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Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

At its best, technology speeds up laborious inputting of information, enabling children’s services practitioners to spend more time with their clients, helps commissioners to identify trends so they can prioritise resources, and enable leaders to make informed choices on how services are structured.

Ofsted tells two councils to improve children's services

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

| CYP Now

Two councils have been told to improve standards within their children's services departments following inspections by Ofsted.

Rising numbers in child protection system 'down to cuts', MPs told

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Numbers of children entering the child protection system are on the rise because services designed to help them stay with their families are being "decimated", MPs have been told.

High-performing councils explore alternative delivery models for children's services

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

A growing number of councils with children's services departments that have been rated as "good" by Ofsted are considering alternative delivery models, it has emerged.

Campaigners brand review of local authority duties 'distasteful'

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's review of local authority statutory duties is "distasteful and damaging" for the protection of children's rights, campaigners have claimed.

Nearly 200,000 babies at risk of harm in the UK

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Nearly 200,000 babies in the UK are at risk of serious harm, according to figures released by the NSPCC as it launched its campaign to highlight the vulnerability of children aged under one.

Ofsted unveils tougher child protection inspections

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Friday, June 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Child protection and looked-after children's services will be deemed ‘inadequate' even if just part of their work is failing, under plans unveiled by Ofsted to toughen up inspections.

Daily roundup: Judge criticises social workers, female offenders, and home tuition

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Friday, October 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Social workers told to obey court orders, women prisoners to be kept closer to families, and funding cut for tuition of looked-after children, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Rochdale's social care chief steps down, primary admissions appeals and statistics on heroin addiction

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Friday, October 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Rochdale's head of children's social care to leave the troubled council, primary school admissions appeals on the rise and fewer young people seeking heroin treatment, all in the news today.

Death in custody report highlights 'systemic failures'

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and young people who have died in custody in recent years haven been let down by "systemic failures", a study has found.

Daily roundup: Foster children's rights, SEN reforms, and the cost of sending a child to school

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Research says children in foster care are being "denied a proper childhood", concerns over the government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms, and the rising cost of sending children to school, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Parental leave, free school breakfasts and North Yorkshire children's services

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

| CYP Now

Shared parental leave to be introduced, free breakfast trial for Blackpool children and Ofsted visits North Yorkshire council, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Foster care, libraries, and child protection in the African community

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Timpson urges greater discretion for foster carers, automatic library card scheme launched, and concerns over the number of African children in the child protection system, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Care of unaccompanied children

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Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Draft proposals on the care of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and trafficked children are a welcome step but could go further, argues Rachel Hutchings, researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Daily roundup: Missing babies, nurture groups, and play

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Monday, June 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly 20 babies reported missing from council care; research backs value of nurture groups; and £1.9m boost for play in Scotland, all in the news today.

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Concerns about controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services will get serious consideration, children's minister Edward Timpson has pledged.

Legal Update: Call for action plan on FGM

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

The home affairs committee has published a report calling for a national action plan on female genital mutilation. Catrin Gosby, researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the report's proposals.

European human rights body calls for urgent action on youth custody safety

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

| CYP Now

The Council of Europe has called on the British government to take urgent action to improve the safety of young people held in custody.

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Thousands of children living in the UK without legal immigration status are at risk of destitution and exploitation because of contradictory rules and regulations, a report by the University of Oxford has claimed.

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow

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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Agencies across the London borough of Hounslow have been praised for their work to support children who have experienced domestic abuse.

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Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

Ofsted tells two councils to improve children's services

Rising numbers in child protection system 'down to cuts', MPs told

High-performing councils explore alternative delivery models for children's services

Campaigners brand review of local authority duties 'distasteful'

Nearly 200,000 babies at risk of harm in the UK

Ofsted unveils tougher child protection inspections

Daily roundup: Judge criticises social workers, female offenders, and home tuition

Daily roundup: Rochdale's social care chief steps down, primary admissions appeals and statistics on heroin addiction

Death in custody report highlights 'systemic failures'

Daily roundup: Foster children's rights, SEN reforms, and the cost of sending a child to school

Daily roundup: Parental leave, free school breakfasts and North Yorkshire children's services

Daily roundup: Foster care, libraries, and child protection in the African community

Legal Update: Care of unaccompanied children

Daily roundup: Missing babies, nurture groups, and play

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

Legal Update: Call for action plan on FGM

European human rights body calls for urgent action on youth custody safety

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow

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