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Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Parents could be forced to pay as much as £900-a-month if their children are taken into care, under plans announced by Worcestershire County Council.

All primary school pupils to be taught about abuse

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Monday, September 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Volunteers will visit every primary school in the UK at least once every two years under plans to prevent abuse by teaching children about the issue.

Charity wants more specialist support for exploited children

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Monday, October 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Barnardo's is calling for more specialist support and care for sexually exploited children in care.

Haringey "missed opportunities" to prevent abuse of toddler

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Friday, October 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Police, social workers and medical staff could have prevented the abuse of a toddler at the hands of his family in Haringey, a report has found.

Tougher requirements for independent social work providers rejected

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Monday, October 28, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has dismissed calls to strengthen requirements for GP-style social work practices to employ registered social workers.

Birmingham sees huge fall in identification of vulnerable children

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham Council is taking action to improve the way child protection tip-offs are acted on following a worrying drop in the numbers of children subject to protection plans.

Forced caesarean highlights complexity of child protection decisions, experts say

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Adoption experts say the placement with a new family of a child of a mentally ill Italian woman who had a forced caesarean is one of the most complex children's social workers have dealt with.

Minister reveals delay to trafficking victims' advocate pilots

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

| CYP Now

A pilot to provide independent advocates to child trafficking victims will take place in 23 councils from September, two months after it was originally planned to go live.

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Inquiries into child deaths must be reformed so frontline practice can be improved to prevent further tragedies, a major study has concluded.

Government announces civil orders to tackle FGM

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Civil orders designed to prevent female genital mutilation (FGM) are to be created as part of a range of measures to tackle the issue, the government has announced.

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

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Friday, September 12, 2014

| CYP Now

A group of local authorities will face Ofsted inspections on the way they deal with child sexual exploitation (CSE) in a bid to ensure services are up to scratch in the wake of the Rotherham scandal, CYP Now can reveal.

Child sex offences hit all-time high

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Thursday, March 23, 2017

| CYP Now

The number of child sex offences recorded by police forces across the UK have hit a new high, figures obtained by the NSPCC have shown.

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

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Friday, February 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Safeguards to protect children from "intrusive and stressful" bailiffs are to be introduced by the government.

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's charities have criticised the government for failing to prioritise the needs of children in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.

Ofsted rates third council ‘inadequate' in space of week

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Monday, May 18, 2015

| CYP Now

West Berkshire Council has become the third local authority in the space of a week to have its children's services department rated "inadequate" after Ofsted inspectors found serious failures in services.

CSE victims to play central role improving services in Rotherham

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Rotherham Council is enlisting the help of victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE) to help it improve the way it tackles abuse in the town.

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

| CYP Now

More local authority children's services departments will be taken out of council control in order to tackle failure, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Increasing numbers of children 'at risk of abuse'

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Friday, October 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Numbers of children subject to child protection plans because they are deemed to be at risk of abuse are continuing to rise, government figures reveal.

Rise in number of serious case reviews

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Thursday, October 29, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of serious case reviews (SCRs) conducted into child deaths, abuse and serious injuries has risen by more than 16 per cent in the past year.

Ofsted tells two councils to improve children's services

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

| CYP Now

Two councils have been told to improve standards within their children's services departments following inspections by Ofsted.

Rising numbers in child protection system 'down to cuts', MPs told

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Numbers of children entering the child protection system are on the rise because services designed to help them stay with their families are being "decimated", MPs have been told.

High-performing councils explore alternative delivery models for children's services

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

A growing number of councils with children's services departments that have been rated as "good" by Ofsted are considering alternative delivery models, it has emerged.

Campaigners brand review of local authority duties 'distasteful'

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's review of local authority statutory duties is "distasteful and damaging" for the protection of children's rights, campaigners have claimed.

Nearly 200,000 babies at risk of harm in the UK

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Nearly 200,000 babies in the UK are at risk of serious harm, according to figures released by the NSPCC as it launched its campaign to highlight the vulnerability of children aged under one.

New Sandwell DCS expects Ofsted rating improvement

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

| CYP Now

The new privately-employed head of children's services in Sandwell is confident the authority will improve its Ofsted rating by the end of his 30-month contract.

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Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

All primary school pupils to be taught about abuse

Charity wants more specialist support for exploited children

Haringey "missed opportunities" to prevent abuse of toddler

Tougher requirements for independent social work providers rejected

Birmingham sees huge fall in identification of vulnerable children

Forced caesarean highlights complexity of child protection decisions, experts say

Minister reveals delay to trafficking victims' advocate pilots

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

Government announces civil orders to tackle FGM

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

Child sex offences hit all-time high

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

Ofsted rates third council ‘inadequate' in space of week

CSE victims to play central role improving services in Rotherham

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

Increasing numbers of children 'at risk of abuse'

Rise in number of serious case reviews

Ofsted tells two councils to improve children's services

Rising numbers in child protection system 'down to cuts', MPs told

High-performing councils explore alternative delivery models for children's services

Campaigners brand review of local authority duties 'distasteful'

Nearly 200,000 babies at risk of harm in the UK

New Sandwell DCS expects Ofsted rating improvement

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