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'Frontline for managers' gets backing

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Innovation grant will hone social work managers' skills, but critics want more widespread training investment.

Independent voice a must for commissioner Anne Longfield

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The next children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield must stand up to the government if she is to champion the rights of children and young people and allay concerns over the role's independence.

Let's be ready to answer for our children's rights record

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's commissioner for England Maggie Atkinson looks ahead as the UNCRC marks its Silver Jubilee.

Somerset row shows DCSs need greater authority

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

It is rare for the sacking of a director of children's services (DCS) to be played out in public, but that has been the case in Somerset over the past week.

Doncaster's deliverer

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Monday, October 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett speaks to Paul Moffat, chief executive, Doncaster Children's Services Trust.

Ask the Experts: Deter young people from drugs

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Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on "legal highs", saving money while safeguarding, partnership working concerns and coping with hot weather.

Daily roundup: FGM arrest, Walsall Council, and children's centres

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Monday, July 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Two people arrested in suspected FGM case; government lifts improvement notice on Walsall children's services department; and plans announced to reorganise children's centres in Bradford, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Shoesmith compensation, council spending, and school standards

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Details emerge of Sharon Shoesmith compensation deal; Somerset criticised for amount spent on children's services leaders; and academies best for supporting disadvantaged pupils, all in the news today.

Inspections future tops agenda

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's directors' chief outlines vision for a two-tier inspection system at the ADCS annual conference.

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Haringey told to improve children's social care, major early intervention guide launched, and Nicky Morgan pledges to continue tough stance on term-time holidays, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Inspections, financial management and mental health

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| CYP Now

East Sussex children's social care judged "good" by Ofsted; spend on agency staff triples at Windsor children's services; and new chair announced for mental health body, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child protection, mental health and early years

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Monday, May 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Academics criticise government plans to outsource children's social care; NHS England raises concerns over failure to meet child mental health needs; and nursery to investigate after toddler found wandering streets, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Hampshire children's services receive "good" Ofsted judgment; Salford DCS to become Solihull chief executive; and Bristol gets new child protection service, all in the news today.

Social reformer called into action

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Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett talks to Sir Tony Hawkhead, chief executive of Action for Children.

Daily roundup: School safeguarding, children's services and child injuries

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Friday, April 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Gove highlights FGM risk in letter to school head teachers; Coventry councillors work together to improve children's services; and Nottinghamshire councils develop plan to cut child injuries, all in the news today.

A provocative president

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Monday, March 31, 2014

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett meets Alan Wood, the new president of the ADCS.

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

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Monday, March 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Chamber of Commerce warning on youth unemployment figures; fraction of public health spending goes on child obesity; and government launches action plan to tackle violence against females, all in the news today.

First judgments show up flaws in new single inspection system

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Senior managers at the first five children's services departments to have undergone the new Ofsted single inspection support the principles behind the framework, but think the process needs improving if it is to get their full backing.

Evidencing outcomes on the agenda as the next Spending Review looms

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

CYP Now's Outcomes Conference earlier this month brought together leaders in children's services across the voluntary sector, local authorities and government to debate the way ahead for evidencing what works.

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Wilshaw reveals he called for Ofsted chair to remain; leaving foster care age for young people in Wales raised; and £500,000 fund set up to help male victims of rape, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's professionals struggle to keep pace with child abusers' tactics; 23 campaign groups highlight need for child-friendly policies; and Bracknell Forest youth hub set to open by 2016, all in the news today.

We can protect the many, but some children will die

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

John Freeman on the impossible task of protecting every young person at risk.

Who would want to be a DCS today?

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services are under ever-increasing pressure and first in the firing line if tragedy strikes. Jo Stephenson examines what the future holds for the role and why anyone would aspire to do it.

Ask the Experts: Social care budget cuts

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Daily roundup: Adoption figures, Doncaster and anti-gay school rules

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Adoptions increase at fastest rate for 15 years, Hackney DCS to lead Doncaster changes, and DfE to probe policies banning 'promotion' of homosexuality, all in the news today.

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'Frontline for managers' gets backing

Independent voice a must for commissioner Anne Longfield

Let's be ready to answer for our children's rights record

Somerset row shows DCSs need greater authority

Doncaster's deliverer

Ask the Experts: Deter young people from drugs

Daily roundup: FGM arrest, Walsall Council, and children's centres

Daily roundup: Shoesmith compensation, council spending, and school standards

Inspections future tops agenda

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

Daily roundup: Inspections, financial management and mental health

Daily roundup: Child protection, mental health and early years

Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection

Social reformer called into action

Daily roundup: School safeguarding, children's services and child injuries

A provocative president

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

First judgments show up flaws in new single inspection system

Evidencing outcomes on the agenda as the next Spending Review looms

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

We can protect the many, but some children will die

Who would want to be a DCS today?

Ask the Experts: Social care budget cuts

Daily roundup: Adoption figures, Doncaster and anti-gay school rules

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