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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.

Daily roundup: Alcohol abuse, nursery inspections, and classroom behaviour

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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Council seeks compensation for looked-after child affected by mother's drinking; third of early years providers rated less than good; and teacher suspended for taping noisy pupils' mouths shut, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Domestic violence

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Q: What legal steps can a person take to get protection from domestic violence?

Daily roundup: Child protection, numeracy education, and youth services

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Child sex offenders in Sussex identified through disclosure scheme; building society to offer numeracy training for pupils; and moves to reduce youth service cuts in Wiltshire, all in the news today.

FGM helpline makes dozens of referrals to agencies

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Friday, February 7, 2014

| CYP Now

The NSPCC's helpline for reporting suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) has referred dozens of cases to police and children's services since being set up last year.

Daily roundup: School inspections, child protection and mental health

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

| CYP Now

Minister calls for Ofsted to inspect academy chains; serious case review finds health services missed chances to refer baby to social workers; and new standards for managing anxiety published, all in the news today.

Councils and care agencies fail to safeguard personal data

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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.

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Barring orders

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Q. What are "barring orders"?

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

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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.

Legal Update: Business and children's rights

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a child's right to access a remedy for rights violations caused by transnational business operations.

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

| CYP Now

There is an "unhelpful" misperception among the media and public about the nature of out-of-authority placements for looked-after children, council care managers have said.

Legal Update: Protecting young social networkers

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Coram Children's Legal Centre's Awaz Raoof and Julie Latrille report on the findings of a study conducted by the NSPCC on the experiences of 11- and 12-year-olds on social networking sites.

Joint working model cuts safeguarding case delays

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Multi-agency safeguarding hubs (Mash) in London have nearly halved the amount of time it takes to deal with child protection referrals, according to new research.

Daily roundup: Child poverty, child protection and troubled families

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Monday, December 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Child poverty at lowest level for a generation, study finds; five-year-old taken into care for being overweight; and "turned around" troubled families in Sunderland don't get jobs, all in the news today.

Guardians maintain child contact levels, study suggests

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Friday, November 29, 2013

| CYP Now

The amount of time children's guardians spend with children subject to care proceedings has not been adversely affected by the sustained and significant rise in care applications over the past decade, research suggests.

New figures show smaller rise in adoptions

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Thursday, November 28, 2013

| CYP Now

The rise in the number of children adopted last year was not as high as previously thought, new data analysis suggests.

Daily roundup: Emotional abuse, Youth Parliament, and consent age

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Monday, November 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Police officers back efforts to make child emotional cruelty an offence; Youth Parliament sets its policy priorities for coming year; and political parties reject calls to cut age of sexual consent, all in the news today.

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Birmingham to get children's commissioner under Le Grand plans

Social care fails to act quickly enough over neglect

Ofsted delays revised children's home inspections

SCRs need greater prevention focus, says NSPCC chief

Daily roundup: Alcohol abuse, nursery inspections, and classroom behaviour

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Domestic violence

Daily roundup: Child protection, numeracy education, and youth services

FGM helpline makes dozens of referrals to agencies

Daily roundup: School inspections, child protection and mental health

Councils and care agencies fail to safeguard personal data

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Barring orders

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

Legal Update: Business and children's rights

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

Legal Update: Protecting young social networkers

Joint working model cuts safeguarding case delays

Daily roundup: Child poverty, child protection and troubled families

Guardians maintain child contact levels, study suggests

New figures show smaller rise in adoptions

Daily roundup: Emotional abuse, Youth Parliament, and consent age

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