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Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

Thursday, April 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services are to be delivered outside of council control in Slough as part of government efforts to improve performance.

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils will be handed powers to outsource a whole range of children's social care services including child protection under proposals announced by the government.

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

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Monday, February 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Sheffield has been told to improve its children's services after an inspection highlighted weaknesses in performance on looked-after children and adoption.

Councils increase expenditure on children's social care

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Friday, February 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Spending by England's councils on children's social care increased by 2.6 per cent in the last financial year, according to latest government figures.

Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

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Friday, February 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Efforts to create an independent trust to run children's services in Doncaster are weeks behind schedule, it has emerged.

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services in Warrington has been appointed by Ofsted to spearhead attempts to improve social care across England.

Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The London Borough of Hillingdon has become the first council to be told that its child protection and care services must be improved under Ofsted's tougher new inspection framework.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

Government reluctant to raise leaving care age

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Friday, December 20, 2013

| CYP Now

The government will not consider raising the leaving age for children in residential care to 21 until standards have improved, Education Secretary Michael Gove has said.

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

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Monday, December 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposed anti-slavery legislation to be published; Cameron rejects child benefit cap; and consultation launched on children's homes inspection framework, all in the news today.

Leadership instability linked to children's services failings

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's services departments are struggling to improve child protection standards due to instability caused by high turnover of senior staff and directors, a report by Ofsted has claimed.

Children's home data reveals extent of out-of-area placements

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Friday, September 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Almost half of children in residential care are placed outside their home authority, statistics published today by the Department for Education have revealed.

Labour calls for investigation into children's care charges

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Shadow children's minister Lisa Nandy is calling for an investigation into how many councils are planning to levy charges for taking children into care after Wakefield Council became the latest local authority to confirm it is considering such a move.

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Parents could be forced to pay as much as £900-a-month if their children are taken into care, under plans announced by Worcestershire County Council.

LGA and Barnardo's warn of 'reckless' adoption changes

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

| CYP Now

The entire adoption system could be significantly damaged unless proposed reforms are reconsidered, Barnardo's and the Local Government Association (LGA) have warned.

Call for social workers to have greater role in early intervention

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Social workers should be routinely involved in early intervention work that goes beyond their legal responsibilities, the College of Social Work has said.

Fast-track social work programme to recruit top graduates

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Friday, May 17, 2013

| CYP Now

A controversial fast-track training programme for social workers will launch next year, the government has announced.

Care Inquiry calls for relationship-focused system

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

| CYP Now

A greater emphasis must be placed on relationships for children in care rather than the type of placement option, an inquiry by eight charities has found.

Revised Working Together guidance introduces checks on local safeguarding boards

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

| CYP Now

An independent panel of experts will be created to vet the decisions of local safeguarding children board chairs under revised safeguarding guidance published today.

Ofsted overhauls residential family centre inspections

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted has issued its revised inspection framework for residential family centres.

Daily roundup: Missing children, child protection, and youth unemployment

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Police change the definition of missing persons, Northamptonshire child protection rated inadequate, and youth unemployment up 48,000, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, child poverty and arrests of girls

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

NSPCC warning over FGM teacher training gaps, predictions of a nine per cent rise in child poverty, and police arrest fewer girls, all in the news today.

Social work training programme opens to new candidates

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Half of England's local authorities have signed up for a new round of a government social worker training programme.

Majority of councils have a principal social worker in place

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Monday, March 18, 2013

| CYP Now

More than two thirds of local authority children's services have appointed a principal social worker as recommended in the Munro review two years ago.

Early intervention 'reduces demand for child protection services'

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Investment in early intervention is reducing demand for child protection services by up to 30 per cent in some local authorities, while other areas struggle to cope with huge increases in demand, research by the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has found.

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Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

Councils increase expenditure on children's social care

Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Government reluctant to raise leaving care age

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

Leadership instability linked to children's services failings

Children's home data reveals extent of out-of-area placements

Labour calls for investigation into children's care charges

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

LGA and Barnardo's warn of 'reckless' adoption changes

Call for social workers to have greater role in early intervention

Fast-track social work programme to recruit top graduates

Care Inquiry calls for relationship-focused system

Revised Working Together guidance introduces checks on local safeguarding boards

Ofsted overhauls residential family centre inspections

Daily roundup: Missing children, child protection, and youth unemployment

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, child poverty and arrests of girls

Social work training programme opens to new candidates

Majority of councils have a principal social worker in place

Early intervention 'reduces demand for child protection services'

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