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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.

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.

Children's social workers face knowledge test

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  • 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.

YMCA chief criticises housing benefit cut plans

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  • Wednesday, January 8, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The boss of the UK's largest provider of supported accommodation for young people has warned the government that cutting housing benefit for under-25s will not solve the problem of long-term youth unemployment.