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

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.

Children's commissioner to sit on child protection taskforce

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Monday, July 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's Commissioner for England Maggie Atkinson and the NSPCC's director of strategy, policy and evidence Lisa Harker are to sit on an expert panel tasked with developing a new child protection system.

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's consultation over allowing councils to delegate children's social care services to third parties was insufficient and needs further debate, chair of the all-party parliamentary group on child protection has said.

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Children in Knowsley are being left at risk of harm due to serious failures in child protection services, a damning Ofsted report which labelled the authority "inadequate" has found.

Government accused of allowing 'back door' privatisation of child protection

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Friday, June 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Private companies will be able to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans via the "back door" by setting up separate subsidiaries, it has been claimed.

Think-tank highlights 'staggering' failings in support for vulnerable children

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities are carrying out "unscrupulous and illegal" practices to restrict the support they provide to vulnerable children in need of social care and mental health services, a think-tank has claimed.

Councils urged to tackle preventable child deaths and injuries

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities must do more to prevent the deaths of more than 60 children each year from preventable accidents, a report has found.

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Only non-profit organisations will be allowed to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans to give councils more freedom in the way they work with vulnerable children, it has been announced.

Munro reveals scale of children's services inspection workload

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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils and children's services professionals are struggling to cope with the workload created by Ofsted's revamped children's services inspection framework, an independent review by child protection expert professor Eileen Munro has found.

Narey defends private sector role in child protection

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's adviser on children's social care has defended proposals to allow child protection services to be outsourced, which he said does not amount to large-scale privatisation.

New Barnardo's chief eyes strategic role in children's services

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Barnardo's new chief executive wants the charity to manage, commission and deliver statutory children's services in partnership with local authorities as it evolves into a more strategic organisation over the next few years.

‘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.

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.

SCRs need greater prevention focus, says NSPCC chief

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Serious case reviews (SCRs) need to focus more on learning the lessons from child protection failings to prevent them happening again, the head of the NSPCC has said.

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.

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.

Daily roundup: Teacher-pupil relationships, council services and children's centres

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils divulge details of teacher relationship claims; government orders action at Norfolk children's services; and Essex children's centres' opening hours to be cut, all in the news today.

U-turn over approval process for long-distance care placements

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) will not have to personally approve care placements outside of their authority or region after initial plans to do so were watered down.

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.

Doncaster fears delay in children's trust timeframe

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Plans to create an independent trust to run child protection services in Doncaster are at risk of delay, the authority has warned.

Social work leaders sceptical over call for more third-party provider input

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Social work and local government leaders have warned that government ambitions to allow independent sector providers to deliver children's social services must not be at the expense of councils losing their statutory powers.

Councils told to improve dismissal processes to avoid Shoesmith-style payouts

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authorities must sharpen up their employment procedures if they are to avoid big payouts similar to the one agreed for Sharon Shoesmith, the Local Government Association has warned.

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted is to push ahead with the introduction of a tougher inspection regime for children's services, ignoring warnings from the sector that the system is too simplistic and will fail to deliver improvements.

Daily roundup: housing benefit, Hamzah Khan and Colin Green

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Third of council tenants fall behind with rent since 'bedroom tax' introduced; body of four-year-old Hamzah Khan left in a house for two years, court told; and former Coventry DCS Colin Green joins Tower Hamlets safeguarding children's board, all in the news today.

Doncaster brings in Impower to overhaul children's services

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Doncaster Council has appointed consultants Impower and Penna to help it turn around its failing children's services department.

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

Children's commissioner to sit on child protection taskforce

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

Government accused of allowing 'back door' privatisation of child protection

Think-tank highlights 'staggering' failings in support for vulnerable children

Councils urged to tackle preventable child deaths and injuries

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

Munro reveals scale of children's services inspection workload

Narey defends private sector role in child protection

New Barnardo's chief eyes strategic role in children's services

‘Decision fatigue' blights social work practice

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

SCRs need greater prevention focus, says NSPCC chief

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

Daily roundup: Teacher-pupil relationships, council services and children's centres

U-turn over approval process for long-distance care placements

IT and caseload problems harming social work, inquiry finds

Doncaster fears delay in children's trust timeframe

Social work leaders sceptical over call for more third-party provider input

Councils told to improve dismissal processes to avoid Shoesmith-style payouts

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

Daily roundup: housing benefit, Hamzah Khan and Colin Green

Doncaster brings in Impower to overhaul children's services

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