursday, June 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities are unaware of the whereabouts of thousands of children who are not attending school, an investigation by the National Children's Bureau (NCB) has discovered.

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.

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Government commits to overhaul of children's mental health services

MPs criticise Ofsted and DfE for 'Trojan Horse' failings

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

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

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

ADCS defends social workers over safeguarding assessments

Labour to prioritise children's mental health

Councils should tap into school early help funding, says ADCS

Deputy commissioner slams failure to address sex offending by boys

CSE in Middlesbrough ‘a growing problem'

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

Call for schools to educate boys on abuse risk

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

Gyimah handed role to strengthen children's mental health services

Daily roundup: School population, child obesity, and extremism

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

Harris case highlights need for compulsory SRE in school

Coventry to standardise school safeguarding policies

Councils lose track of thousands of school-age children

Emotional abuse of children to become criminal offence

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