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Struggling council outlines major cuts to early help and youth services

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

A financially troubled council is considering cutting funding for young people and families in need of early help by £2.5m in a bid to balance its books.

Inspectors praise children's centre support at 'inadequate' council

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Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Effective use of children's centres to offer early support to vulnerable families is helping an "inadequate" council turn around its performance, Ofsted has found.

Government to trial upfront Troubled Families payments

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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.

Manchester receives DfE cash to cover terror attack costs

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Friday, March 16, 2018

Children's services in Manchester have been given £451,000 from the Department for Education to cover additional costs incurred from supporting young people and families in the aftermath of last year's terror attack at Manchester Arena.

Poor areas worst affected by children's services cuts

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Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Council areas with the highest levels of deprivation are bearing the brunt of children's services funding cuts, research has found.

Innovation projects 'struggle to address social worker recruitment problems'

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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Projects funded by the Department for Education to test new ways of working in children's social care are struggling to address issues with social worker recruitment and retention, research has found.

Government urges councils to prioritise housing for domestic abuse victims

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Monday, October 30, 2017

Councils will be "strongly encouraged" to prioritise social housing for children and parents who have fled domestic abuse under new guidance proposed by the government.

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.

Government launches £30m bid to improve children's life chances

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

A total of £30m has been set aside to boost the life chances of children in disadvantaged families by resolving conflict among parents, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced.

Trowler calls for greater early help role for social workers

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Chief children's social worker for England Isabelle Trowler wants to see social workers more involved in supporting families in early help settings.

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Social workers who fail new accreditation tests being introduced by government will not lose their registration, the chief social worker for children has said.

Immigration Bill changes ‘put vulnerable children at risk'

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

Thousands of the most vulnerable children in the UK could be left facing homelessness and at risk of exploitation and abuse as a result of changes in the Immigration Bill, a charity has claimed.

DfE refuses to release controversial study on outsourcing children's services

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Friday, April 15, 2016

The Department for Education (DfE) has refused to release the findings of a controversial study examining how children's services can be delivered outside of local authority control following a five-month Freedom of Information (FOI) battle.

NHS Trust to take responsibility for council's children's services

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Thursday, April 7, 2016

A council that received a "good" rating from Ofsted for children's services has agreed a deal for a local NHS trust to take on responsibility for them.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

A council's children's services department has been rated as "requires improvement" by Ofsted after inspectors found a number of areas that need to be addressed.

Frontline social work students ‘perform better', study finds

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Students taking part in the Frontline social work training programme display better practice skills than those from mainstream programmes, researchers have found.

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

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

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

Rising numbers in child protection system 'down to cuts', MPs told

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Numbers of children entering the child protection system are on the rise because services designed to help them stay with their families are being "decimated", MPs have been told.

DfE-funded care initiative to recruit 100,000 volunteers to expand nationwide

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

A government-funded social care initiative that supports families in crisis has announced plans to recruit 100,000 volunteers as part of a major nationwide expansion.

Parental conflict ‘damages children's mental health'

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Exposure to conflict between their parents can put children's mental health and long-term life chances at risk, a government-funded study has found.

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Struggling council outlines major cuts to early help and youth services

Inspectors praise children's centre support at 'inadequate' council

Government to trial upfront Troubled Families payments

Manchester receives DfE cash to cover terror attack costs

Poor areas worst affected by children's services cuts

Innovation projects 'struggle to address social worker recruitment problems'

Government urges councils to prioritise housing for domestic abuse victims

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow

Government launches £30m bid to improve children's life chances

Trowler calls for greater early help role for social workers

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

Immigration Bill changes ‘put vulnerable children at risk'

DfE refuses to release controversial study on outsourcing children's services

NHS Trust to take responsibility for council's children's services

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

Frontline social work students ‘perform better', study finds

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

Rising numbers in child protection system 'down to cuts', MPs told

DfE-funded care initiative to recruit 100,000 volunteers to expand nationwide

Parental conflict ‘damages children's mental health'

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