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Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

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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.

Birmingham commissioner slams NHS over joint working failures

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

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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.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

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Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

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Our panel offers advice on the dangers of legal highs, child protection changes, building a bug hotel and holding a winter bazaar.

Who would want to be a DCS today?

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

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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.

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

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The way public services are commissioned is undergoing considerable change, but charities pitched into competition for funding with private companies have a possible advantage - as long as they can demonstrate the additional social values they provide above and beyond the primary aims of a project.

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Monday, September 28, 2015

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Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

Hampshire DCS set to take on chief executive role

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

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Hampshire's director of children's services John Coughlan is set to be appointed as the council's chief executive next week.

NCAS conference: Children's services leaders debate policy and practice challenges

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

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Protecting children from extremist ideology, improving care leaver support, reforming child mental health services and changes to Ofsted social care inspections were all issues on the agenda at the NCAS conference this month.

Worcestershire County Council

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

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Long-time struggling West Midlands council is the latest to transfer a range of children’s services to a council-owned company.

Key steps that will improve play services for disabled children

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

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A charity has devised a blueprint for improved access to good quality play provision for disabled children under five through more national funding, investing in childcare providers' facilities, making play a statutory service and enforcing equalities law.

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

Friday, April 11, 2014

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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.

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

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

Ask the Experts: Deter young people from drugs

Monday, September 1, 2014

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

A provocative president

Monday, March 31, 2014

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

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

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

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

Independent voice a must for commissioner Anne Longfield

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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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.

Recruitment in children's services: trends and challenges

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

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Funding cuts coupled with increased demand for services are intensifying the recruitment challenges for children's services employers. Joe Lepper explores the trends across the children's workforce.

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

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The chief inspectors of Ofsted and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) have launched a scathing attack on councils' failure to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Behind the Inspection Rating: Staff ensure quality short breaks

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

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Ade Adepitan Short Break Centre, London - short break centre inspection - September 2015.

The policy context on Attachment and Neglect

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

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In recent years there has been a growing recognition of the scale of child neglect, its long-term effect on children's wellbeing and how interventions can prevent and repair the damage caused to children's ability to form strong attachments with parents and carers.

Child safeguarding: leaders' debate

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

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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

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

Monday, June 17, 2013

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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.

Daily roundup: Children's homes, Birmingham DCS and school places

Friday, July 19, 2013

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Education committee launches inquiry into children's residential care, Birmingham's DCS leaves the council, and the government announces which schools will receive funding for new places, all in the news today.

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

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

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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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