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Timpson orders creation of independent trust in Slough

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services in Slough are to be split off from local authority control and run by an independent trust in an attempt to improve performance, children's minister Edward Timpson has said.

Child protection outsourcing plans 'dead in the water', claims Loughton

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services are "dead in the water" following the departure of Michael Gove from the Department for Education, former children's minister Tim Loughton has claimed.

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

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Friday, August 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Poorer parents struggle to feed their children during the summer holidays; Department for Education publishes child-friendly guide to the special educational needs reforms; and judge warns of "paedophile panic", all in the news today.

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| CYP Now

It is now one week since an independent report by Professor Alexis Jay estimated that approximately 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. CYP Now looks at what has happened since publication last Tuesday.

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services in Blackpool are improving but problems remain with support for care leavers and planning for looked-after children, inspectors have found.

Rotherham DCS calls for child sexual exploitation training reforms

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Child sexual exploitation (CSE) training should be part of university social work courses, the director of children's services (DCS) for Rotherham has said.

Children's guardians report rise in late care cases

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

| CYP Now

The proportion of care applications being made late by local authority social workers has risen by a third over the past two years, according to a study of children's guardians' views.

Steep rise in serious case reviews

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of serious case reviews (SCRs) carried out into cases of child deaths or severe abuse have risen by more than 50 per cent in the space of just a year.

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

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Friday, December 12, 2014

| CYP Now

"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.

Birmingham commissioner slams NHS over joint working failures

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

| CYP Now

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.

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

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Friday, January 23, 2015

| CYP Now

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.

Whitehall unit to reform child protection systems under a Labour government

News

Monday, February 23, 2015

| CYP Now

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

Children's services leaders call for wholesale changes to Ofsted inspection system

News

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

| CYP Now

The current Ofsted inspection system for children's services should be scrapped and replaced with a light-touch but better-targeted approach, children's services and local authority leaders say.

Research Report: Child Neglect is Everyone's Business: Achieving a Sense of Shared Responsibility

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Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Researchers investigate how local authorities identify and intervene in child neglect cases.

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on the dangers of legal highs, child protection changes, building a bug hotel and holding a winter bazaar.

Early help must stem the flow of neglect cases to social care

Other

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

With the number of children on child protection plans due to neglect on the rise, research by the NSPCC suggests a lack of understanding is resulting in universal services referring some cases that could be managed with early help.

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

News

Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

An independent children's services trust that was established on government orders has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

The refugee crisis needs a collective council response

Other

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

A report by MPs published this month called for the government to take an extra 3,000 child refugees from Syria currently stranded in makeshift camps in mainland Europe.

Daily roundup: School absenteeism, new Doncaster DCS, and child abuser concerns

Other

Thursday, May 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Pupils with SEN have higher school absentee rates, troubled Doncaster Council appoints a new director of children's services, and NSPCC issues warning over number of young child abusers, in the news today.

Government accused of allowing 'back door' privatisation of child protection

News

Friday, June 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Private companies will be able to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans via the "back door" by setting up separate subsidiaries, it has been claimed.

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

Other

Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Haringey told to improve children's social care, major early intervention guide launched, and Nicky Morgan pledges to continue tough stance on term-time holidays, all in the news today.

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

News

Thursday, September 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly 500 children in Manchester were potentially left at risk because social work assessments were not carried out quickly enough, a report that has rated the city's children's services as "inadequate", has found.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

News

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

Child sexual exploitation 'widespread', MPs conclude

News

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Organised child sexual exploitation (CSE) is widespread across England and local authorities need to ensure they fully investigate concerns when they arise, a report by MPs has concluded.

Ofsted: Councils failing to protect children from CSE

News

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities are failing in their statutory duty to protect children from the risk of sexual exploitation (CSE), Ofsted has concluded.

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Timpson orders creation of independent trust in Slough

Child protection outsourcing plans 'dead in the water', claims Loughton

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

Rotherham DCS calls for child sexual exploitation training reforms

Children's guardians report rise in late care cases

Steep rise in serious case reviews

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

Birmingham commissioner slams NHS over joint working failures

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

Whitehall unit to reform child protection systems under a Labour government

Children's services leaders call for wholesale changes to Ofsted inspection system

Research Report: Child Neglect is Everyone's Business: Achieving a Sense of Shared Responsibility

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

Early help must stem the flow of neglect cases to social care

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

The refugee crisis needs a collective council response

Daily roundup: School absenteeism, new Doncaster DCS, and child abuser concerns

Government accused of allowing 'back door' privatisation of child protection

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

Slough children's services to become independent trust

Child sexual exploitation 'widespread', MPs conclude

Ofsted: Councils failing to protect children from CSE

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