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General election 2019: Key policy guide
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Analysis
- Tuesday, November 26, 2019 | CYP Now
Derren Hayes analyses what the main parliamentary parties are pledging on the key policy battlegrounds for the children, young people and families sector at the coming general election.
Immigration Bill changes ‘put vulnerable children at risk'
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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.
Ofsted tells council to improve children's services
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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.
Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services
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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.
Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'
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News
- Friday, November 27, 2015 | CYP Now
An independent children's services trust that was established on government orders has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.
Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems
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News
- Tuesday, October 27, 2015 | CYP Now
Ofsted is struggling to complete inspections of all local authority children's services departments to schedule because it is "significantly under-resourced against agreed budgets", it has emerged.
Legal Update: Caring for refugee children
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Other
- Monday, September 28, 2015 | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the UK government's response to the refugee crisis and foster care provision for refugee children.
Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary
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News
- Monday, September 14, 2015 | CYP Now
New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Lucy Powell shadow education secretary.
BASW to take on College of Social Work functions
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News
- Thursday, August 20, 2015 | CYP Now
The British Association of Social Work (BASW) is to take on the majority of functions performed by The College of Social Work (TCSW) from next month, it has been announced.
Watchdog tells councils not to use B&Bs for young homeless people
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News
- Thursday, August 13, 2015 | CYP Now
Bed and breakfast accommodation is not a suitable place to house young homeless people, the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has warned councils.
Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings
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News
- 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.
Benefit cap fuels housing problems for London councils
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News
- Monday, December 15, 2014 | CYP Now
The benefit cap is hampering local authorities in London in their attempts to move families out of temporary accommodation and into a permanent home, a report has found.
Slough children's services to become independent trust
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News
- 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.
Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'
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News
- Tuesday, September 9, 2014 | CYP Now
Children's services in Blackpool are improving but problems remain with support for care leavers and planning for looked-after children, inspectors have found.
Numbers of families in hostels on the rise
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News
- Thursday, August 14, 2014 | CYP Now
The number of families living in hostels and women's refuges is at its highest level for six years, according to latest government figures.
Children's social workers face knowledge test
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News
- Thursday, July 31, 2014 | CYP Now
New children's social workers will have to pass a test of their knowledge in order to become an approved practitioner as part of government attempts to improve the quality of the profession, it has been announced.
Daily roundup: Childcare training, education outcomes and Ofsted inspections
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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: Homelessness, safeguarding, and looked-after children.
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Other
- Friday, June 27, 2014 | CYP Now
Increasing number of young people reported sleeping rough; new chair of safeguarding board appointed in Sandwell; and NICE publishes best practice briefing on looked-after children, all in the news today.
One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections
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News
- Monday, June 23, 2014 | CYP Now
Up to 25 local authorities will be judged on their multi-agency child protection arrangements under new inspections being introduced in April 2015, it has been announced.
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