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The refugee crisis needs a collective council response
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- 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.
Help prisoners' children to stem future offending
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- Tuesday, December 9, 2014 | CYP Now
The government's latest idea for separating young adult offenders from the bulk of the prison population was unveiled last week.
Somerset row shows DCSs need greater authority
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- Tuesday, October 28, 2014 | CYP Now
It is rare for the sacking of a director of children's services (DCS) to be played out in public, but that has been the case in Somerset over the past week.
Don't underestimate the scale of the CSE problem
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- Tuesday, September 16, 2014 | CYP Now
Barely a day has gone by in September when Rotherham has not featured prominently in the headlines of the national media.
Editorial: Strong police presence is vital to safer schools
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- Monday, September 1, 2014 | CYP Now
CYP Now's investigation into school safety reveals some worrying trends in terms of the reduction in police presence in schools. A third of police forces have cut the number of PCs and community support officers based in schools over the past two years, while overall numbers of officers dedicated to this type of work has also fallen over the same period.
Free childcare scheme needs more investment
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- Monday, June 23, 2014 | CYP Now
The government's free childcare offer for disadvantaged two-year-olds is both laudable and much needed. But that alone will not guarantee its success. Concerns about implementation of the initiative - which is meant to provide 15 hours of free childcare per week for the 130,000 most disadvantaged two-year-olds - have been around for some time. In the spring, the government's own figures showed a quarter of the expected number of places had yet to be created.
New inspections must show us the big picture
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- Tuesday, October 1, 2013 | CYP Now
Ofsted provokes outright hostility among many local authority folk.
Children's services need clarity of accountability
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- Tuesday, August 20, 2013 | CYP Now
The government's proposals to transfer responsibility for children's social services in Doncaster from the local council to an independent trust have come under attack from Doncaster Mayor Ros Jones in her detailed response to the plans.
Doncaster experiment is sure to yield lessons
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- Tuesday, July 23, 2013 | CYP Now
Education Secretary Michael Gove's decision to remove Doncaster Council's powers to provide children's social care is a landmark move.
One small step for care, one giant leap required
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- Monday, April 29, 2013 | CYP Now
The high-profile cases of children in residential care going missing and being sexually exploited in the past year have sent shockwaves through our society. Last week, the government responded by announcing some important reforms.
Youth sector needs help to realise its true value
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- Tuesday, November 27, 2012 | CYP Now
In this prolonged era of spending cuts, services that promote young people's personal and social development - provided by youth workers and others - have suffered among the deepest.
Children's home system is in urgent need of care
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- Monday, July 9, 2012 | CYP Now
The government's welcome resolve to tackle child sexual exploitation in the wake of the notorious Rochdale child-grooming ring has, inevitably, opened a can of worms over the treatment of children in residential care.
Child sexual exploitation victims must be heard
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- Monday, May 14, 2012 | CYP Now
Child sexual exploitation is often described as one of the great "hidden" scourges in society. But it was propelled into the spotlight in all its sickening brutality last week after nine men from Rochdale and Oldham were sentenced to jail, having plied vulnerable girls with drugs and alcohol and passed ?them around for sex.