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County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

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.

Charity boss challenges accuracy of 'at risk' data

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Official figures on children in need are massively underestimating the numbers at risk of neglect and abuse, charity boss Camila Batmanghelidjh has said.

Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

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Friday, November 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and families minister Edward Timpson has praised the efforts of people working to improve children, young people and families' lives, at the 2012 CYP Now Awards.

Children's social worker vacancies soar

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of vacant children's social worker posts has increased by nearly 20 per cent in a single year, latest government statistics show.

ADCS Conference: President warns of funding crisis and ‘broken' Ofsted framework

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Friday, July 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services departments are facing a "looming crisis" because of funding cuts, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.?

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

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Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

A children's services department that was providing support for three vulnerable children who died in the space of a month has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

DfE: 'No link' between spending on children's social care and quality

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has said there is no link between the amount of money spent on children's social care and the effectiveness of services.

Council outlines major cuts to children's centres and youth services

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Friday, February 19, 2016

| CYP Now

A council in London has announced plans to close four children's centres and cease employing youth workers as part of efforts to shave £24m from its children's services budget.

DfE announces increased funding for Staying Put

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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Local authorities are set to receive a total of £22.2m this year to cover the cost of allowing young people to remain in foster care placements until their 21st birthday, it has been announced.

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Two local authorities have become the first to be awarded "outstanding" judgments under Ofsted's controversial inspection framework for children's services.

CYP Now 2013 Awards open for entry

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Monday, April 15, 2013

| CYP Now

The 2013 Children & Young People Now Awards - the gold standard in services for children, young people and families across the UK - are open for entries.

Daniel Pelka SCR: Practitioners must be bolder in acting on concerns, says sector

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Professional bodies and child protection campaigners have said all practitioners working with children must be more prepared to intervene if they are concerned that a child is being abused or neglected.

Colin Hilton to lead independent children's trust in Doncaster

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

| CYP Now

The former director of the Children's Improvement Board (CIB) has been appointed by Education Secretary Michael Gove to turn around child protection services in Doncaster.

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils could save more than £32,000 for each troubled family they work with by providing services in a more effective way, a government report has claimed.

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| CYP Now

It is now one week since an independent report by Professor Alexis Jay estimated that approximately 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. CYP Now looks at what has happened since publication last Tuesday.

Steep rise in serious case reviews

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of serious case reviews (SCRs) carried out into cases of child deaths or severe abuse have risen by more than 50 per cent in the space of just a year.

NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children's charities

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and young people's charities face funding cuts of almost £405m over the five years up to 2015/16, the National Children's Bureau (NCB) has estimated.

Government admits 26-week care proceedings target 'unlikely' to be met

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Friday, March 27, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has admitted the 26-week target to decide whether a child is taken into care is "highly unlikely" to ever be met for all cases.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

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County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

Charity boss challenges accuracy of 'at risk' data

Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

Children's social worker vacancies soar

ADCS Conference: President warns of funding crisis and ‘broken' Ofsted framework

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

DfE: 'No link' between spending on children's social care and quality

Council outlines major cuts to children's centres and youth services

DfE announces increased funding for Staying Put

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

CYP Now 2013 Awards open for entry

Daniel Pelka SCR: Practitioners must be bolder in acting on concerns, says sector

Colin Hilton to lead independent children's trust in Doncaster

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

Steep rise in serious case reviews

NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children's charities

Government admits 26-week care proceedings target 'unlikely' to be met

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

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