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Blame games make the job of a DCS untenable

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

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Last Friday, the Reading Post published a story about how children's services in the town received only one application for each of the three senior social worker jobs it advertised. On the same day, the Coventry Telegraph reported that 30 demonstrators had gathered outside the city's town hall calling for more action to be taken against the agencies involved in the Daniel Pelka case.

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Thursday, February 13, 2014

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Wilshaw reveals he called for Ofsted chair to remain; leaving foster care age for young people in Wales raised; and £500,000 fund set up to help male victims of rape, all in the news today.

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

Friday, September 12, 2014

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A group of local authorities will face Ofsted inspections on the way they deal with child sexual exploitation (CSE) in a bid to ensure services are up to scratch in the wake of the Rotherham scandal, CYP Now can reveal.

Doncaster's deliverer

Monday, October 13, 2014

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Neil Puffett speaks to Paul Moffat, chief executive, Doncaster Children's Services Trust.

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

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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.

New Sandwell DCS expects Ofsted rating improvement

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

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The new privately-employed head of children's services in Sandwell is confident the authority will improve its Ofsted rating by the end of his 30-month contract.

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

Friday, December 5, 2014

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Bristol and Rochdale have been told to improve the quality of services for children and young people following inspections by Ofsted.

Ask The Experts: Ensure nursery outings are safe

Monday, October 12, 2015

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Our panel offers advice on planning a nursery trip; safely examining online grooming; boosting workers' skills and police complaints.

Cameron announces review of children's residential care system

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

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Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a major "root and branch" review of children's residential care will be conducted by government adviser Sir Martin Narey.

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

Thursday, January 21, 2016

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Councils yet to have their children's services inspected by Ofsted are to be given additional support as part of a local government bid to prevent them being rated "inadequate" and facing intervention from the Department for Education (DfE).

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

Monday, January 16, 2012

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Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

Monday, March 30, 2015

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Our panel offers advice on growing vegetables, telling stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and help for Eastern European children.

DfE gives council more time to improve after ‘inadequate' Ofsted rating

Monday, November 9, 2015

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A council has been given more time to turn services around in the wake of Ofsted judging its children's services department ‘inadequate' twice in two years.

Government action needs more money to succeed, warn children's leaders

Monday, December 14, 2015

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Children's services chiefs have warned that government plans to intervene earlier in poorly performing councils will need extra funding in order to work.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

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County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

Friday, September 19, 2014

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Children's homes will be required to show how they support young people and respond to their wishes as part of ongoing government efforts to improve standards.

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

Friday, November 27, 2015

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A children's services department that was providing support for three vulnerable children who died in the space of a month has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

UK must commit to a ban on physical punishment

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

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It comes as no surprise to learn that study after study into physical punishment of children concludes that it does more harm than good.

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

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Our panel offers advice on problem academies, whole-family assessments, supporting parents at nursery and a squatting protest.

Leadership: Working with elected members

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

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Forging good relationships with local politicians can be challenging for children's services leaders, but if managed well, they can be mutually beneficial and help local authorities be more successful.

Ask the Experts: Is a parent really working with me?

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

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Our expert panel offers advice on working with a mother on child protection, data collection, treasure baskets and fundraising.

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

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It is now one week since an independent report by Professor Alexis Jay estimated that approximately 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. CYP Now looks at what has happened since publication last Tuesday.

Steep rise in serious case reviews

Thursday, September 25, 2014

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The number of serious case reviews (SCRs) carried out into cases of child deaths or severe abuse have risen by more than 50 per cent in the space of just a year.

Birmingham commissioner slams NHS over joint working failures

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

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The government-appointed troubleshooter charged with turning around Birmingham's failing children's services has hit out at health services for being reluctant to get involved in child protection work.

Whitehall unit to reform child protection systems under a Labour government

Monday, February 23, 2015

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Labour will create a cross-government child protection unit to "revolutionise" safeguarding systems and practice if the party is elected in May.

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