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Daily roundup: Child protection, breastfeeding incentive, and new DCS

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Education secretary Michael Gove calls for radical overhaul of child protection; new mums offered vouchers to breastfeed; and Sally Hodges to be new DCS at Solihull Council, all in the news today.

Social work leaders sceptical over call for more third-party provider input

News

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Social work and local government leaders have warned that government ambitions to allow independent sector providers to deliver children's social services must not be at the expense of councils losing their statutory powers.

Timpson sceptical of trust solution for Birmingham children's services

News

Thursday, November 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has played down speculation that the Department for Education plans to strip Birmingham Council of responsibility for its struggling children's social services.

Daily roundup: Further education, childcare and lone parents

Other

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.

First judgments show up flaws in new single inspection system

Other

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Senior managers at the first five children's services departments to have undergone the new Ofsted single inspection support the principles behind the framework, but think the process needs improving if it is to get their full backing.

Review: Behaviour management for foster carers

Features

Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Why Can't My Child Behave? Empathic Parenting Strategies That Work for Adoptive and Foster Families

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

Other

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: Vocational training, health and parenting

Other

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

| CYP Now

New practical qualifications for school children introduced next year; huge rise in Crohn's disease hospital admissions of young people; and parents warned not to give children alcohol at end of exams, all in the news today.

Swindon considers halving number of children's centres

News

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Swindon Borough Council wants to slash £770,000 from its £2m children's centres budget, just a year after cutting the service's spend by £380,000.

Campaigners criticise progress of free childcare drive

News

Thursday, August 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years campaigners have questioned the government's handling of its flagship childcare scheme after CYP Now revealed a widespread shortfall in the number of places available for disadvantaged two-year-olds.

Rob Wilson replaces Brooks Newmark as youth minister

News

Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Rob Wilson, Conservative MP for Reading East, is the new minister for civil society following the resignation of Brooks Newmark at the weekend due to allegations over his private life.

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

News

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities would be able to save a total of £150m a year by improving the way they work with prospective foster parents, a report has claimed.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

News

Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

Young carers and asylum seekers deserve better

Other

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Keeping Your Head: NfER Analysis of Head Teacher Retention

Research

Thursday, June 1, 2017

| CYP Now

An increasing number of teachers are leaving the profession before retirement. The National Foundation for Educational Research (NfER) wanted to find out whether head teachers are also leaving headships in increasing numbers.

No evidence of Home Office abuse cover up, inquiry finds

News

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

A review led by NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless has found no evidence that Home Office officials covered up allegations of child sexual abuse over a 20-year period.

DfE staff survey reveals extent of mental health and bullying concerns

News

Monday, December 8, 2014

| CYP Now

More than half of staff at the Department for Education are suffering from moderate to high levels of anxiety, a survey has found.

Wilful neglect laws for children's professionals unlikely before 2017

News

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Laws to prosecute children's professionals for wilful neglect in failing to protect young people from child sexual exploitation are unlikely to be in place for another two years.

Protector of children's services: Alison O'Sullivan, ADCS president

Other

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett meets Alison O'Sullivan, president of the ADCS.

Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

Best Practice

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on growing vegetables, telling stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and help for Eastern European children.

Doncaster sees four-fold decrease in children missing from care

News

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of looked-after children that go missing from care in Doncaster has fallen nearly four-fold over the past year following the introduction of a dedicated support worker.

Better safeguarding work leads to fall in violent injuries

News

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Improved child protection procedures have contributed to a large fall in the number of violent injuries against children and young people over the last year, a leading research academic has said.

Inspectors slam South Yorkshire Police over safeguarding failures

News

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The police force criticised last year over its handling of child sexual exploitation (CSE) allegations in Rotherham is not doing enough to improve its child protection procedures, a report has found.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Walsall centre is hub for community

Other

Monday, August 31, 2015

| CYP Now

Palfrey Sure Start Children's Centre, Walsall - Children's centre inspection - July 2015

LGA hails "momentous" transfer of public health services for under-fives

News

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Parents will see "massive benefits" for their children as a result of responsibility for public health services for under-fives transferring to local authorities, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said.

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Daily roundup: Child protection, breastfeeding incentive, and new DCS

Social work leaders sceptical over call for more third-party provider input

Timpson sceptical of trust solution for Birmingham children's services

Daily roundup: Further education, childcare and lone parents

First judgments show up flaws in new single inspection system

Review: Behaviour management for foster carers

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

Daily roundup: Vocational training, health and parenting

Swindon considers halving number of children's centres

Campaigners criticise progress of free childcare drive

Rob Wilson replaces Brooks Newmark as youth minister

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Young carers and asylum seekers deserve better

Keeping Your Head: NfER Analysis of Head Teacher Retention

No evidence of Home Office abuse cover up, inquiry finds

DfE staff survey reveals extent of mental health and bullying concerns

Wilful neglect laws for children's professionals unlikely before 2017

Protector of children's services: Alison O'Sullivan, ADCS president

Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

Doncaster sees four-fold decrease in children missing from care

Better safeguarding work leads to fall in violent injuries

Inspectors slam South Yorkshire Police over safeguarding failures

Behind the Inspection Rating: Walsall centre is hub for community

LGA hails "momentous" transfer of public health services for under-fives

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