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Birmingham chief vows to improve inadequate services within a year

Monday, April 29, 2013

| CYP Now

The second city's new children's services chief Peter Duxbury has put staff stability and support networks at the heart of his strategy to turn around the council's unenviable record on safeguarding children

Child safeguarding: leaders' debate

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

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

Other

Monday, June 17, 2013

| CYP Now

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: Adoption figures, Doncaster and anti-gay school rules

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

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.

Councils urged to tackle preventable child deaths and injuries

News

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities must do more to prevent the deaths of more than 60 children each year from preventable accidents, a report has found.

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

News

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's consultation over allowing councils to delegate children's social care services to third parties was insufficient and needs further debate, chair of the all-party parliamentary group on child protection has said.

Daily roundup: Shoesmith compensation, council spending, and school standards

Other

Thursday, July 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Details emerge of Sharon Shoesmith compensation deal; Somerset criticised for amount spent on children's services leaders; and academies best for supporting disadvantaged pupils, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: FGM arrest, Walsall Council, and children's centres

Other

Monday, July 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Two people arrested in suspected FGM case; government lifts improvement notice on Walsall children's services department; and plans announced to reorganise children's centres in Bradford, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: School sports, tooth decay and academies

News

Monday, March 18, 2013

| CYP Now

£150m for primary school sport, 41 per cent of children in Wales suffer tooth decay by five, and concerns over cost of academies in Birmingham, all in the news today.

Ask the Experts: Share best practice with others

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Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on sharing good practice, supporting vulnerable young people, art in nursery schools and tackling extremism.

Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

A new social work practice model, low caseloads and joined-up services have helped two of the three councils in a merged children's services department become the first to be judged "outstanding" by Ofsted's inspection system.

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

Analysis

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes talks to Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children.

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

News

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Government is considering forcing local authorities to take on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in order to ease pressure on Kent County Council, it has emerged.

Ofsted praises children's services in London bi-borough councils

News

Friday, August 31, 2018

| CYP Now

Standards at two London councils have been praised by Ofsted inspectors in the wake of an acrimonious split from partnership arrangements with a third council.

We can protect the many, but some children will die

Other

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

John Freeman on the impossible task of protecting every young person at risk.

‘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.

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

News

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities that keep hold of their directors of children's services (DCS) perform better in Ofsted inspections than those that change regularly, exclusive analysis by CYP Now has found.

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

News

Friday, August 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The quality of child death reviews are "disturbingly variable" with far too many failing to find out what went wrong, a damning report by a government appointed panel has found.

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.

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.

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Birmingham chief vows to improve inadequate services within a year

Child safeguarding: leaders' debate

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

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

Councils urged to tackle preventable child deaths and injuries

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

Daily roundup: Shoesmith compensation, council spending, and school standards

Daily roundup: FGM arrest, Walsall Council, and children's centres

Daily roundup: School sports, tooth decay and academies

Ask the Experts: Share best practice with others

Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

Ofsted praises children's services in London bi-borough councils

We can protect the many, but some children will die

‘Decision fatigue' blights social work practice

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

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

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

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