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Senior Tories call for cabinet-level families post

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

| CYP Now

More than 50 Tory MPs and peers are calling on the government to create a cabinet-level families minister post to better co-ordinate family policy across departments.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated "inadequate" for the second time in two years after Ofsted inspectors found widespread failings in services for vulnerable children.

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

| CYP Now

More local authority children's services departments will be taken out of council control in order to tackle failure, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted will spend fewer days "on site" during inspections of local authority children's services as part of efforts to ease the impact of the process, CYP Now has learned.

Doncaster sees four-fold decrease in children missing from care

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of looked-after children that go missing from care in Doncaster has fallen nearly four-fold over the past year following the introduction of a dedicated support worker.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

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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.

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

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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.

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

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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.

Children's social workers to learn psychology techniques in trailblazer project

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

| CYP Now

All children's social workers will be trained in advanced psychological counselling techniques as part of a radical shake-up of child protection services in Hertfordshire, funded with nearly £5m of government money.

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

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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.

Government to clarify serious case review criteria

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Guidance on serious case reviews (SCRs) is to be clarified in a bid to address reluctance among local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) to initiate them, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

Timpson announces extra £70m for innovation programme

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Friday, October 31, 2014

| CYP Now

An additional £70m will be made available for projects to improve children's services through the government's innovation programme, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

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Friday, October 24, 2014

| CYP Now

A lack of authority-wide support for change and an "arcane" IT system were key reasons for slow progress in improving children's services in Somerset, the council's former director of children's services (DCS) has claimed.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

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Senior Tories call for cabinet-level families post

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

Doncaster sees four-fold decrease in children missing from care

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

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

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

Children's social workers to learn psychology techniques in trailblazer project

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

Government to clarify serious case review criteria

Timpson announces extra £70m for innovation programme

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

Slough children's services to become independent trust

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