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Children in hospital to get greater voice in health service inspections

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has pledged to overhaul the way it inspects hospital services for children and young people, including giving parents and children a greater say.

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.

Children's social workers face knowledge test

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

| CYP Now

New children's social workers will have to pass a test of their knowledge in order to become an approved practitioner as part of government attempts to improve the quality of the profession, it has been announced.

More health visitors needed to hit government target

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 1,800 health visitors must be recruited within 12 months in order for the government to achieve its five-year pledge to boost numbers within the profession, new figures show.

Council data reveals extent of troubled families' problems

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Families involved in the government's Troubled Families initiative have an average of nine social problems when they enter the programme, latest research shows.

Faster court process cuts residential parenting assessments

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Social workers are scaling back their use of residential parenting assessments due to Children and Families Act changes to the length of care proceedings, latest government research 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.

Turn children's centres into 'family hubs', says think-tank

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's centres should be scrapped and replaced with ‘family hubs' that also offer advice on relationships support, according to the think-tank The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ).

Wood calls for sector to emulate other public services in use of volunteers

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Friday, July 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Volunteers could be used to a greater degree by children's services to support the work of social workers, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has suggested.

Call to boost GP safeguarding and child support role

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

| CYP Now

GPs should become an early warning system for child maltreatment, and play a greater role in the care and support of vulnerable families, a report concludes.

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.

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.

More children bullied online than face to face, says study

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Friday, July 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Online bullying is now more prevalent than face-to-face bullying, a study has found.

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Children in Knowsley are being left at risk of harm due to serious failures in child protection services, a damning Ofsted report which labelled the authority "inadequate" 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.

Student young carers more fearful of dropping out of university

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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Young carers are at increased risk of dropping out of university because they are not getting adequate support, a study has found.

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.

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.

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.

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Concerns about controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services will get serious consideration, children's minister Edward Timpson has pledged.

Emotional abuse of children to become criminal offence

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Proposals in the Queen's Speech to make emotional neglect of children a criminal offence have been welcomed by leading children's charities.

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.

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

The College of Social Work (TCSW) has called for a government consultation on controversial plans to outsource child protection services to be extended.

Prisons inspector seeks action on ‘distressing' immigration removal process

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

More should be done to make the process of removing families and children from the UK less distressing, the chief inspector of prisons has said.

Rise in neglect referrals prompts renewed calls for law change

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

The NSPCC has made fresh calls for a law on emotional neglect to be introduced following a surge in reports to its helpline about the issue.

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Children in hospital to get greater voice in health service inspections

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

Children's social workers face knowledge test

More health visitors needed to hit government target

Council data reveals extent of troubled families' problems

Faster court process cuts residential parenting assessments

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

Turn children's centres into 'family hubs', says think-tank

Wood calls for sector to emulate other public services in use of volunteers

Call to boost GP safeguarding and child support role

First 'innovation' funds handed to tri-borough councils

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

More children bullied online than face to face, says study

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

Children's charities attack government child poverty plans

Student young carers more fearful of dropping out of university

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

Charities win share of £215m lottery early intervention fund

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

Emotional abuse of children to become criminal offence

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

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

Prisons inspector seeks action on ‘distressing' immigration removal process

Rise in neglect referrals prompts renewed calls for law change

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