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Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services in Blackpool are improving but problems remain with support for care leavers and planning for looked-after children, inspectors have found.

Rotherham DCS calls for child sexual exploitation training reforms

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Child sexual exploitation (CSE) training should be part of university social work courses, the director of children's services (DCS) for Rotherham has said.

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.

Social workers in more than 50 councils have high caseloads

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

| CYP Now

The average social worker is dealing with between 20 and 30 cases at any time in 57 local authorities across England, a report by the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has found.

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.

Ofsted judges two children's homes 'inadequate'

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two children's homes, including one where a young person displaying sexually harmful behaviour was found to have had access to pornography, have been judged "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

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Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

An independent children's services trust that was established on government orders has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Government-ordered children's trust services rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted

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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

| CYP Now

The quality of children's services provided by a government-ordered independent trust have been rated as "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Fast-track social work scheme massively oversubscribed

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Friday, March 4, 2016

| CYP Now

A government-funded fast-track social work training scheme is massively oversubscribed, with more than 10 applicants battling it out for every place, it has emerged.

Children's social workers 'undermined' by government reform plans

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

| CYP Now

Social workers in England feel "patronised" and "sidelined" by the government's approach to social work reform, it has been claimed.

Ofsted rates two children's homes ‘inadequate'

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

| CYP Now

Two children's homes have been judged to be "inadequate" by Ofsted.

DfE-funded care initiative to recruit 100,000 volunteers to expand nationwide

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

| CYP Now

A government-funded social care initiative that supports families in crisis has announced plans to recruit 100,000 volunteers as part of a major nationwide expansion.

In the new edition of CYP Now: Academies everywhere

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

| CYP Now

The latest issue of CYP Now magazine takes an in-depth look at the government's controversial plans to turn all schools into academies.

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

| CYP Now

Social workers who fail new accreditation tests being introduced by government will not lose their registration, the chief social worker for children has said.

Tri-borough appoints new head of children's services

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Monday, May 9, 2016

| CYP Now

The tri-borough arrangement of children's services covering Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster, has appointed a new head of children's services.

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 the numbers of families to be worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

Local authorities to receive 'definitive guide' to commissioning for looked-after children

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Monday, October 18, 2010

| CYP Now

Local authorities are set to benefit from a guide to commissioning for looked-after children, which will offer advice on how to cope with the unprecedented rise in referrals to children's social care teams.

Ofsted strikes defiant note in furore over ‘one-word' social care judgments

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Friday, October 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted director of social care Debbie Jones has hit back at criticism that the new single inspections framework ignores the complexity of services and undermines confidence.

CYP Now Awards 2011 shortlist published

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

| CYP Now

Entries for the 2011 Children & Young People Now Awards have been whittled down to create a shortlist in each of the 20 categories.

DfE hands council £9.6m to establish children's services 'centre of excellence'

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Friday, February 24, 2017

| CYP Now

A council has been awarded £9.6m from the Department for Education's innovation fund to set up a national centre to teach other local authorities how to improve practice.

Wokingham reinstates dedicated DCS post

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Friday, March 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Wokingham Borough Council has been forced to backtrack on a senior management overhaul that saw its director of children's services also serve as interim chief executive.

'Terrifying' welfare reforms will drive up care referrals, warns Munro

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Friday, July 6, 2012

| CYP Now

The architect of the government's child protection reforms has warned that changes to welfare policy could inadvertently increase the number of children being referred to social care services.

Union warns of further strikes at 'inadequate' council

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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's social workers at a council rated "inadequate" are considering a second round of strikes, due to continuing concerns about heavy workloads and unfilled vacancies.

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Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

Rotherham DCS calls for child sexual exploitation training reforms

Steep rise in serious case reviews

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

Social workers in more than 50 councils have high caseloads

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

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Ofsted judges two children's homes 'inadequate'

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

Government-ordered children's trust services rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted

Fast-track social work scheme massively oversubscribed

Children's social workers 'undermined' by government reform plans

Ofsted rates two children's homes ‘inadequate'

DfE-funded care initiative to recruit 100,000 volunteers to expand nationwide

In the new edition of CYP Now: Academies everywhere

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

Tri-borough appoints new head of children's services

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

Local authorities to receive 'definitive guide' to commissioning for looked-after children

Ofsted strikes defiant note in furore over ‘one-word' social care judgments

CYP Now Awards 2011 shortlist published

DfE hands council £9.6m to establish children's services 'centre of excellence'

Wokingham reinstates dedicated DCS post

'Terrifying' welfare reforms will drive up care referrals, warns Munro

Union warns of further strikes at 'inadequate' council

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