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Give councils powers to issue banning orders to tackle CSE, says LGA

Friday, March 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils should be given powers to tackle suspected sexual predators with child sexual exploitation (CSE) disruption orders, according to the Local Government Association (LGA).

ADCS president O'Sullivan to champion Staying Put extension

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

| CYP Now

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has vowed to make the extension of support rights for children in residential care a key goal of her time in office.

'No quick fixes for children's social care', warn experts

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

| CYP Now

Children's social care experts have warned that it could take many years to turn around struggling children's services departments.

NCAS conference: Call for madrassas to be regulated

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Thursday, October 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Unofficial Islamic schools must be regulated in order for councils to be able to effectively prevent young people being radicalised, a director of children's services has said.

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Government is considering forcing local authorities to take on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in order to ease pressure on Kent County Council, it has emerged.

Ofsted praises children's services in London bi-borough councils

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Friday, August 31, 2018

| CYP Now

Standards at two London councils have been praised by Ofsted inspectors in the wake of an acrimonious split from partnership arrangements with a third council.

‘Decision fatigue' blights social work practice

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Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's social workers avoid making decisions later in the working day due to mental exhaustion, an analysis of child protection practitioners' behaviour has shown.

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.

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.

IT and caseload problems harming social work, inquiry finds

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

| CYP Now

"Unwieldy" IT systems, "unmanageable" caseloads and "constant" financial pressures are resulting in child protection social workers having to regularly cut corners to keep pace with the demands of the job, a report by MPs has found.

Council approves creation of independent children's trust

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Thursday, September 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Slough Council has rubber-stamped the creation of an independent trust to run its children's services after a dispute over the funding of the initiative was partly resolved.

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.

Ofsted social care director Schooling extends stay

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Eleanor Schooling will remain with the inspectorate for an additional year, it has been announced.

Timpson announces extra £70m for innovation programme

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Friday, October 31, 2014

| CYP Now

An additional £70m will be made available for projects to improve children's services through the government's innovation programme, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

Lincolnshire children's services receives 'good' Ofsted rating

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Friday, January 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services at Lincolnshire Council have been judged "good" by Ofsted, with inspectors particularly praising the "exceptional" quality of adoption support.

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) face a fight to protect their role, with more than half now responsible for other directorates or services, the vice president-elect of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

Rotherham chief Ian Thomas to discuss his plans to tackle CSE

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Rotherham's new director of children's services Ian Thomas is to deliver a keynote presentation on leading the effort to combat child sexual exploitation (CSE) in the wake of the Jay report, at a CYP Now Conference.

Children's social workers to learn psychology techniques in trailblazer project

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

| CYP Now

All children's social workers will be trained in advanced psychological counselling techniques as part of a radical shake-up of child protection services in Hertfordshire, funded with nearly £5m of government money.

Ofsted: Three-quarters of children's services departments 'not good enough'

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Monday, March 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Less than a quarter of local authority children's departments inspected by Ofsted last year were found to be providing effective social care services.

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

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Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education will consider intervening in the running of children's services in Somerset after the department was labelled "inadequate" by Ofsted for the second time in less than two years.

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Give councils powers to issue banning orders to tackle CSE, says LGA

ADCS president O'Sullivan to champion Staying Put extension

'No quick fixes for children's social care', warn experts

NCAS conference: Call for madrassas to be regulated

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

Ofsted praises children's services in London bi-borough councils

‘Decision fatigue' blights social work practice

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

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

IT and caseload problems harming social work, inquiry finds

Council approves creation of independent children's trust

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

Ofsted social care director Schooling extends stay

Timpson announces extra £70m for innovation programme

Lincolnshire children's services receives 'good' Ofsted rating

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

Rotherham chief Ian Thomas to discuss his plans to tackle CSE

Children's social workers to learn psychology techniques in trailblazer project

Ofsted: Three-quarters of children's services departments 'not good enough'

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

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