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Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

Friday, February 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Efforts to create an independent trust to run children's services in Doncaster are weeks behind schedule, it has emerged.

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.

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

News

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.

Supporting parents with learning disabilities

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Parents with learning disabilities are more likely to have their children taken into care. However, the right support can help them successfully look after their children, reports Eileen Fursland.

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

News

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.

Collaboration, creativity and more cuts: 2016 in children's services

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

CYP Now has collected the views of children's services experts from a range of backgrounds to hear what they think the key challenges and opportunities will be in 2016 across services for children, young people and families.

Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

| CYP Now

An expansion of the Troubled Families initiative is to focus on tackling poor health and supporting children under the age of five, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has revealed.

How local teams in Westminster are joining forces to close gaps in children's services

Best Practice

Monday, April 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Westminster's locality teams are working to help prevent children being taken into care

Charities urge government action on parental imprisonment

News

Monday, February 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Babies of convicted criminals should be treated as a specific vulnerable group by government and impact assessments carried out to identify their needs, a joint report by the NSPCC and Barnardo's has said.

Duncan Smith launches relationship support pilot

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

| CYP Now

A pilot project designed to help parents stay together has been launched by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith.

Charities win share of £215m lottery early intervention fund

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Five charity-led consortia will receive a share of £215m as part of a bid to improve the life chances of vulnerable under-threes, the Big Lottery Fund has announced.

Councils see rise in child abuse contacts

News

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Numbers of calls to councils about the safety and wellbeing of children have increased by nearly 12 per cent in a single year, research has found.

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.

Government to force councils to merge adoption services

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils will be forced to merge or outsource their adoption services into regional agencies unless they do it under their own steam within the next two years, the government has announced.

New Age for young children's health

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Local authorities assumed responsibility in October for commissioning public health services for under-fives. Charlotte Goddard explores the challenges involved and plans for the future.

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

News

Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Up to 25 local authorities will be judged on their multi-agency child protection arrangements under new inspections being introduced in April 2015, it has been announced.

Government to clarify serious case review criteria

News

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.

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

News

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.

Massive rise in number of children in care under coalition

News

Monday, June 22, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of children being cared for by the state rose by more than 5,000 during the term of the coalition government, an investigation by CYP Now has found.

Early intervention funding halved under coalition

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Monday, July 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils have cut spending on early intervention by a further eight per cent in 2015/16 on the back of funding being halved under the coalition government, CYP Now can reveal.

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Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

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

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

Supporting parents with learning disabilities

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

Collaboration, creativity and more cuts: 2016 in children's services

Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems

How local teams in Westminster are joining forces to close gaps in children's services

Charities urge government action on parental imprisonment

Duncan Smith launches relationship support pilot

Charities win share of £215m lottery early intervention fund

Councils see rise in child abuse contacts

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

Government to force councils to merge adoption services

New Age for young children's health

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

Government to clarify serious case review criteria

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

Massive rise in number of children in care under coalition

Early intervention funding halved under coalition

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