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Daily roundup: Inspections, financial management and mental health

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| CYP Now

East Sussex children's social care judged "good" by Ofsted; spend on agency staff triples at Windsor children's services; and new chair announced for mental health body, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Mental health, children in Birmingham, and Savile

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Monday, June 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Doctors sending children long distances to get mental health treatment; independent review to investigate life for children in Birmingham; and Savile victim numbers grow to more than 500 research shows, all in the news today.

Children's leaders left 'puzzled' by calls to remove DCS duty on councils

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Monday, May 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authority chief executives' group says the requirement for a director of children's services is stifling innovation in children's services and isolating it from the rest of local government - arguments that don't stack up, say leaders.

Daily roundup: Free school meals, vitamin D, and Bedroom Tax

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Whitehall raises concerns over viability of free school meals; Nice calls for expansion of use of vitamin D supplements; and judicial review launched into child exemption from Bedroom Tax, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Free schools, outdoor play and mental health

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Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Gove under fire over free school funding; outdoor play helps cut cancer risk; and young people are most lonely, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Care proceedings, teacher training, and physical education

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Social workers to get help understanding care proceedings legislation; teacher training on SEN insufficient; and most pupils "not bothered" by loss of competitive school sport, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Hampshire children's services receive "good" Ofsted judgment; Salford DCS to become Solihull chief executive; and Bristol gets new child protection service, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: School safeguarding, children's services and child injuries

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Friday, April 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Gove highlights FGM risk in letter to school head teachers; Coventry councillors work together to improve children's services; and Nottinghamshire councils develop plan to cut child injuries, all in the news today.

A provocative president

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Monday, March 31, 2014

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett meets Alan Wood, the new president of the ADCS.

Daily roundup: Youth homelessness, strip searches, and child protection

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Monday, March 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Majority of people want government to tackle youth homelessness; Met Police strip search 4,500 children over five years; and council takes action after mistake in sending child welfare case details, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

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Monday, March 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Chamber of Commerce warning on youth unemployment figures; fraction of public health spending goes on child obesity; and government launches action plan to tackle violence against females, all in the news today.

Evidencing outcomes on the agenda as the next Spending Review looms

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

CYP Now's Outcomes Conference earlier this month brought together leaders in children's services across the voluntary sector, local authorities and government to debate the way ahead for evidencing what works.

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

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

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.

Daily roundup: Youth custody, child health, and charity leadership

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Campaigners and charities call for review of child deaths in custody; consultation launched on school support for children with medical conditions; and Contact a Family appoints new head, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Classroom behaviour, Ofsted leadership, and school readiness

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Monday, February 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Advice issued for teachers on how to discipline misbehaving pupils; coalition split over removal of Ofsted chair; and many nurseries don't have a policy on child incontinence, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Further education, childcare and lone parents

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Details published on vocational alternatives to A-levels; unpaid leave from work should be available to grandparents caring for grandchildren; and study shows impact of austerity on lone parents, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Benefit cap, DCS appointment, and looked-after children

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Friday, December 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Struggling families set to be hit by benefit cap, say poverty campaigners; new director of children's services in Leicestershire; and improvements to the care system in Scotland are too slow, all in the news today.

Ask the Expert: Children's services' support for schools

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on children's services support.

Daily roundup: safeguarding procedures, child medicines, and children's happiness

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Study highlights need for professionals to be able to spot signs of abuse; call to ban E numbers from children's medicines; and MP says society is too focused on making children happy, all in the news today.

Who would want to be a DCS today?

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services are under ever-increasing pressure and first in the firing line if tragedy strikes. Jo Stephenson examines what the future holds for the role and why anyone would aspire to do it.

Ask the Experts: Helping to improve failing academies

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Daily roundup: child poverty, reading habits and autism support

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Child poverty could rise by 800,000 by 2020 warn Oxfam; reading for pleasure link to child academic achievement; and teachers struggle to access autism support, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Adoption figures, Doncaster and anti-gay school rules

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Adoptions increase at fastest rate for 15 years, Hackney DCS to lead Doncaster changes, and DfE to probe policies banning 'promotion' of homosexuality, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Parenting costs, Section 28 and Norfolk

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Monday, August 19, 2013

| CYP Now

The cost of raising a child hits £148,000; seven schools ban promotion of homosexuality; and Norfolk has six months to improve, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Norfolk council, charity pay, pre-school support

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Norfolk council unveils recovery plan for children's services; Charity Commission chief issues warning on voluntary sector pay; and Southampton council hire private company to deliver early years support, all in the news today.

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Daily roundup: Inspections, financial management and mental health

Daily roundup: Mental health, children in Birmingham, and Savile

Children's leaders left 'puzzled' by calls to remove DCS duty on councils

Daily roundup: Free school meals, vitamin D, and Bedroom Tax

Daily roundup: Free schools, outdoor play and mental health

Daily roundup: Care proceedings, teacher training, and physical education

Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection

Daily roundup: School safeguarding, children's services and child injuries

A provocative president

Daily roundup: Youth homelessness, strip searches, and child protection

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

Evidencing outcomes on the agenda as the next Spending Review looms

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

Daily roundup: Youth custody, child health, and charity leadership

Daily roundup: Classroom behaviour, Ofsted leadership, and school readiness

Daily roundup: Further education, childcare and lone parents

Daily roundup: Benefit cap, DCS appointment, and looked-after children

Ask the Expert: Children's services' support for schools

Daily roundup: safeguarding procedures, child medicines, and children's happiness

Who would want to be a DCS today?

Ask the Experts: Helping to improve failing academies

Daily roundup: child poverty, reading habits and autism support

Daily roundup: Adoption figures, Doncaster and anti-gay school rules

Daily roundup: Parenting costs, Section 28 and Norfolk

Daily roundup: Norfolk council, charity pay, pre-school support

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