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Better safeguarding work leads to fall in violent injuries

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Improved child protection procedures have contributed to a large fall in the number of violent injuries against children and young people over the last year, a leading research academic has said.

Durham adopts training for professionals to spot CSE

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Durham has become the first area in the country to adopt a US training initiative to help police officers and other professionals to better identify child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| CYP Now

New quality standards for children's homes should be scrapped by the next government, an organisation representing residential care providers has said.

GPs need to improve knowledge of FGM, say MPs

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Saturday, March 14, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs have criticised GPs and other health professionals for failing to report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM).

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's social workers, teachers and local councillors will face up to five years in jail for failing to protect children from sexual exploitation, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

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Friday, January 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The government intends to change the law to make reporting suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory prior to May's general election.

Birmingham commissioner slams NHS over joint working failures

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

| CYP Now

The government-appointed troubleshooter charged with turning around Birmingham's failing children's services has hit out at health services for being reluctant to get involved in child protection work.

Rotherham chief Ian Thomas to discuss his plans to tackle CSE

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Rotherham's new director of children's services Ian Thomas is to deliver a keynote presentation on leading the effort to combat child sexual exploitation (CSE) in the wake of the Jay report, at a CYP Now Conference.

Social work leaders oppose mandatory FGM reporting

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Friday, January 16, 2015

| CYP Now

The College of Social Work (TCSW) is urging the Home Office to back down on plans to bring in mandatory reporting of female genital mutilation (FGM).

Recognise tooth decay as neglect, urge experts

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Friday, November 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Tooth decay in young children should increasingly be seen as a significant risk factor for neglect, academics have warned.

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

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Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities have been ordered to undertake an audit of how they respond to child sexual exploitation (CSE) cases in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal.

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.

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.

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

| CYP Now

A new director of children's services has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to turn around the troubled department.

Gyimah handed role to strengthen children's mental health services

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Friday, August 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Sam Gyimah has been handed responsibility for strengthening Department for Education links with child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).

More health visitors needed to hit government target

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 1,800 health visitors must be recruited within 12 months in order for the government to achieve its five-year pledge to boost numbers within the profession, new figures show.

Government announces civil orders to tackle FGM

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Civil orders designed to prevent female genital mutilation (FGM) are to be created as part of a range of measures to tackle the issue, the government has announced.

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Inquiries into child deaths must be reformed so frontline practice can be improved to prevent further tragedies, a major study has concluded.

Daily roundup: School population, child obesity, and extremism

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Friday, July 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Numbers of pupils to top eight million by 2023; London mayor launches drive to tackle child obesity; and school extremism report leaked, all in the news today.

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.

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Better safeguarding work leads to fall in violent injuries

Durham adopts training for professionals to spot CSE

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

GPs need to improve knowledge of FGM, say MPs

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

Birmingham commissioner slams NHS over joint working failures

Rotherham chief Ian Thomas to discuss his plans to tackle CSE

Social work leaders oppose mandatory FGM reporting

Recognise tooth decay as neglect, urge experts

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

Gyimah handed role to strengthen children's mental health services

More health visitors needed to hit government target

Government announces civil orders to tackle FGM

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

Daily roundup: School population, child obesity, and extremism

MPs warn of FGM 'crisis'

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