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Early help must stem the flow of neglect cases to social care

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

With the number of children on child protection plans due to neglect on the rise, research by the NSPCC suggests a lack of understanding is resulting in universal services referring some cases that could be managed with early help.

Ask the Experts: Accessing mental health funding

Best Practice

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on mental health services funding, inappropriate sexual behaviour, safeguarding and a nursery compost heap.

Architect of inspection: Jacky Tiotto, director of children's services, Bexley

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Jacky Tiotto, director of children's services at Bexley Council.

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

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

Police reformer: Olivia Pinkney, national lead for children and young people's policing

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Olivia Pinkney, the National Police Chiefs Council's lead officer for children and young people.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated "inadequate" for the second time in two years after Ofsted inspectors found widespread failings in services for vulnerable children.

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

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Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders gathered at CYP Now's Early Help Conference to discuss latest policy developments in early help and hear how local areas are developing interventions across a range of settings and age groups.

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Qualification requirements and training provision for working with children and young people is continuously adapting in line with changes in policy and practice. Charlotte Goddard provides a comprehensive overview.

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

| CYP Now

More local authority children's services departments will be taken out of council control in order to tackle failure, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted will spend fewer days "on site" during inspections of local authority children's services as part of efforts to ease the impact of the process, CYP Now has learned.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

News

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

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

Research Report: Child Neglect is Everyone's Business: Achieving a Sense of Shared Responsibility

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Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Researchers investigate how local authorities identify and intervene in child neglect cases.

Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

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Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on growing vegetables, telling stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and help for Eastern European children.

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

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Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education will consider intervening in the running of children's services in Somerset after the department was labelled "inadequate" by Ofsted for the second time in less than two years.

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

News

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.

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

News

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two more English authorities have been told by Ofsted that their children's services are not up to scratch.

SEN checks must focus on local progress, not just crude ratings

Other

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

The disability and special educational needs reforms, with joined-up education, health and care plans at their heart, are finally starting to bite. They make complete sense to me, with a far greater focus on children's strengths rather than their weaknesses, and a requirement that professionals will work together as a team to wrap support around the family.

Children's social workers to learn psychology techniques in trailblazer project

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

| CYP Now

All children's social workers will be trained in advanced psychological counselling techniques as part of a radical shake-up of child protection services in Hertfordshire, funded with nearly £5m of government money.

Government revises serious case review guidance

News

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

| CYP Now

Guidance for when serious case reviews should be conducted has been revised as part of attempts to ensure they are carried out more frequently.

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

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Friday, December 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Bristol and Rochdale have been told to improve the quality of services for children and young people following inspections by Ofsted.

Government to clarify serious case review criteria

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Guidance on serious case reviews (SCRs) is to be clarified in a bid to address reluctance among local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) to initiate them, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

Complete communicator

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett meets Anna Feuchtwang, chief executive of the National Children's Bureau.

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.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

News

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities would be able to save a total of £150m a year by improving the way they work with prospective foster parents, a report has claimed.

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Early help must stem the flow of neglect cases to social care

Ask the Experts: Accessing mental health funding

Architect of inspection: Jacky Tiotto, director of children's services, Bexley

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

Police reformer: Olivia Pinkney, national lead for children and young people's policing

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Research Report: Child Neglect is Everyone's Business: Achieving a Sense of Shared Responsibility

Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

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

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

SEN checks must focus on local progress, not just crude ratings

Children's social workers to learn psychology techniques in trailblazer project

Government revises serious case review guidance

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

Government to clarify serious case review criteria

Complete communicator

Doncaster's deliverer

Slough children's services to become independent trust

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

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