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Daily roundup: Care applications data, sex offenders' register and age of consent

Thursday, May 9, 2013

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Care applications up 70 per cent; changes to sex offenders' register rules condemned, and barrister's age of consent comments dismissed as "outdated", all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Tax breaks, armed forces, and hospital care

Monday, September 16, 2013

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Lib Dems to push for income tax exemption for low paid; a career in the army is less appealing to young people than previously; and child death rates in intensive care drop to all-time low, all in the news today.

Inspectors find signs of progress at 'inadequate' council

Thursday, September 28, 2017

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A council rated as 'inadequate' by Ofsted and subsequently criticised for its slow pace of progress is beginning to show signs of improvement, inspectors have said.

Children in residential care must be listened to, MPs told

Friday, November 8, 2013

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Proposed government reforms of the residential care system do not focus enough on listening to children, a group of MPs has been told.

Children's home risk assessment plans delayed

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

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Plans to risk assess proposed new children's homes to make sure young people are safe from criminals and abusers have been delayed, after concerns were raised about how it will work.

Daily roundup: Residential care, child abuse and education support

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

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Barnardo's backs staying put till 21 for all children in care; government adviser arrested over child abuse concerns; and Ofsted slams Suffolk over school improvement, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Care proceedings, teacher training, and physical education

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

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Social workers to get help understanding care proceedings legislation; teacher training on SEN insufficient; and most pupils "not bothered" by loss of competitive school sport, all in the news today.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Thursday, October 13, 2011

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Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

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Children's minister Edward Timpson has been handed new responsibilities for boosting the ‘character and resilience' of young people and tackling bullying, the Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed.

Inspectors slam South Yorkshire Police over safeguarding failures

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

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The police force criticised last year over its handling of child sexual exploitation (CSE) allegations in Rotherham is not doing enough to improve its child protection procedures, a report has found.

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

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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.

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

Monday, November 9, 2015

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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.

MPs call for police discretion in child 'sexting' cases

Monday, November 30, 2015

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Police must be given greater discretion when dealing with children who share explicit pictures of themselves so that their future life chances are not harmed, a group of MPs and peers has said.

Morgan criticised for foster care ‘slur'

Friday, January 15, 2016

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Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has been criticised for denigrating foster care with comments she made as the government launched a bid to reverse a sharp drop in adoptions.

Government set to boost mental health services for children in care

Thursday, February 4, 2016

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Support for children and young people in care who are experiencing mental health problems is set to be boosted after the government pledged to set out exactly what services they can expect to receive.

Children's home providers call for fee increases

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

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Placement fees paid by local authorities to children's homes providers must be increased if the sector is to cope with rising costs, it has been claimed.

Daily roundup: Paris Brown, youth funding and child protection

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

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Media pressure prompts youth PCC to quit, £10m boost for Northern Irish youth groups, and resignations at Sandwell after critical Ofsted, all in the news today.

Effective Working with Neglected Children and their Families: Linking Interventions to Long-term Outcomes

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

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Authors Elaine Farmer and Eleanor Lutman; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 978-1-84905-288-7; £25; 240pp

Participation in Action: Children put their feelings to music to aid recovery

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

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Children who have witnessed domestic violence express themselves through music and song.

Government 'ignoring children's social care crisis'

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

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Council leaders and children's campaigners have criticised the government for failing to tackle the "children's social care crisis" as part of its legislative programme for the new parliament.

Kent urges all councils to place looked-after children closer to home

Thursday, June 14, 2012

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Kent County Council has made a plea to all local authorities to place children in care closer to home, after revealing that 1,267 children are placed in Kent from other parts of the country.

'I'm an emotional guy', says ADCS president after social worker slur

Friday, July 11, 2014

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Association of Directors of Children's Services president Alan Wood has said he did not intend to cause offence when he referred to some social workers as "crap".

Daily roundup: Parental rights, exam performance and age ratings

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

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The Prime Minister considers new parental rights for grandparents caring for children; new research suggests link between mothers' confidence during pregnancy and GCSE success; and the government announces plans to place age restrictions on music videos, all in the news today.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

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County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

Friday, September 19, 2014

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Children's homes will be required to show how they support young people and respond to their wishes as part of ongoing government efforts to improve standards.

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