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Ofsted rates third council ‘inadequate' in space of week
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- Monday, May 18, 2015
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.
Birmingham sees huge fall in identification of vulnerable children
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- Wednesday, February 19, 2014
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.
Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims
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- Thursday, February 13, 2014
Wilshaw reveals he called for Ofsted chair to remain; leaving foster care age for young people in Wales raised; and £500,000 fund set up to help male victims of rape, all in the news today.
Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans
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- Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Children's charities have criticised the government for failing to prioritise the needs of children in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.
Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation
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- Friday, September 12, 2014
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.
Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection
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- Tuesday, June 23, 2015
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.
Integrated care service vital to help support troubled families
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- Monday, August 4, 2014
Integrated care is an idea with legs. It is gaining currency among the major political parties, as they realise that the segregation of health and social care, for example, leads to waste, duplication and gaps through which service users easily fall.
Serious case reviews need reform, say academics
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- Monday, July 21, 2014
Inquiries into child deaths must be reformed so frontline practice can be improved to prevent further tragedies, a major study has concluded.
Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children
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- Tuesday, August 6, 2013
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.
Daily roundup: Child protection, a charity merger, and the Fair4Families campaign
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- Monday, January 28, 2013
A shake-up of child protection training rumoured to be on the cards, The Private Equity Foundation and Impetus Trust announce plans to merge, and a campaign to protect families from cuts, all in the news today.
Technology in Children's Services: Policy context
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- Tuesday, March 31, 2020
At its best, technology speeds up laborious inputting of information, enabling children’s services practitioners to spend more time with their clients, helps commissioners to identify trends so they can prioritise resources, and enable leaders to make informed choices on how services are structured.
Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow
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- Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Agencies across the London borough of Hounslow have been praised for their work to support children who have experienced domestic abuse.
Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings
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- Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Nearly six months since professor Alexis Jay's report revealed the extent of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, the government's troubled families tsar Louise Casey's has pulled no punches in her assessment of how the authority has fared since.
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.
Cameron earmarks children's services as priority reform area
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- Friday, September 11, 2015
Children's services have been identified by Prime Minister David Cameron as a "standout area" for reform ahead of the autumn Spending Review.
Government to trial upfront Troubled Families payments
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News
- Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Some councils will receive upfront funding to pay for support provided through the government's Troubled Families programme as part of a trial, it has been announced.
CYP Now 2016 Awards revealed on night of huge celebration and pride
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- Friday, November 25, 2016
Twenty-two inspirational and deserving winners were last night revealed at the 2016 CYP Now Awards on an evening of celebration for the children's sector.
Lessons from serious case reviews: Parents with a mental health issue
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- Tuesday, October 25, 2016
The NSPCC has collated and analysed evidence from serious case reviews over a number of years to identify lessons. This issue we summarise the risk factors and learning for parental mental health and child welfare.
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