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Pilots 'to reduce mental health hospital admissions'

Monday, October 3, 2016

| CYP Now

Six areas are to test new ways to cut the number of hospital admissions among children and young people with serious mental health problems.

LSCB chief warns of safeguarding risks from government review

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Friday, February 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Uncertainty over the future of serious case reviews (SCRs) is damaging local safeguarding arrangements, local safeguarding children board (LSCB) leaders have warned.

Ambition chief executive set to join sexual health charity Brook

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

| CYP Now

The chief executive of Ambition is to leave the organisation - the announcement coming just a week after it emerged that the youth charity is in merger talks.

SEN inspection plans 'unsustainable', say children's services chiefs

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to assess an area's special educational needs (SEN) provision are "untimely and unsustainable", according to the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS).

Entire health visiting service under threat at London council

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Thursday, December 10, 2015

| CYP Now

A council is considering axing its entire health visiting budget in three years' time.

Hampshire DCS set to take on chief executive role

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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Hampshire's director of children's services John Coughlan is set to be appointed as the council's chief executive next week.

Labour conference: Councils should get academy intervention powers, says Powell

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Local authorities would be given greater powers to improve school standards under a Labour government, the party's shadow education secretary Lucy Powell has said.

LGA hails "momentous" transfer of public health services for under-fives

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Parents will see "massive benefits" for their children as a result of responsibility for public health services for under-fives transferring to local authorities, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said.

Campaign group highlights deep cuts to short breaks funding

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Friday, September 25, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 70 councils have slashed spending on short breaks for families with disabled children over the past four years, latest figures show.

Ex-MP calls for increased spending on child mental health services

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

| CYP Now

The government needs to pump more money into tackling a wide range of mental health conditions through its children's mental health investment programme, former health minister Paul Burstow has said.

Support for care leavers deteriorating, watchdog finds

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Friday, July 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Support for vulnerable young people leaving care has deteriorated over the past decade, a critical report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The chief inspectors of Ofsted and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) have launched a scathing attack on councils' failure to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Guide helps children's professionals understand key election pledges

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children & Young People Now presents the definitive guide to what the main parliamentary parties are pledging on key issues for children, young people and families.

Better safeguarding work leads to fall in violent injuries

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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Improved child protection procedures have contributed to a large fall in the number of violent injuries against children and young people over the last year, a leading research academic has said.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Royal colleges issue guide to improve healthcare for looked-after children

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Friday, April 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Specialist doctors and nurses should be given increased time to assess and support looked-after children, according to new guidance for healthcare providers.

GPs need to improve knowledge of FGM, say MPs

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Saturday, March 14, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs have criticised GPs and other health professionals for failing to report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM).

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's social workers, teachers and local councillors will face up to five years in jail for failing to protect children from sexual exploitation, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Children's health worker roles under threat in Leicestershire

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

| CYP Now

A raft of community nursery nurses, infant feeding support and health visitor management roles are set to be cut in Leicestershire due to financial cutbacks.

MPs call for ban on cell use for children in mental health crisis

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Friday, February 6, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs are calling on health commissioners and ministers to take urgent action to halt the detention of young people in police cells under the Mental Health Act.

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.

Rotherham chief Ian Thomas to discuss his plans to tackle CSE

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Rotherham's new director of children's services Ian Thomas is to deliver a keynote presentation on leading the effort to combat child sexual exploitation (CSE) in the wake of the Jay report, at a CYP Now Conference.

Commissioners plan new service for children in mental health crisis

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Monday, December 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Health bosses in Devon have vowed to boost facilities for children suffering a mental health crisis so that they no longer have to be held in police cells for their own safety.

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

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Friday, September 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's homes will be required to show how they support young people and respond to their wishes as part of ongoing government efforts to improve standards.

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.

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Pilots 'to reduce mental health hospital admissions'

LSCB chief warns of safeguarding risks from government review

Ambition chief executive set to join sexual health charity Brook

SEN inspection plans 'unsustainable', say children's services chiefs

Entire health visiting service under threat at London council

Hampshire DCS set to take on chief executive role

Labour conference: Councils should get academy intervention powers, says Powell

LGA hails "momentous" transfer of public health services for under-fives

Campaign group highlights deep cuts to short breaks funding

Ex-MP calls for increased spending on child mental health services

Support for care leavers deteriorating, watchdog finds

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

Guide helps children's professionals understand key election pledges

Better safeguarding work leads to fall in violent injuries

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Royal colleges issue guide to improve healthcare for looked-after children

GPs need to improve knowledge of FGM, say MPs

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

Children's health worker roles under threat in Leicestershire

MPs call for ban on cell use for children in mental health crisis

Birmingham commissioner slams NHS over joint working failures

Rotherham chief Ian Thomas to discuss his plans to tackle CSE

Commissioners plan new service for children in mental health crisis

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

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