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Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

Thursday, January 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils yet to have their children's services inspected by Ofsted are to be given additional support as part of a local government bid to prevent them being rated "inadequate" and facing intervention from the Department for Education (DfE).

DfE set to axe £200m grant scheme for children's charities

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Friday, February 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is set to scrap a grant scheme that has provided more than £200m to voluntary and community sector children's organisations in the past five years, CYP Now understands.

Unexpected rise in children's social worker vacancies

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Thursday, February 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Vacancies for local authority children's social worker posts have increased by 27 per cent in the space of a year, government figures show.

Fresh drive to speed up care proceedings

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Monday, February 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders have unveiled a new tool to help social workers in their bid to speed up care proceedings.

DfE acts after Ofsted rates council's children's services ‘inadequate'

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has appointed a commissioner to oversee children's services at a council rated "inadequate" by Ofsted due to serious child protection failures.

Former ADCS president to oversee development of mental health services for children in care

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

| CYP Now

A former president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has been appointed by government to oversee attempts to boost support for children in care with mental health problems.

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first year target for numbers of families they worked with in the first year of the government's high profile troubled families initiative, it has emerged.

Nottingham Council to recognise care experience as a protected characteristic

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

| CYP Now

Nottingham City Council is the latest local authority to pass a motion recognising care experience as a protected characteristic.

Ofsted criticises council over 'unsuitable' placements for care leavers

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Monday, January 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Staffordshire County Council’s children’s services have been downgraded by Ofsted due in part to concerns over its care leaver offer, including the placement of young people in "unsuitable short-term accommodation".

Compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse 'must be properly funded'

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

| CYP Now

The Home Secretary's plans to push through a law requiring professionals working with young people to report child sexual abuse must be "properly funded and resourced" before being implemented, sector leaders have said.

Campaign aims to challenge foster care stereotypes

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

| CYP Now

Foster Wales is working to amplify young people’s voice to challenge stereotypes and stigma faced by children in care.

CYP Now 2011 Awards open for entry

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's and youth organisations are being encouraged to enter this year's CYP Now Awards.

Ofsted calls on Salford to improve domestic abuse response

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Friday, October 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Agencies in Salford have been told to improve the way they work to protect children who are exposed to domestic abuse following the first multi-agency inspections to look at the issue.

Care leaver covenant: Timpson confirms delay

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Friday, October 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Plans to launch a covenant setting out the entitlements of care leavers in law have been delayed, with a number of government departments yet to commit to signing the landmark document.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

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Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

DfE to consider stripping children's services from 'inadequate' council

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Friday, November 25, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has ordered a review into whether a council should be stripped of responsibility for children's services after Ofsted inspectors found instances of poor social work and cases of abuse not being spotted.

Fears for low-income families as DWP plans to abolish Social Fund

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| CYP Now

A fund that helps low-income families with living costs that are not covered by weekly benefits is set to be scrapped under the government's benefit reforms, it has emerged.

Damning report calls for safeguarding improvements in Rochdale

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Friday, May 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Rochdale Council did not do enough to prevent teenage girls being groomed and abused in the borough, a report has found.

Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Family Action has developed a tool to help councils track their performance in supporting families through the Troubled Families programme.

Safeguarding boards to report SCR decisions to new expert panel

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Monday, July 1, 2013

| CYP Now

Heads of local safeguarding children boards (LSCB) must inform a new panel of experts within two weeks if they decide not to conduct a full serious case review (SCR) following a serious incident.

Homeless Westminster families to be offered one-bedroom accommodation

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Thursday, October 4, 2012

| CYP Now

Westminster council is under fire again following attempts to reduce the number of homeless families living in temporary accommodation in the area by downgrading its housing offer to parents of young children.

Charity condemns plan to pay benefits on ‘smart cards'

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

| CYP Now

The charity Family Action has condemned government plans to explore the potential for giving benefit claimants their welfare payments on Oyster-style smart cards as opposed to cash.

4Children and LGA consortium to run Early Intervention Foundation

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

| CYP Now

A consortium led by the charity 4Children has been selected as the preferred bidder to run the first Early Intervention Foundation, the Department for Education has confirmed.

BAAF chief David Holmes to lead Family Action

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Friday, December 14, 2012

| CYP Now

The chief executive of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) is stepping down after seven years in post to join the charity Family Action in March.

Health services neglected under SEN reforms, government warned

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

| CYP Now

Government proposals to reform the special educational needs (SEN) system will fail unless health services are placed under a legal duty to support children, MPs have warned.

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Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

DfE set to axe £200m grant scheme for children's charities

Unexpected rise in children's social worker vacancies

Fresh drive to speed up care proceedings

DfE acts after Ofsted rates council's children's services ‘inadequate'

Former ADCS president to oversee development of mental health services for children in care

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

Nottingham Council to recognise care experience as a protected characteristic

Ofsted criticises council over 'unsuitable' placements for care leavers

Compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse 'must be properly funded'

Campaign aims to challenge foster care stereotypes

CYP Now 2011 Awards open for entry

Ofsted calls on Salford to improve domestic abuse response

Care leaver covenant: Timpson confirms delay

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

DfE to consider stripping children's services from 'inadequate' council

Fears for low-income families as DWP plans to abolish Social Fund

Damning report calls for safeguarding improvements in Rochdale

Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

Safeguarding boards to report SCR decisions to new expert panel

Homeless Westminster families to be offered one-bedroom accommodation

Charity condemns plan to pay benefits on ‘smart cards'

4Children and LGA consortium to run Early Intervention Foundation

BAAF chief David Holmes to lead Family Action

Health services neglected under SEN reforms, government warned

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