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

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

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.

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

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Friday, September 12, 2014

| CYP Now

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.

London lord mayor Fiona Woolf to lead child sexual abuse inquiry

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Friday, September 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The current lord mayor of London Fiona Woolf will lead an independent inquiry into historical child sexual abuse, the government has announced.

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly 500 children in Manchester were potentially left at risk because social work assessments were not carried out quickly enough, a report that has rated the city's children's services as "inadequate", has found.

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authority spending on children's social care has increased by more than five per cent in a single year, government figures show.

Home Office launches consultation on strengthening domestic violence law

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

| CYP Now

A new crime of domestic abuse could be created under government proposals aimed at better protecting victims and their families.

Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

| CYP Now

An expansion of the Troubled Families initiative is to focus on tackling poor health and supporting children under the age of five, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has revealed.

Cameron extends Troubled Families programme to 500,000

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Monday, August 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of troubled families receiving intensive government support to turn their lives around is to be increased from 120,000 to 500,000.

Working families 'don't earn enough to live on'

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Low wages, benefits cuts and the rising cost of raising children are leaving full-time working families struggling to afford a basic standard of living, a report by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has found.

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

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Friday, August 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The quality of child death reviews are "disturbingly variable" with far too many failing to find out what went wrong, a damning report by a government appointed panel has found.

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Inquiries into child deaths must be reformed so frontline practice can be improved to prevent further tragedies, a major study has concluded.

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities that keep hold of their directors of children's services (DCS) perform better in Ofsted inspections than those that change regularly, exclusive analysis by CYP Now has found.

Children's charities attack government child poverty plans

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Friday, June 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has been criticised by children's charities for failing to make any significant changes to its revised child poverty strategy.

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

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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.

Charities win share of £215m lottery early intervention fund

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Five charity-led consortia will receive a share of £215m as part of a bid to improve the life chances of vulnerable under-threes, the Big Lottery Fund has announced.

Children's directors rally against profit-making in child protection

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Child protection services should not be outsourced to organisations intending to make a profit, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Barnardo's calls for action to support children of prisoners

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Thursday, May 29, 2014

| CYP Now

The government must do more to help thousands of children whose lives are being disrupted because they have a parent in prison, Barnardo's has said.

Councils should prioritise support for young drug users

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities are being urged to prioritise drug abuse support for young people from the age of 10, in latest guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

Social workers' leader criticises Troubled Families programme

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

| CYP Now

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has hit out at the government's Troubled Families programme for failing to deliver "sustained change" for participants.

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The effectiveness of a specialist court to tackle parental substance misuse could be undermined as a result of the introduction of the 26-week care proceedings target, academics have warned.

Domestic violence project to focus on children's needs

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 700 children who have been affected by domestic violence are to benefit from help and support as part of a £470,000 project being delivered by charity Buttle UK.

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.

Paul Ennals to chair Haringey child safeguarding board

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Former National Children's Bureau chief executive Sir Paul Ennals has been appointed as chair of Haringey's Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB).

Call for children's centres to focus on attachment

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Monday, March 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's centres should do more to help parents develop positive parenting skills and strong attachments with their child in the first few years of life, the Sutton Trust has said.

4Children wants long-term childcare strategy to tackle poverty

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Government should pick up the tab for much of the cost of accessing childcare for working people on low incomes, 4Children has said.

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

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

London lord mayor Fiona Woolf to lead child sexual abuse inquiry

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

Home Office launches consultation on strengthening domestic violence law

Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems

Cameron extends Troubled Families programme to 500,000

Working families 'don't earn enough to live on'

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

Children's charities attack government child poverty plans

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

Charities win share of £215m lottery early intervention fund

Children's directors rally against profit-making in child protection

Barnardo's calls for action to support children of prisoners

Councils should prioritise support for young drug users

Social workers' leader criticises Troubled Families programme

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

Domestic violence project to focus on children's needs

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

Paul Ennals to chair Haringey child safeguarding board

Call for children's centres to focus on attachment

4Children wants long-term childcare strategy to tackle poverty

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