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Daniel Pelka SCR: Practitioners must be bolder in acting on concerns, says sector

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Professional bodies and child protection campaigners have said all practitioners working with children must be more prepared to intervene if they are concerned that a child is being abused or neglected.

Haringey installs interim director to lead children's services

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Haringey Council has moved its deputy director of adult services to take temporary charge of children's services in Haringey following the sudden departure of Libby Blake as children's services chief.

New £2m fund for charities supporting social action projects

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

| CYP Now

The Cabinet Office will offer a share of £2m of funding to charities supporting social action projects that help vulnerable young people.

Vulnerable children at risk as voluntary services struggle

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Monday, November 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Nearly three-quarters of voluntary sector practitioners surveyed by Unison say that vulnerable children and young people are being missed by services due to public sector cuts.

U-turn over approval process for long-distance care placements

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) will not have to personally approve care placements outside of their authority or region after initial plans to do so were watered down.

CYP Now investigation: Play services decimated as funding slashed

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly a third of local authorities in England have closed play facilities as a result of spending on play services over the past three years being slashed by 39 per cent, an investigation by CYP Now has revealed.

Timpson clarifies long-distance care placement approval process

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Friday, January 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Children and families minister Edward Timpson has clarified the role of directors of children's services (DCSs) in signing off distant out-of-authority care placements.

Colin Hilton to lead independent children's trust in Doncaster

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

| CYP Now

The former director of the Children's Improvement Board (CIB) has been appointed by Education Secretary Michael Gove to turn around child protection services in Doncaster.

Labour considers witholding cash from schools if young people become Neet

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Monday, March 3, 2014

| CYP Now

A proportion of schools' funding should be dependent on pupils' progress post-16, a group of experts has recommended to the Labour Party.

Children's home standards on the rise

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The proportion of children's homes that received a "good" or better rating from Ofsted rose in the final three months of 2013, latest figures reveal.

Birmingham to get children's commissioner under Le Grand plans

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to draft in a commissioner and expert panel to oversee Birmingham's troubled children's services.

Senior figures quit council following 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

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Thursday, September 7, 2017

| CYP Now

Two senior figures in Croydon children's services have resigned following the south London borough's damning Ofsted inspection.

Council 'missed opportunities' to protect sexual exploitation victims

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

| CYP Now

Rochdale council missed numerous opportunities to safeguard young people who were being sexually exploited, a report has concluded.

Opening public services would 'squeeze' youth work, academic claims

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Friday, December 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Youth services will be cut back even further if charities and private organisations are given the green light to take over local authority youth services as part of the open public services agenda, an academic has warned.

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils could save more than £32,000 for each troubled family they work with by providing services in a more effective way, a government report has claimed.

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils will be handed powers to outsource a whole range of children's social care services including child protection under proposals announced by the government.

£200m education funding cut threatens accountability, council leaders warn

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Friday, July 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Government plans to cut school budgets by £200m will damage councils' ability to hold schools to account and help those that are struggling to improve, council leaders have warned.

Child protection outsourcing plans 'dead in the water', claims Loughton

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services are "dead in the water" following the departure of Michael Gove from the Department for Education, former children's minister Tim Loughton has claimed.

Child protection IT system set for launch

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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

| CYP Now

An IT system that will help child protection and health professionals share information about children at risk of abuse and neglect will launch imminently, the Department of Health (DH) has confirmed.

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| CYP Now

It is now one week since an independent report by Professor Alexis Jay estimated that approximately 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. CYP Now looks at what has happened since publication last Tuesday.

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services in Blackpool are improving but problems remain with support for care leavers and planning for looked-after children, inspectors have found.

Rotherham DCS calls for child sexual exploitation training reforms

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Child sexual exploitation (CSE) training should be part of university social work courses, the director of children's services (DCS) for Rotherham has said.

Ofsted blames poor classroom behaviour on 'casual' school leadership

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

| CYP Now

An acceptance of poor behaviour in the classroom by school leaders is having a detrimental impact on pupils' outcomes, Ofsted has warned.

Steep rise in serious case reviews

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of serious case reviews (SCRs) carried out into cases of child deaths or severe abuse have risen by more than 50 per cent in the space of just a year.

NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children's charities

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and young people's charities face funding cuts of almost £405m over the five years up to 2015/16, the National Children's Bureau (NCB) has estimated.

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Daniel Pelka SCR: Practitioners must be bolder in acting on concerns, says sector

Haringey installs interim director to lead children's services

New £2m fund for charities supporting social action projects

Vulnerable children at risk as voluntary services struggle

U-turn over approval process for long-distance care placements

CYP Now investigation: Play services decimated as funding slashed

Timpson clarifies long-distance care placement approval process

Colin Hilton to lead independent children's trust in Doncaster

Labour considers witholding cash from schools if young people become Neet

Children's home standards on the rise

Birmingham to get children's commissioner under Le Grand plans

Senior figures quit council following 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

Council 'missed opportunities' to protect sexual exploitation victims

Opening public services would 'squeeze' youth work, academic claims

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

£200m education funding cut threatens accountability, council leaders warn

Child protection outsourcing plans 'dead in the water', claims Loughton

Child protection IT system set for launch

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

Rotherham DCS calls for child sexual exploitation training reforms

Ofsted blames poor classroom behaviour on 'casual' school leadership

Steep rise in serious case reviews

NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children's charities

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