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Ombudsman criticises council over removal of baby

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

| CYP Now

A children's services department has been criticised by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) for its "disproportionate and misleading" removal of a baby from a mother suffering from postnatal depression.

Ofsted rules out social care inspector purge

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted has ruled out the mass departure of social care inspectors, days after ditching 1,200 education inspectors for not being good enough.

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

| CYP Now

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.

Massive rise in number of children in care under coalition

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Monday, June 22, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of children being cared for by the state rose by more than 5,000 during the term of the coalition government, an investigation by CYP Now has found.

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

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Monday, June 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Charities working with children and young people have lost more than £150m of government funding in the past year, it has emerged.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

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Friday, June 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Sandwell Council has said it is considering a formal challenge after Ofsted rated its children's services "inadequate" for the second time since 2013.

Ofsted brands council 'inadequate' over CSE failures

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Thursday, June 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Surrey has become the fourth authority in the space of a month to have its children's services rated "inadequate" by Ofsted after inspectors flagged up serious concerns about how it deals with child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Prime Minister creates taskforces to drive childcare and troubled families reforms

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Efforts to increase provision of free childcare and expand the troubled families initiative will be monitored by new taskforces, the government has announced.

Public health chiefs urge infant death prevention training

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

| CYP Now

All professionals working with families should receive training to help prevent sudden unexpected death in infancy, Public Health England (PHE) has said.

Government commits to ‘long-term' funding for Centre of Expertise to tackle child abuse

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

| CYP Now

A proposed national Centre of Expertise in tackling child abuse will be around for the long-term, children's minster Edward Timpson has vowed amid concerns about potential levels of funding.

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has been handed new responsibilities for boosting the ‘character and resilience' of young people and tackling bullying, the Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed.

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted will spend fewer days "on site" during inspections of local authority children's services as part of efforts to ease the impact of the process, CYP Now has learned.

Large rise in number of children seeking support for CSE

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Friday, May 29, 2015

| CYP Now

Numbers of children seeking help from Barnardo's in relation to child sexual exploitation (CSE) has risen by 50 per cent in the space of a year, it has emerged.

Concern as Ofsted ceases regulation of outsourced social work

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Friday, May 29, 2015

| CYP Now

The children's sector has criticised the government's continuing drive to outsource children's social care after Ofsted this week ceased regulation of third-party providers.

Haringey 'missed chances' to help young killer

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Haringey Council has been criticised for failing a teenage boy who is serving a life sentence for murdering a stranger in the street.

CSE victims to play central role improving services in Rotherham

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Rotherham Council is enlisting the help of victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE) to help it improve the way it tackles abuse in the town.

Government to force councils to merge adoption services

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils will be forced to merge or outsource their adoption services into regional agencies unless they do it under their own steam within the next two years, the government has announced.

Funding for children's centres cut by £460m

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Friday, May 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Government funding for children's centres has dropped by more than a third since 2010, it has emerged.

Fifth of families struggle to buy food, campaigners warn

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Friday, May 22, 2015

| CYP Now

One in five families are struggling to provide their children with basic food and heating due to below-inflation rises to children's benefits, child poverty campaigners are warning.

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The leader of a council where children's services were graded "inadequate" by Ofsted has blamed central government for falling standards.

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Ombudsman criticises council over removal of baby

Ofsted rules out social care inspector purge

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

Massive rise in number of children in care under coalition

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

Ofsted brands council 'inadequate' over CSE failures

Prime Minister creates taskforces to drive childcare and troubled families reforms

Public health chiefs urge infant death prevention training

Government commits to ‘long-term' funding for Centre of Expertise to tackle child abuse

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

Large rise in number of children seeking support for CSE

Concern as Ofsted ceases regulation of outsourced social work

Haringey 'missed chances' to help young killer

CSE victims to play central role improving services in Rotherham

Government to force councils to merge adoption services

Funding for children's centres cut by £460m

Fifth of families struggle to buy food, campaigners warn

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

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