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Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

Friday, October 24, 2014

| CYP Now

A lack of authority-wide support for change and an "arcane" IT system were key reasons for slow progress in improving children's services in Somerset, the council's former director of children's services (DCS) has claimed.

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: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

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Friday, August 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Poorer parents struggle to feed their children during the summer holidays; Department for Education publishes child-friendly guide to the special educational needs reforms; and judge warns of "paedophile panic", all in the news today.

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.

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: 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.

Ask the Experts: Spur on staff to meet SEN reforms

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Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on SEN and disability reforms, nursery transition, tackling sexual exploitation and examining gender roles.

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

The College of Social Work (TCSW) has called for a government consultation on controversial plans to outsource child protection services to be extended.

Daily roundup: Child support, missing children and outsourcing

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Changes to child maintenance system; new national missing children's campaign launches; and children's services chief enters outsourcing debate, 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.

New Barnardo's chief eyes strategic role in children's services

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Barnardo's new chief executive wants the charity to manage, commission and deliver statutory children's services in partnership with local authorities as it evolves into a more strategic organisation over the next few years.

Ask the Experts: Help a child suffering from OCD

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on coping with OCD, inducting a lead member, helping a child whose mother drinks and learning from weather.

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.

Daily roundup: Teacher-pupil relationships, council services and children's centres

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils divulge details of teacher relationship claims; government orders action at Norfolk children's services; and Essex children's centres' opening hours to be cut, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Childcare in schools, perinatal mental health and domestic abuse

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Monday, June 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Minister moots late opening schools plan; report warns of postcode lottery for perinatal mental health, and serious case review identifies missed opportunities, all in the news today.

Child safeguarding: leaders' debate

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders from councils across England discussed the current challenges of safeguarding children at a debate hosted by CYP Now in partnership with 4Children. Ravi Chandiramani reports

Working Together to Safeguard Children: key revisions explained

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

| CYP Now

It has been two years in the making, but the revised Working Together guidance has finally been published. The new, streamlined version contains crucial information for all those with a role in safeguarding children

Daily roundup: Tobacco packaging, play scheme arson and maths lessons in schools

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

| CYP Now

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child health speak out on tobacco packaging, a charity counts the cost of an arson attack and fears over maths proposals, all make the news roundup today.

Government announces overhaul of child protection procedures

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

| CYP Now

National timescales for assessing children in need will be scrapped and guidance governing work with children drastically reduced, under the government's plans to overhaul procedures that it claims stifle the judgment of children's professionals.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

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Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

Ask the Experts: Deter young people from drugs

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

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

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

Ask the Experts: Spur on staff to meet SEN reforms

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

Daily roundup: Child support, missing children and outsourcing

Daily roundup: Child protection, mental health and early years

New Barnardo's chief eyes strategic role in children's services

Ask the Experts: Help a child suffering from OCD

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

Daily roundup: Teacher-pupil relationships, council services and children's centres

Daily roundup: Childcare in schools, perinatal mental health and domestic abuse

Child safeguarding: leaders' debate

Working Together to Safeguard Children: key revisions explained

Daily roundup: Tobacco packaging, play scheme arson and maths lessons in schools

Government announces overhaul of child protection procedures

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

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