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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.

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

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Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

A children's services department that was providing support for three vulnerable children who died in the space of a month has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is holding discussions about the possibility of outsourcing elements of its children's social care work in order to help deal with an influx of asylum-seeking children, it has emerged.

DfE to slash Ofsted budget by a quarter

News

Monday, December 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted will have to cut its budget by a quarter over the next four years as a result of the government Spending Review, it has emerged.

DfE: 'No link' between spending on children's social care and quality

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has said there is no link between the amount of money spent on children's social care and the effectiveness of services.

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.

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Two local authorities have become the first to be awarded "outstanding" judgments under Ofsted's controversial inspection framework for children's services.

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.

Daniel Pelka SCR: Practitioners must be bolder in acting on concerns, says sector

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Professional bodies and child protection campaigners have said all practitioners working with children must be more prepared to intervene if they are concerned that a child is being abused or neglected.

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.

U-turn over approval process for long-distance care placements

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) will not have to personally approve care placements outside of their authority or region after initial plans to do so were watered down.

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.

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's professionals struggle to keep pace with child abusers' tactics; 23 campaign groups highlight need for child-friendly policies; and Bracknell Forest youth hub set to open by 2016, all in the news today.

Colin Hilton to lead independent children's trust in Doncaster

News

Thursday, February 6, 2014

| CYP Now

The former director of the Children's Improvement Board (CIB) has been appointed by Education Secretary Michael Gove to turn around child protection services in Doncaster.

Ask the Experts: Help a child suffering from OCD

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on coping with OCD, inducting a lead member, helping a child whose mother drinks and learning from weather.

Birmingham to get children's commissioner under Le Grand plans

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to draft in a commissioner and expert panel to oversee Birmingham's troubled children's services.

Daily round up: Blackburn DCS drafted into Rochdale, Ofsted complaints, and profit-making schools

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Rochdale appoints an interim head of children's social services, Ofsted is criticised over its new complaints framework, and a call for profit-making firms to take charge of the worst schools, all in the news today.

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Sexual abuse focus can solve the criminal responsibility conundrum

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

DfE to slash Ofsted budget by a quarter

DfE: 'No link' between spending on children's social care and quality

UK must commit to a ban on physical punishment

Violence at home: When children abuse their parents

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

Leadership: Working with elected members

Daniel Pelka SCR: Practitioners must be bolder in acting on concerns, says sector

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

Daily roundup: Social action, sexting, and council cuts

U-turn over approval process for long-distance care placements

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

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

Colin Hilton to lead independent children's trust in Doncaster

Ask the Experts: Help a child suffering from OCD

Birmingham to get children's commissioner under Le Grand plans

Daily round up: Blackburn DCS drafted into Rochdale, Ofsted complaints, and profit-making schools

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