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Daily roundup: Play strategy, DCS to retire early, and genital mutilation

Monday, June 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Scotland gets its first national play strategy, Norfolk's children's services boss retires early, and the NSPCC opens a female genital mutilation helpline, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Wilshaw reveals he called for Ofsted chair to remain; leaving foster care age for young people in Wales raised; and £500,000 fund set up to help male victims of rape, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Inspections, financial management and mental health

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| CYP Now

East Sussex children's social care judged "good" by Ofsted; spend on agency staff triples at Windsor children's services; and new chair announced for mental health body, all in the news today.

Doncaster's deliverer

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Monday, October 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett speaks to Paul Moffat, chief executive, Doncaster Children's Services Trust.

Daily roundup: Protecting social workers online, school places and My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

| CYP Now

Social workers call for protection from online abuse, Stephen Twigg advocates for local authority oversight of school place planning, and Channel 4 adverts banned for negative depictions of children, all in the news today.

'Wilful neglect' proposals raise fears over damage to social work

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders say the government's plans to extend wilful neglect sanctions of up to five years in prison to social care and education professionals will harm joint working and deter many entering the sector.

Children's commissioner sets out her priorities for improving young lives

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Monday, July 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Anne Longfield outlines her plans to shape the policy agenda in five key areas including children's use of the internet, tackling child abuse, overcoming inequalities, looked-after children and better cross-government working.

Commissioner calls for action to tackle in-family child sex abuse

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Analysis by the Children's Commissioner for England concludes that many cases of child sexual abuse go unreported because children's professionals struggle to recognise and act on the signs of in-family abuse.

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

At its best, technology speeds up laborious inputting of information, enabling children’s services practitioners to spend more time with their clients, helps commissioners to identify trends so they can prioritise resources, and enable leaders to make informed choices on how services are structured.

Ask the Experts: Safeguarding migrant children

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Monday, May 25, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on migrant child protection, supporting young carers in school, child allergies and tackling discrimination.

Ask The Experts: Ensure nursery outings are safe

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Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on planning a nursery trip; safely examining online grooming; boosting workers' skills and police complaints.

Handling a child protection crisis

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

College of Social Work chief Annie Hudson urges agencies and professionals to engage with the media.

First judgments show up flaws in new single inspection system

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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.

Ask the Experts: Christmas activities at nursery

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on Christmas activities at nurseries, tackling self-harm, managing budget proposals and secret engagements.

Effective Working with Neglected Children and their Families: Linking Interventions to Long-term Outcomes

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Authors Elaine Farmer and Eleanor Lutman; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 978-1-84905-288-7; £25; 240pp

Children's services need clarity of accountability

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's proposals to transfer responsibility for children's social services in Doncaster from the local council to an independent trust have come under attack from Doncaster Mayor Ros Jones in her detailed response to the plans.

Daily roundup: Drug treatment, Doncaster children's services, and foster care

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Four-year-olds referred for drug and alcohol treatment; launch date for independent children's services trust in Doncaster delayed a month; and call for long-term foster care to be used more, all in the news today.

Sexual abuse focus can solve the criminal responsibility conundrum

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Kathy Evans explains why the age of criminal responsibility must be raised to protect children.

UK must commit to a ban on physical punishment

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

It comes as no surprise to learn that study after study into physical punishment of children concludes that it does more harm than good.

Violence at home: When children abuse their parents

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Growing recognition of the problem of child-to-parent violence has prompted new government guidance. Eileen Fursland looks at a range of approaches designed to tackle this complex issue.

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on problem academies, whole-family assessments, supporting parents at nursery and a squatting protest.

Leadership: Working with elected members

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Forging good relationships with local politicians can be challenging for children's services leaders, but if managed well, they can be mutually beneficial and help local authorities be more successful.

Daily roundup: Child protection warning, university attendance, and youth service cuts

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

| CYP Now

National Crime Agency urges more action on child abuse, regional disparities in university attendance and West Sussex youth cuts to be debated, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Social action, sexting, and council cuts

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Postcode lottery for volunteering opportunities; prevalence of sexting highlighted; and Nottinghamshire Council outlines plans to cut children's services, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Fuel poverty, sexual offences, and the benefit cap

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Monday, January 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Families planning to cut down on food to cover heating costs; 20 per cent rise in sexual offences against children; and 33,000 now affected by government benefit cap, all in the news today.

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Daily roundup: Play strategy, DCS to retire early, and genital mutilation

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Daily roundup: Inspections, financial management and mental health

Doncaster's deliverer

Daily roundup: Protecting social workers online, school places and My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

'Wilful neglect' proposals raise fears over damage to social work

Children's commissioner sets out her priorities for improving young lives

Commissioner calls for action to tackle in-family child sex abuse

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

Ask the Experts: Safeguarding migrant children

Ask The Experts: Ensure nursery outings are safe

Handling a child protection crisis

First judgments show up flaws in new single inspection system

Ask the Experts: Christmas activities at nursery

Effective Working with Neglected Children and their Families: Linking Interventions to Long-term Outcomes

Children's services need clarity of accountability

Daily roundup: Drug treatment, Doncaster children's services, and foster care

Sexual abuse focus can solve the criminal responsibility conundrum

UK must commit to a ban on physical punishment

Violence at home: When children abuse their parents

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

Leadership: Working with elected members

Daily roundup: Child protection warning, university attendance, and youth service cuts

Daily roundup: Social action, sexting, and council cuts

Daily roundup: Fuel poverty, sexual offences, and the benefit cap

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