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Skills for the Job: Tackling child-on-parent violence

Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Abuse of parents by children is a common occurrence, but skilled help and support is available and includes therapeutic interventions.

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

News

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| CYP Now

New quality standards for children's homes should be scrapped by the next government, an organisation representing residential care providers has said.

Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

Best Practice

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on growing vegetables, telling stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and help for Eastern European children.

Review: Children and Young People Whose Behaviour is Sexually Concerning or Harmful

Other

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

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.

Government admits 26-week care proceedings target 'unlikely' to be met

News

Friday, March 27, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has admitted the 26-week target to decide whether a child is taken into care is "highly unlikely" to ever be met for all cases.

'Wilful neglect' proposals raise fears over damage to social work

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders say the government's plans to extend wilful neglect sanctions of up to five years in prison to social care and education professionals will harm joint working and deter many entering the sector.

Sexual abuse focus can solve the criminal responsibility conundrum

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Kathy Evans explains why the age of criminal responsibility must be raised to protect children.

Innovation projects tackle CSE

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Four innovation fund schemes are to focus on developing ways to protect children from sexual exploitation.

CSE action plan: the key elements

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

After recent child sexual abuse revelations, the government has developed a national response strategy.

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.

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.

What practitioners need to know about FGM mandatory reporting

Other

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

In a bid to end female genital mutilation, the government plans to introduce legislation before the general election to make reporting of FGM mandatory. But what are the implications for children's professionals?

Children's social worker vacancies soar

News

Thursday, February 26, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of vacant children's social worker posts has increased by nearly 20 per cent in a single year, latest government statistics show.

Council launches Romanian recruitment drive to fill social work vacancies

News

Friday, February 20, 2015

| CYP Now

A troubled children's services department has launched a social worker recruitment drive in Romania because it is struggling to fill vacancies with candidates in England.

Ask The Experts: Nursery medicine, CSE concerns, council help for academies and youth film nights

Best Practice

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on drugs in nursery settings, addressing CSE concerns, council help for academies and youth club film nights.

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

News

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two more English authorities have been told by Ofsted that their children's services are not up to scratch.

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

News

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) face a fight to protect their role, with more than half now responsible for other directorates or services, the vice president-elect of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

Government revises serious case review guidance

News

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

| CYP Now

Guidance for when serious case reviews should be conducted has been revised as part of attempts to ensure they are carried out more frequently.

How do we stop child sex abuse?

Other

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Preventing child sexual abuse from happening in the first place is the ultimate goal of all children's professionals but this is not straightforward. Charlotte Goddard explores the challenges and what really works when it comes to keeping children safe.

The 2015 Report: Performance improvement

Other

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Child sexual exploitation (CSE) is far from new, but the critical understanding of grooming and the types of exploitative situations young people find themselves in is.

Children's home managers highlight recruitment problems

News

Monday, January 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's homes are struggling to find suitable staff with more than half of managers reporting difficulties recruiting candidates with appropriate skills and training.

Ask the Experts: Christmas activities at nursery

Other

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on Christmas activities at nurseries, tackling self-harm, managing budget proposals and secret engagements.

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

News

Friday, December 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Bristol and Rochdale have been told to improve the quality of services for children and young people following inspections by Ofsted.

Ask The Experts: Helping a child with dyspraxia

Other

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on dyspraxia, sexually transmitted infections, countering radicalisation and a councillor speaking out of turn.

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Skills for the Job: Tackling child-on-parent violence

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

Review: Children and Young People Whose Behaviour is Sexually Concerning or Harmful

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

Government admits 26-week care proceedings target 'unlikely' to be met

'Wilful neglect' proposals raise fears over damage to social work

Sexual abuse focus can solve the criminal responsibility conundrum

Innovation projects tackle CSE

CSE action plan: the key elements

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

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

What practitioners need to know about FGM mandatory reporting

Children's social worker vacancies soar

Council launches Romanian recruitment drive to fill social work vacancies

Ask The Experts: Nursery medicine, CSE concerns, council help for academies and youth film nights

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

Government revises serious case review guidance

How do we stop child sex abuse?

The 2015 Report: Performance improvement

Children's home managers highlight recruitment problems

Ask the Experts: Christmas activities at nursery

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

Ask The Experts: Helping a child with dyspraxia

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