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

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.

Children's social worker vacancies soar

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of vacant children's social worker posts has increased by nearly 20 per cent in a single year, latest government statistics show.

Specialist support set to benefit 3,000 adopter families

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Monday, February 23, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 3,000 families that have adopted a child are set to benefit from the government's £19.3m Adoption Support Fund, latest figures suggest.

Specialist substance misuse family court set for expansion

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) initiative is to be expanded across five more areas after a £2.5m investment through the government's Children's Social Care Innovation Fund.

Partners of abusers to be given support to protect children

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Monday, February 16, 2015

| CYP Now

A support service for women whose partners have sexually abused a child is being launched by the NSPCC.

Children's professionals risk sack for failing to report FGM

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Friday, February 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's social workers, teachers and health professionals face losing their job if they fail to report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM), under a new law for England and Wales.

Failure to tackle children's problems costs £17bn a year

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Social problems affecting young people are costing government close to £17bn a year, a major study by the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) has found.

Labour 'to boost kinship care support'

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Labour wants to see more children at risk of being taken into care instead be given the chance to live with extended family members.

FGM initiative and family support schemes receive innovation funding

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Friday, February 6, 2015

| CYP Now

A project that aims to end the practice of female genital mutilation within a generation has been handed £2m through the government's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme.

4Children appoints Imelda Redmond as new chief

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Thursday, February 5, 2015

| CYP Now

A longstanding campaigner for better end of life care is to become the new chief executive of charity 4Children.

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Nearly six months since professor Alexis Jay's report revealed the extent of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, the government's troubled families tsar Louise Casey's has pulled no punches in her assessment of how the authority has fared since.

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.

Charities urge government action on parental imprisonment

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Monday, February 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Babies of convicted criminals should be treated as a specific vulnerable group by government and impact assessments carried out to identify their needs, a joint report by the NSPCC and Barnardo's has said.

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

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Friday, January 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The government intends to change the law to make reporting suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory prior to May's general election.

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Government changes to tax and benefits have hit families with young children and poorer households the hardest, a major study has found.

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.

Barnardo's to roll out prisoner family support scheme

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Friday, January 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Barnardo's is to roll out a community programme nationwide to improve support for the 200,000 UK children with a parent in prison.

Huge surge in instances of children going missing from foster care

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Thursday, January 15, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 13,000 cases of children going missing from foster care were recorded last year, with more than 500 incidents linked to child sexual exploitation (CSE), latest figures show.

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) face a fight to protect their role, with more than half now responsible for other directorates or services, the vice president-elect of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

Childcare providers should do more to tackle child poverty, says commission

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Monday, January 5, 2015

| CYP Now

The government's advisory body on social mobility has urged early years providers and local authorities to do more to tackle child poverty.

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

Children's social worker vacancies soar

Specialist support set to benefit 3,000 adopter families

Specialist substance misuse family court set for expansion

Partners of abusers to be given support to protect children

Children's professionals risk sack for failing to report FGM

Failure to tackle children's problems costs £17bn a year

Labour 'to boost kinship care support'

FGM initiative and family support schemes receive innovation funding

4Children appoints Imelda Redmond as new chief

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

Charities urge government action on parental imprisonment

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

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

Barnardo's to roll out prisoner family support scheme

Huge surge in instances of children going missing from foster care

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

Childcare providers should do more to tackle child poverty, says commission

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