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LGA warns over impact of council funding cuts

Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Services for children and young people look set to bear the brunt of local authority funding cuts over the next two years, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Birmingham providers forced to pay 'living wage' to retain childcare funding

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Nursery owners in Birmingham have been told they will be stripped of funding to deliver the government's free childcare schemes unless they pay staff enhanced wages.

Campaigners call for end to B&B use for care leavers

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Friday, May 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities should be banned from using bed and breakfasts to house young care leavers, while post-care accommodation should be regulated by Ofsted, MPs have been told.

Play England director Catherine Prisk steps down

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Catherine Prisk is to step down as director of Play England at the end of the week after a restructure of management arrangements at the charity.

Schools struggle to deliver free childcare for two-year-olds

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Schools providing free childcare places to two-year-olds are struggling to access funding and training, government-commissioned research has found.

Derbyshire children's centres face closure threat

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Derbyshire County Council looks set to close seven children's centres in a bid to save £1.1m a year.

‘Decision fatigue' blights social work practice

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Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's social workers avoid making decisions later in the working day due to mental exhaustion, an analysis of child protection practitioners' behaviour has shown.

Campaigners warn of school funding shortfall in disadvantaged areas

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Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Schools in England's poorest areas will struggle to meet the needs of pupils despite the government pledge of an extra £350m for low-funded education authorities, claim campaigners.

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services are to be delivered outside of council control in Slough as part of government efforts to improve performance.

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.

Paul Ennals to chair Haringey child safeguarding board

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Former National Children's Bureau chief executive Sir Paul Ennals has been appointed as chair of Haringey's Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB).

Enter the CYP Now Awards and take your chance to shine

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

| CYP Now

The 2014 Children & Young People Now Awards - the gold standard in services for children, young people and families across the UK - are open for entries.

Daily roundup: School places, mental health, and troubled families

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Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities make progress on school places, rise in mental health concerns for education staff, and Reading Council hits troubled families target, all in the news today.

ADCS president Alan Wood backs councils to drive social care improvement

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

| CYP Now

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said local authorities need to be at the centre of driving improvement in children's services.

Birmingham criticised for failing to meet autistic boy's needs

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham City Council has been rebuked by the Local Government Ombudsman for failing to provide support to the mother of an autistic boy whose violent behaviour was deemed to be of "considerable risk" to others.

Ofsted highlights lack of support for children placed out of area

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Not enough is being done by local authorities to support children who are placed in care far away from home, Ofsted has warned.

Charity boss challenges accuracy of 'at risk' data

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Official figures on children in need are massively underestimating the numbers at risk of neglect and abuse, charity boss Camila Batmanghelidjh has said.

School safeguarding, mental health, and healthy living

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Friday, March 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Coventry schools to have safeguarding checks; trust defends offering counselling in cafes; and smoking bans deliver child health benefits, all in the news today.

Timpson announces study into children's services outsourcing

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to investigate the potential for large-scale outsourcing of local authority children's services.

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.

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.

Ofsted delays revised children's home inspections

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted has delayed by a year the introduction of new children's home inspections because of concerns they would be "inefficient".

Greenwich outsources all its children's centres

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has selected a mixture of schools, charities and a leisure trust to run its 24 children's centres from April this year.

SCRs need greater prevention focus, says NSPCC chief

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Serious case reviews (SCRs) need to focus more on learning the lessons from child protection failings to prevent them happening again, the head of the NSPCC has said.

Children and Families Act heralds new era for children's sector

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Monday, March 17, 2014

| CYP Now

The Children and Families Act has wide-ranging implications for children's services, from the creation of childminder agencies to better support for young people in care. Following its approval by parliament last week, the sector has given its reaction to the main provisions of the act.

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LGA warns over impact of council funding cuts

Birmingham providers forced to pay 'living wage' to retain childcare funding

Campaigners call for end to B&B use for care leavers

Play England director Catherine Prisk steps down

Schools struggle to deliver free childcare for two-year-olds

Derbyshire children's centres face closure threat

‘Decision fatigue' blights social work practice

Campaigners warn of school funding shortfall in disadvantaged areas

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

Paul Ennals to chair Haringey child safeguarding board

Enter the CYP Now Awards and take your chance to shine

Daily roundup: School places, mental health, and troubled families

ADCS president Alan Wood backs councils to drive social care improvement

Birmingham criticised for failing to meet autistic boy's needs

Ofsted highlights lack of support for children placed out of area

Charity boss challenges accuracy of 'at risk' data

School safeguarding, mental health, and healthy living

Timpson announces study into children's services outsourcing

Birmingham to get children's commissioner under Le Grand plans

Children's home standards on the rise

Ofsted delays revised children's home inspections

Greenwich outsources all its children's centres

SCRs need greater prevention focus, says NSPCC chief

Children and Families Act heralds new era for children's sector

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