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Child protection outsourcing plans 'dead in the water', claims Loughton

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services are "dead in the water" following the departure of Michael Gove from the Department for Education, former children's minister Tim Loughton has claimed.

Daily roundup: School population, child obesity, and extremism

News

Friday, July 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Numbers of pupils to top eight million by 2023; London mayor launches drive to tackle child obesity; and school extremism report leaked, all in the news today.

Timpson orders creation of independent trust in Slough

News

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services in Slough are to be split off from local authority control and run by an independent trust in an attempt to improve performance, children's minister Edward Timpson has said.

Top child psychiatrist calls for better mental health commissioning

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Monday, July 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Health commissioners need to do more to ensure young people with mental health problems get the right services locally to meet their needs, one of the country's most senior child psychiatrists has said.

First 'innovation' funds handed to tri-borough councils

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

London's tri-borough children's services are to receive £4m from the government's innovation fund, the first award to be made under the initiative.

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's consultation over allowing councils to delegate children's social care services to third parties was insufficient and needs further debate, chair of the all-party parliamentary group on child protection has said.

Government accused of allowing 'back door' privatisation of child protection

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Friday, June 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Private companies will be able to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans via the "back door" by setting up separate subsidiaries, it has been claimed.

Commissioners slam child mental health inpatient service

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Friday, June 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Local government commissioners have criticised the management of the children's mental health inpatient service since it was transferred to NHS England last year.

Councils urged to tackle preventable child deaths and injuries

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities must do more to prevent the deaths of more than 60 children each year from preventable accidents, a report has found.

Children's sector welcomes government response on outsourcing

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's decision to only allow non-profit organisations to deliver statutory child protection services has been widely welcomed by the children's sector.

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Only non-profit organisations will be allowed to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans to give councils more freedom in the way they work with vulnerable children, it has been announced.

Narey defends private sector role in child protection

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's adviser on children's social care has defended proposals to allow child protection services to be outsourced, which he said does not amount to large-scale privatisation.

Opposition to outsourcing of child protection gathers pace

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Monday, May 19, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 8,000 people have signed a petition condemning government plans to outsource child protection services.

Devon children's centres face closure threat

News

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's centre closures are being considered in Devon as the county council looks to make £1.2m of cuts to the service.

New Barnardo's chief eyes strategic role in children's services

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Barnardo's new chief executive wants the charity to manage, commission and deliver statutory children's services in partnership with local authorities as it evolves into a more strategic organisation over the next few years.

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

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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

News

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.

Daily roundup: School places, mental health, and troubled families

News

Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities make progress on school places, rise in mental health concerns for education staff, and Reading Council hits troubled families target, all in the news today.

Ofsted highlights lack of support for children placed out of area

News

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Not enough is being done by local authorities to support children who are placed in care far away from home, Ofsted has warned.

Timpson announces study into children's services outsourcing

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to investigate the potential for large-scale outsourcing of local authority children's services.

Greenwich outsources all its children's centres

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has selected a mixture of schools, charities and a leisure trust to run its 24 children's centres from April this year.

Children treated on adult mental health wards on the rise

News

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

| CYP Now

More children and young people have been treated on adult mental health wards in the first eight months of 2013/14 than the whole of the previous year, new data reveals.

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

News

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.

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Child protection outsourcing plans 'dead in the water', claims Loughton

Daily roundup: School population, child obesity, and extremism

Timpson orders creation of independent trust in Slough

Top child psychiatrist calls for better mental health commissioning

First 'innovation' funds handed to tri-borough councils

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

Government accused of allowing 'back door' privatisation of child protection

Commissioners slam child mental health inpatient service

Councils urged to tackle preventable child deaths and injuries

Children's sector welcomes government response on outsourcing

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

Narey defends private sector role in child protection

Opposition to outsourcing of child protection gathers pace

Devon children's centres face closure threat

New Barnardo's chief eyes strategic role in children's services

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

Daily roundup: School places, mental health, and troubled families

Ofsted highlights lack of support for children placed out of area

Timpson announces study into children's services outsourcing

Greenwich outsources all its children's centres

Children treated on adult mental health wards on the rise

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

Councils increase expenditure on children's social care

Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

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