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Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

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.

Prisons inspector seeks action on ‘distressing' immigration removal process

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

More should be done to make the process of removing families and children from the UK less distressing, the chief inspector of prisons has said.

Rise in neglect referrals prompts renewed calls for law change

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

The NSPCC has made fresh calls for a law on emotional neglect to be introduced following a surge in reports to its helpline about the issue.

Barnardo's calls for action to support children of prisoners

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Thursday, May 29, 2014

| CYP Now

The government must do more to help thousands of children whose lives are being disrupted because they have a parent in prison, Barnardo's has said.

Crime agencies create hub to dispel child abduction myths

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Parents and child professionals are being warned of the dangers of child abduction by family members and friends, as part of an effort to replace the out-dated "stranger danger" slogan.

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.

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils will be handed powers to outsource a whole range of children's social care services including child protection under proposals announced by the government.

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).

Eight out of ten fast-track social workers secure jobs

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Around eighty per cent of students taking the fast-track Step Up to Social Work postgraduate course have secured jobs as children's social workers.

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.

Concurrent planning reduces problems for adopted children, finds study

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Friday, March 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children adopted through concurrent planning are less likely to experience problems, such as school exclusion, behaviour difficulties and depression, than those who are placed with families at a later stage.

Social care fails to act quickly enough over neglect

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils, local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) and social work training are failing to prioritise child neglect, according to an Ofsted report.

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.

Birmingham sees huge fall in identification of vulnerable children

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham Council is taking action to improve the way child protection tip-offs are acted on following a worrying drop in the numbers of children subject to protection plans.

Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

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Friday, February 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Efforts to create an independent trust to run children's services in Doncaster are weeks behind schedule, it has emerged.

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services in Warrington has been appointed by Ofsted to spearhead attempts to improve social care across England.

Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The London Borough of Hillingdon has become the first council to be told that its child protection and care services must be improved under Ofsted's tougher new inspection framework.

Wilshaw slams 'unacceptable' children's social care services

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Friday, January 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's social care is "coasting at an unacceptable level" and will not improve until workforce turnover falls, the head of Ofsted has said.

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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

Prisons inspector seeks action on ‘distressing' immigration removal process

Rise in neglect referrals prompts renewed calls for law change

Barnardo's calls for action to support children of prisoners

Crime agencies create hub to dispel child abduction myths

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

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

Forced caesarean highlights complexity of child protection decisions, experts say

Paul Ennals to chair Haringey child safeguarding board

Eight out of ten fast-track social workers secure jobs

Major crackdown on FGM to launch in London

Concurrent planning reduces problems for adopted children, finds study

Social care fails to act quickly enough over neglect

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

Birmingham sees huge fall in identification of vulnerable children

Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

Wilshaw slams 'unacceptable' children's social care services

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