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Wilful neglect laws for children's professionals unlikely before 2017

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

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.

Ofsted: Three-quarters of children's services departments 'not good enough'

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Monday, March 9, 2015

Less than a quarter of local authority children's departments inspected by Ofsted last year were found to be providing effective social care services.

Safe Network loses DfE grant

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Friday, March 6, 2015

Safeguarding support charity Safe Network is facing an uncertain future after the Department for Education announced it is to axe its annual funding of £500,000.

Council at centre of CSE scandal gets innovation cash

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

The government has awarded £3.8m of Children's Social Care Innovation Fund money to four projects involved in supporting victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Review criticises failings to tackle street grooming in Oxfordshire

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

More than 370 children have been at risk of child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Oxfordshire over the last 15 years, according to a damning report into the way victims were treated by police and children's services.

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Children's social workers, teachers and local councillors will face up to five years in jail for failing to protect children from sexual exploitation, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Social work leaders welcome Labour early intervention focus

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Social work leaders have welcomed moves by the Labour Party to prioritise prevention of child abuse.

Whitehall unit to reform child protection systems under a Labour government

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Monday, February 23, 2015

Labour will create a cross-government child protection unit to "revolutionise" safeguarding systems and practice if the party is elected in May.

'Councils still failing to properly tackle CSE' - children's commissioner

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Councils and police forces are failing to face up to the realities of child sexual exploitation (CSE), according to a critical report by the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England (OCC).

Buckinghamshire offers social workers £5,000 'golden hello'

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Buckinghamshire Council is to offer children's social workers incentive payments of more than £5,000 to join its struggling children's services department.

FGM initiative and family support schemes receive innovation funding

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Friday, February 6, 2015

A project that aims to end the practice of female genital mutilation within a generation has been handed £2m through the government's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme.

Nearly half of councils see fall in children's services rating under tougher Ofsted inspections

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Friday, January 23, 2015

Three quarters of children's services departments assessed under Ofsted's single inspection framework have been rated in the bottom two grades, with nearly half inspected so far seeing a fall in their judgment compared with previous performance.

Ofsted in talks over improvement role in Rotherham

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Rotherham Borough Council is in talks with Ofsted over bringing the inspectorate in to help it improve children's services.

Birmingham commissioner slams NHS over joint working failures

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

The government-appointed troubleshooter charged with turning around Birmingham's failing children's services has hit out at health services for being reluctant to get involved in child protection work.

Rotherham chief Ian Thomas to discuss his plans to tackle CSE

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Rotherham's new director of children's services Ian Thomas is to deliver a keynote presentation on leading the effort to combat child sexual exploitation (CSE) in the wake of the Jay report, at a CYP Now Conference.

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

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.

Lincolnshire children's services receives 'good' Ofsted rating

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Friday, January 9, 2015

Children's services at Lincolnshire Council have been judged "good" by Ofsted, with inspectors particularly praising the "exceptional" quality of adoption support.

ADCS president-elect warns cuts could increase demand for care

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Local authorities may no longer be able to protect children's services from the worst of funding cuts over the coming year, the next president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

Staffing and funding problems threaten Birmingham's recovery, warns troubleshooter

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Friday, December 12, 2014

"Inadequate" HR systems and the lack of a "credible" social worker recruitment and retention strategy could derail attempts to improve struggling children's services at Birmingham City Council, a government-appointed commissioner has warned.

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

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Friday, December 5, 2014

Bristol and Rochdale have been told to improve the quality of services for children and young people following inspections by Ofsted.

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Wilful neglect laws for children's professionals unlikely before 2017

Ofsted: Three-quarters of children's services departments 'not good enough'

Safe Network loses DfE grant

Council at centre of CSE scandal gets innovation cash

Review criticises failings to tackle street grooming in Oxfordshire

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

Social work leaders welcome Labour early intervention focus

Whitehall unit to reform child protection systems under a Labour government

'Councils still failing to properly tackle CSE' - children's commissioner

Buckinghamshire offers social workers £5,000 'golden hello'

FGM initiative and family support schemes receive innovation funding

Nearly half of councils see fall in children's services rating under tougher Ofsted inspections

Ofsted in talks over improvement role in Rotherham

Birmingham commissioner slams NHS over joint working failures

Rotherham chief Ian Thomas to discuss his plans to tackle CSE

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

Lincolnshire children's services receives 'good' Ofsted rating

ADCS president-elect warns cuts could increase demand for care

Staffing and funding problems threaten Birmingham's recovery, warns troubleshooter

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

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