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DfE to encourage children's social care providers to ‘take risks'

Monday, January 18, 2016

| CYP Now

A "fundamental cultural shift" featuring a greater degree of risk-taking is necessary in order to improve standards within children's social care, the Department for Education has said.

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

News

Thursday, January 14, 2016

| CYP Now

A new social work organisation to drive up standards and put social workers on a par with high-status professions such as surgeons or lawyers will be established, government has announced.

DfE: 'No link' between spending on children's social care and quality

News

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has said there is no link between the amount of money spent on children's social care and the effectiveness of services.

Ofsted tells children's services department to improve

News

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

| CYP Now

A children's services department has been told to improve its work following an inspection by Ofsted.

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

Other

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.

'The Family Nurse Partnership is making a difference'

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Analysis of the Family Nurse Partnership underplayed the programme's benefits, says an early years expert.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services standards

News

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been told to improve the quality of its work with children and young people after Ofsted inspectors identified "significant areas for development".

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

News

Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

An independent children's services trust that was established on government orders has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

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Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

A children's services department that was providing support for three vulnerable children who died in the space of a month has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Commissioner calls for action to tackle in-family child sex abuse

Other

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Analysis by the Children's Commissioner for England concludes that many cases of child sexual abuse go unreported because children's professionals struggle to recognise and act on the signs of in-family abuse.

Children in Care: Policy and Practice

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Special supplement on the latest innovation and implementation of policy reforms to enable children in care to lead healthy, happy lives.

Ofsted warns children's services departments of ‘inadequate' factors

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Friday, November 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted has taken steps to warn children's services departments of common weaknesses they must address to avoid being rated "inadequate" when they are visited by inspectors.

Troubled Families programme ‘wastes millions of pounds'

News

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

| CYP Now

The government's flagship Troubled Families initiative is working with the wrong families in the wrong way and is likely to be wasting millions of pounds, a report has claimed.

Research Report: Effectiveness of a Nurse-led Programme for First-time Teenage Mothers

Other

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

A team of researchers, led by Dr Michael Robling at Cardiff University's School of Medicine, set out to assess the impact of the Family Nurse Partnership programme on outcomes for babies and mothers up to 24 months after birth.

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

Other

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.

New Age for young children's health

Other

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.

DfE gives council more time to improve after ‘inadequate' Ofsted rating

News

Monday, November 9, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been given more time to turn services around in the wake of Ofsted judging its children's services department ‘inadequate' twice in two years.

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

News

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is struggling to complete inspections of all local authority children's services departments to schedule because it is "significantly under-resourced against agreed budgets", it has emerged.

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

News

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.

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DfE to encourage children's social care providers to ‘take risks'

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

DfE: 'No link' between spending on children's social care and quality

Ofsted tells children's services department to improve

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

'The Family Nurse Partnership is making a difference'

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services standards

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

Commissioner calls for action to tackle in-family child sex abuse

Children in Care: Policy and Practice

Ofsted warns children's services departments of ‘inadequate' factors

Troubled Families programme ‘wastes millions of pounds'

Research Report: Effectiveness of a Nurse-led Programme for First-time Teenage Mothers

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

New Age for young children's health

DfE gives council more time to improve after ‘inadequate' Ofsted rating

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

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

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

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