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Daily roundup: Inspections, financial management and mental health

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| CYP Now

East Sussex children's social care judged "good" by Ofsted; spend on agency staff triples at Windsor children's services; and new chair announced for mental health body, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Adoption, youth commissioner, and sexting

Other

Thursday, June 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Wales to get National Adoption Service; youth commissioner probe launched in Kent; and concerns over "sexting" in Devon, all in the news today.

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Only non-profit organisations will be allowed to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans to give councils more freedom in the way they work with vulnerable children, it has been announced.

Daily roundup: Childcare training, education outcomes and Ofsted inspections

Other

Monday, June 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years bursary scheme funds a handful of applicants; gifted poor children less likely than affluent peers to attend top universities; and Bournemouth children's services requires improvement says Ofsted, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child abuse, mental health beds and legal aid risk

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Friday, July 11, 2014

| CYP Now

PM's child abuse adviser warns of 1980s "chumocracy"; NHS England plans extra mental health beds for children and young people; and the Children's Society criticises government legal aid bid, all in the news today.

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

News

Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Inquiries into child deaths must be reformed so frontline practice can be improved to prevent further tragedies, a major study has concluded.

Government announces civil orders to tackle FGM

News

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Civil orders designed to prevent female genital mutilation (FGM) are to be created as part of a range of measures to tackle the issue, the government has announced.

Integrated care service vital to help support troubled families

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Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Integrated care is an idea with legs. It is gaining currency among the major political parties, as they realise that the segregation of health and social care, for example, leads to waste, duplication and gaps through which service users easily fall.

Rotherham: Twelve new abuse victims come forward

News

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Twelve more victims of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham have come forward since a damning report was published last week.

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

News

Friday, September 12, 2014

| CYP Now

A group of local authorities will face Ofsted inspections on the way they deal with child sexual exploitation (CSE) in a bid to ensure services are up to scratch in the wake of the Rotherham scandal, CYP Now can reveal.

Daily roundup: Rotherham DCS, Portsmouth Ofsted, and Scottish independence vote

Other

Thursday, September 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Rotherham DCS on long-term sick leave; Ofsted rates Portsmouth children's services as needing improvement; and 16- and 17-year-olds make history by voting in Scotland referendum, all in the news today.

Doncaster's deliverer

Other

Monday, October 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett speaks to Paul Moffat, chief executive, Doncaster Children's Services Trust.

Weapons haul YOI branded violent by inspectors

News

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

| CYP Now

A young offender institution where more than 30 weapons were found during a single search has been blasted for high levels of violence.

Call for youth workers to tackle gang mental health problems

News

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth workers should receive basic mental health training as part of a shake-up of services in order to support young people in gangs, MPs have been told.

New rules governing restraint in youth jails unveiled

News

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

| CYP Now

New rules governing the use of restraint in youth custody will have a "big impact" on reducing the number of young people subjected to such interventions, the head of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has predicted.

Safeguarding boards to carry out 'Grenfell safety checks'

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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

| CYP Now

Local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) are to carry out checks to assess the safety of children in their areas living in high-rise flats, in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

Consultation on child protection

Other

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Catherine Williams, child protection solicitor and project manager of the Coram Children's Legal Centre Child Protection Project, examines the government's consultation on child protection guidance

Safeguarding and Child Protection in the Early Years

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Catherine Rushforth; Practical Pre-School Books; MA Education; ISBN 9781907241277 £18.99; 90 pages

Call for Greening to overhaul 'deeply flawed' Ofsted system

News

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

| CYP Now

A senior director of children's services (DCS) has called for Education Secretary Justine Greening to take urgent action to improve the way children's services are inspected, claiming the current system fails to aid improvement and is "phenomenally wasteful".

Inspectors slam children's home over 'crime and drugs' issues

News

Friday, October 6, 2017

| CYP Now

A children's home where young people go missing, are involved in crime and misuse drugs has been strongly criticised by Ofsted.

Council's child protection failings 'put children at risk'

News

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

| CYP Now

Inspectors have criticised a council for a raft of children's services failings that are putting young people at risk of harm.

Government urges councils to prioritise housing for domestic abuse victims

News

Monday, October 30, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils will be "strongly encouraged" to prioritise social housing for children and parents who have fled domestic abuse under new guidance proposed by the government.

Employers' liability for child abuse

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Christopher Sykes, legal officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a legal principle that can hold employers liable for their employees' offences, which has been applied in a series of abuse cases

Daily roundup: Child protection, a charity merger, and the Fair4Families campaign

Other

Monday, January 28, 2013

| CYP Now

A shake-up of child protection training rumoured to be on the cards, The Private Equity Foundation and Impetus Trust announce plans to merge, and a campaign to protect families from cuts, all in the news today.