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Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| CYP Now

New quality standards for children's homes should be scrapped by the next government, an organisation representing residential care providers has said.

Government commits to overhaul of children's mental health services

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has pledged a "complete overhaul" for children and young people's mental health services to address poor access and support.

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.

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

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Friday, January 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The government intends to change the law to make reporting suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory prior to May's general election.

Police call for joint-working improvements to tackle CSE

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Failures to share information and work together are hindering attempts by police and children's social services to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE), the lead police officer on the issue 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.

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

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Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities have been ordered to undertake an audit of how they respond to child sexual exploitation (CSE) cases in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal.

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.

Government announces civil orders to tackle FGM

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Civil orders designed to prevent female genital mutilation (FGM) are to be created as part of a range of measures to tackle the issue, the government has announced.

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Inquiries into child deaths must be reformed so frontline practice can be improved to prevent further tragedies, a major study has concluded.

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

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Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Up to 25 local authorities will be judged on their multi-agency child protection arrangements under new inspections being introduced in April 2015, it has been announced.

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

The College of Social Work (TCSW) has called for a government consultation on controversial plans to outsource child protection services to be extended.

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The effectiveness of a specialist court to tackle parental substance misuse could be undermined as a result of the introduction of the 26-week care proceedings target, academics have warned.

Daily roundup: Serious case review, school places, and FGM

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Report highlights safeguarding flaws in Devon; survey finds support for handing school planning powers to councils, and call for teacher vigilance on FGM, all in the news today.

Major crackdown on FGM to launch in London

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Friday, April 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Women who are victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) are to be referred to children's social services and police as part of a pioneering project intended to prevent a further generation of girls being subjected to the abuse.

Child witnesses of domestic abuse missed by social care

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly half of children exposed to domestic violence are unknown to social care services resulting in them being put at greater risk, domestic abuse campaigners warn.

Big rise in number of child trafficking victims

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of British children believed to be victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation has more than doubled in the space of a year.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

Joint working model cuts safeguarding case delays

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Multi-agency safeguarding hubs (Mash) in London have nearly halved the amount of time it takes to deal with child protection referrals, according to new research.

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Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

Government commits to overhaul of children's mental health services

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

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

Police call for joint-working improvements to tackle CSE

Birmingham commissioner slams NHS over joint working failures

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

Government announces civil orders to tackle FGM

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

Daily roundup: Serious case review, school places, and FGM

Major crackdown on FGM to launch in London

Child witnesses of domestic abuse missed by social care

Big rise in number of child trafficking victims

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Joint working model cuts safeguarding case delays

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