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Councils urged to tackle preventable child deaths and injuries

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities must do more to prevent the deaths of more than 60 children each year from preventable accidents, a report has found.

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's consultation over allowing councils to delegate children's social care services to third parties was insufficient and needs further debate, chair of the all-party parliamentary group on child protection has said.

Forms of business support for youth sector identified

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Friday, May 4, 2012

| CYP Now

A range of different types of support that businesses can provide youth organisations have been identified as part of a project to strengthen links between commerce and the youth sector.

Councils call for national outcomes framework for looked-after children

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Monday, November 24, 2014

| CYP Now

A national outcomes framework should be developed as one of a range of measures to improve services for looked-after children and those with greatest needs, a report has found.

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two more English authorities have been told by Ofsted that their children's services are not up to scratch.

DfE sanctions urgent probe into children's services spending

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Friday, August 14, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has ordered a study into the spending habits of local authority children's services departments ahead of expected central government cuts being announced in November.

A further 100 children's centres face closure

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Monday, August 17, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 100 children's centres will close or are under threat of closure, it has emerged.

Payment-by-results must not jeopardise key services, charities warned

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

| CYP Now

The voluntary sector must make sure the introduction of payment-by-results does not threaten the existence of core services for vulnerable families, two charities have said.

Timpson announces extra £70m for innovation programme

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Friday, October 31, 2014

| CYP Now

An additional £70m will be made available for projects to improve children's services through the government's innovation programme, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) face a fight to protect their role, with more than half now responsible for other directorates or services, the vice president-elect of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

Children's social workers to learn psychology techniques in trailblazer project

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

| CYP Now

All children's social workers will be trained in advanced psychological counselling techniques as part of a radical shake-up of child protection services in Hertfordshire, funded with nearly £5m of government money.

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

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Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education will consider intervening in the running of children's services in Somerset after the department was labelled "inadequate" by Ofsted for the second time in less than two years.

Local authorities prepare for cuts of up to eight per cent next year

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Councils are to be hit with spending cuts of up to eight per cent next year, under plans set out in the provisional local government finance settlement.

Bureaucracy scuppers youth employment efforts, claims LGA

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Monday, March 19, 2012

| CYP Now

Efforts to get more than one million young people into work are being hampered by bureaucracy, duplication and government control, a report by the Local Government Association has claimed.

Hampshire to take control of Isle of Wight children's services

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Hampshire County Council is set to take over children's services on the Isle of Wight after its lead member for children backed the proposals.

Government announces new social worker standards

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Friday, October 31, 2014

| CYP Now

A new set of professional standards for all levels of children's social workers is to be introduced by the government next year.

Support for care leavers deteriorating, watchdog finds

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Friday, July 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Support for vulnerable young people leaving care has deteriorated over the past decade, a critical report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

Child protection 'will struggle to cope' with Spending Review cuts

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Work by councils to protect children from abuse and neglect will struggle to continue at its current level if funding for local authorities is cut further in the autumn's Spending Review, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Doncaster fears delay in children's trust timeframe

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Plans to create an independent trust to run child protection services in Doncaster are at risk of delay, the authority has warned.

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.

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Councils urged to tackle preventable child deaths and injuries

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

Forms of business support for youth sector identified

Councils call for national outcomes framework for looked-after children

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

DfE sanctions urgent probe into children's services spending

A further 100 children's centres face closure

Payment-by-results must not jeopardise key services, charities warned

Timpson announces extra £70m for innovation programme

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

Children's social workers to learn psychology techniques in trailblazer project

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

Local authorities prepare for cuts of up to eight per cent next year

Bureaucracy scuppers youth employment efforts, claims LGA

Hampshire to take control of Isle of Wight children's services

Government announces new social worker standards

Support for care leavers deteriorating, watchdog finds

Child protection 'will struggle to cope' with Spending Review cuts

Doncaster fears delay in children's trust timeframe

Timpson announces study into children's services outsourcing

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