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Lessons from serious case reviews: The impact of domestic violence

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

The NSPCC has analysed findings from hundreds of serious case reviews to assess key lessons for safeguarding practice. Here is a summary of learning for improved practice around families that experience domestic abuse.

Legal Update: Covert recordings as evidence

Other

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Kelly Reeve, senior legal consultant and team leader for the Child Law Advice Service, considers the implications of cases concerning the use of covert recordings as evidence in family law proceedings.

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

Analysis

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes talks to Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children.

Early help needs to harness childhood adversity data

Other

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

| CYP Now

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

Other

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on problem academies, whole-family assessments, supporting parents at nursery and a squatting protest.

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

News

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

| CYP Now

Social workers who fail new accreditation tests being introduced by government will not lose their registration, the chief social worker for children has said.

Immigration Bill changes ‘put vulnerable children at risk'

News

Thursday, April 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Thousands of the most vulnerable children in the UK could be left facing homelessness and at risk of exploitation and abuse as a result of changes in the Immigration Bill, a charity has claimed.

Police and schools connect to help Gateshead tackle domestic abuse

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

At a time when government has highlighted the need to improve local domestic violence services, the support provided by Gateshead Council has been praised - with good information sharing between agencies at its heart.

How parents take action to end cycle of care

Best Practice

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Programme of support for parents that have had children taken into care helps reduce the chance of further pregnancies and proceedings.

DfE refuses to release controversial study on outsourcing children's services

News

Friday, April 15, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has refused to release the findings of a controversial study examining how children's services can be delivered outside of local authority control following a five-month Freedom of Information (FOI) battle.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the UK

Other

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

Marianne Lagrue, project officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines issues faced by unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

The policy context on Attachment and Neglect

Features

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

In recent years there has been a growing recognition of the scale of child neglect, its long-term effect on children's wellbeing and how interventions can prevent and repair the damage caused to children's ability to form strong attachments with parents and carers.

Special Report: Attachment and Neglect - Research Evidence

Research

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

NHS Trust to take responsibility for council's children's services

News

Thursday, April 7, 2016

| CYP Now

A council that received a "good" rating from Ofsted for children's services has agreed a deal for a local NHS trust to take on responsibility for them.

Children to be removed from families as part of ‘randomised adoption trial'

Other

Friday, April 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Scores of children will be removed from their birth parents under controversial government plans to prove the value of adoption, it has emerged.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

News

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated as "requires improvement" by Ofsted after inspectors found a number of areas that need to be addressed.

Frontline social work students ‘perform better', study finds

News

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Students taking part in the Frontline social work training programme display better practice skills than those from mainstream programmes, researchers have found.

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

News

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Two local authorities have become the first to be awarded "outstanding" judgments under Ofsted's controversial inspection framework for children's services.

Legal Update: FDAC works to keep families united

Best Practice

Monday, March 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at the role of the Family, Drug and Alcohol Court in keeping children with their families and cost-savings its work can bring.

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

News

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.

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Lessons from serious case reviews: The impact of domestic violence

Legal Update: Covert recordings as evidence

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

Early help needs to harness childhood adversity data

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

Immigration Bill changes ‘put vulnerable children at risk'

Police and schools connect to help Gateshead tackle domestic abuse

How parents take action to end cycle of care

DfE refuses to release controversial study on outsourcing children's services

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the UK

The policy context on Attachment and Neglect

Special Report: Attachment and Neglect - Research Evidence

NHS Trust to take responsibility for council's children's services

Children to be removed from families as part of ‘randomised adoption trial'

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

Frontline social work students ‘perform better', study finds

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

Legal Update: FDAC works to keep families united

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

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