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Daily roundup: Junk food, child porn and social work ethics

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Food firms accused of bypassing ad rules, government summit to tackle child porn online, and a code of ethics for social workers, all in the news today.

Children's commissioner: Children are 'afterthought' for social media giants

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Wednesday, January 30, 2019

| CYP Now

The children's commissioner for England has called on leading social media companies to commit to tackling the problem of children viewing disturbing content on their platforms, or admit the situation is out of their control.

Trafficked children let down by system-wide support failures

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Victims of child trafficking are being let down through "a culture of doubt and suspicion" across the justice and social care systems, according to a damning report by the Refugee Council and the Children's Society.

Child protection experts react to Keanu Williams SCR findings

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Thursday, October 3, 2013

| CYP Now

The National Children's Bureau (NCB) has called for an urgent review of how best to support children within the child protection system in the wake of the serious case review (SCR) findings into the death of Keanu Williams.

Leadership instability linked to children's services failings

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's services departments are struggling to improve child protection standards due to instability caused by high turnover of senior staff and directors, a report by Ofsted has claimed.

Charities develop support service for trafficked young males

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

| CYP Now

A peer support project for boys and young men who have been victims of human trafficking has been set up by Ecpat UK and the Children's Society.

Death in custody report highlights 'systemic failures'

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and young people who have died in custody in recent years haven been let down by "systemic failures", a study has found.

Ofsted praises council's move to neighbourhood social work teams

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Friday, March 2, 2018

| CYP Now

A council's restructure of children's services to create small neighbourhood teams of social workers has been praised by inspectors for improving support for frontline staff and strengthening partnerships with other agencies.

Timpson to lead DfE review of school exclusions

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Monday, March 12, 2018

| CYP Now

Former children's minister Edward Timpson is to lead a review into school exclusions, the Department for Education has confirmed.

Children in care 'receiving less support', Ofsted finds

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Friday, April 6, 2018

| CYP Now

Children in care are receiving less support and do not feel as safe as in previous years, a study by Ofsted has found.

Ofsted highlights lack of support for children placed out of area

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Not enough is being done by local authorities to support children who are placed in care far away from home, Ofsted has warned.

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.

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.

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.

Children's sector welcomes government response on outsourcing

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's decision to only allow non-profit organisations to deliver statutory child protection services has been widely welcomed by the children's sector.

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.

MPs warn of FGM 'crisis'

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Thursday, July 3, 2014

| CYP Now

A national action plan is urgently needed to tackle the "growing crisis" of female genital mutilation (FGM), MPs have said.

NSPCC chief to lead historic abuse review

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Monday, July 7, 2014

| CYP Now

NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless has been chosen by the government to lead a review into the handling of historic child sex abuse allegations.

YJB moves to improve services for girls who offend

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board is calling on youth offending teams (YOTs) to revise the way they work with female offenders.

Exclusive: Number of police officers in schools declines amid safety concerns

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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

| CYP Now

More than one in three police forces in England has cut back on numbers of officers based in schools since 2012, an investigation by CYP Now has revealed.

Louise Casey to lead Rotherham Council probe

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's troubled families tsar Louise Casey will conduct an investigation into Rotherham Council in the wake of the child sexual exploitation scandal, it has been announced.

ADCS calls for multi-agency inspections to be shelved

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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Proposed multi-agency inspections of local authority children's services will not work and should be mothballed, the Association of Director's of Children's Services (ADCS) has said.

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.

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.

European human rights body calls for urgent action on youth custody safety

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

| CYP Now

The Council of Europe has called on the British government to take urgent action to improve the safety of young people held in custody.

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Daily roundup: Junk food, child porn and social work ethics

Children's commissioner: Children are 'afterthought' for social media giants

Trafficked children let down by system-wide support failures

Child protection experts react to Keanu Williams SCR findings

Leadership instability linked to children's services failings

Charities develop support service for trafficked young males

Death in custody report highlights 'systemic failures'

Ofsted praises council's move to neighbourhood social work teams

Timpson to lead DfE review of school exclusions

Children in care 'receiving less support', Ofsted finds

Ofsted highlights lack of support for children placed out of area

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

Prisons inspector seeks action on ‘distressing' immigration removal process

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

Children's sector welcomes government response on outsourcing

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

MPs warn of FGM 'crisis'

NSPCC chief to lead historic abuse review

YJB moves to improve services for girls who offend

Exclusive: Number of police officers in schools declines amid safety concerns

Louise Casey to lead Rotherham Council probe

ADCS calls for multi-agency inspections to be shelved

CSE in Middlesbrough ‘a growing problem'

Deputy commissioner slams failure to address sex offending by boys

European human rights body calls for urgent action on youth custody safety

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