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Opposition to outsourcing of child protection gathers pace

News

Monday, May 19, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 8,000 people have signed a petition condemning government plans to outsource child protection services.

Unregistered children’s homes: Legal Update

Features

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

As the number of children being taken into care continues to rise, Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at concerns regarding unregulated and unregistered children’s homes.

School safeguarding, mental health, and healthy living

News

Friday, March 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Coventry schools to have safeguarding checks; trust defends offering counselling in cafes; and smoking bans deliver child health benefits, all in the news today.

Charity boss challenges accuracy of 'at risk' data

News

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Official figures on children in need are massively underestimating the numbers at risk of neglect and abuse, charity boss Camila Batmanghelidjh has said.

Daily roundup: Fuel poverty, sexual offences, and the benefit cap

Other

Monday, January 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Families planning to cut down on food to cover heating costs; 20 per cent rise in sexual offences against children; and 33,000 now affected by government benefit cap, all in the news today.

Birmingham to get children's commissioner under Le Grand plans

News

Thursday, March 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to draft in a commissioner and expert panel to oversee Birmingham's troubled children's services.

SCRs need greater prevention focus, says NSPCC chief

News

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Serious case reviews (SCRs) need to focus more on learning the lessons from child protection failings to prevent them happening again, the head of the NSPCC has said.

Ofsted delays revised children's home inspections

News

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted has delayed by a year the introduction of new children's home inspections because of concerns they would be "inefficient".

‘Decision fatigue' blights social work practice

News

Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's social workers avoid making decisions later in the working day due to mental exhaustion, an analysis of child protection practitioners' behaviour has shown.

Councils and care agencies fail to safeguard personal data

News

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities and independent fostering and adoption agencies are leaving themselves open to large fines by failing to adequately protect the personal data collected about looked-after children and potential carers.

Campaigners call for end to B&B use for care leavers

News

Friday, May 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities should be banned from using bed and breakfasts to house young care leavers, while post-care accommodation should be regulated by Ofsted, MPs have been told.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Research that involves children

Other

Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Carrying out research with children raises particular legal and ethical issues that researchers should be aware of.

Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection

Other

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Hampshire children's services receive "good" Ofsted judgment; Salford DCS to become Solihull chief executive; and Bristol gets new child protection service, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child protection, mental health and early years

Other

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.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - New measures tackle sexual exploitation

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has announced new measures in response to recent reports on institutional failings to protect children.

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