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Extremism strategy to put madrassas under closer scrutiny

Monday, October 19, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) will develop a new system to intervene in unofficial Islamic schools where there are concerns about the way children are being taught, it has been announced.

Council rated inadequate by Ofsted for 'unsafe practice'

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

A council that was found to have left vulnerable children at risk of harm has had its children's services rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Study exposes extent of ‘sexting' among children

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Primary school children view pornography and are regularly "sexting" explicit pictures of themselves to others, a study has found.

LGA and Barnardo's warn of 'reckless' adoption changes

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

| CYP Now

The entire adoption system could be significantly damaged unless proposed reforms are reconsidered, Barnardo's and the Local Government Association (LGA) have warned.

Daily roundup: Self-harm; Manchester serious case review; and redundancies at the DfE

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Friday, March 1, 2013

| CYP Now

Charities claim the number of children self-harming is on the rise, a serious case review into the death of a four-year-old let down by seven agencies, and a warning over unfair dismissal claims at the DfE, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Missing children, child protection, and youth unemployment

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Police change the definition of missing persons, Northamptonshire child protection rated inadequate, and youth unemployment up 48,000, all in the news today.

Crime agencies create hub to dispel child abduction myths

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Parents and child professionals are being warned of the dangers of child abduction by family members and friends, as part of an effort to replace the out-dated "stranger danger" slogan.

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.

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.

Inspectors criticise Doncaster agencies over CSE failings

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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Child protection agencies in Doncaster have come under fire for failing to take action to protect three girls in a children's home from child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Mandatory abuse reporting 'could place children at risk', government warns

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Monday, October 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Making reporting of child abuse a legal requirement could place children at risk of harm by "overwhelming" local authority children's services departments, the government has warned.

Cameron backs Early Intervention Foundation

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Friday, September 16, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has offered his support to the concept of an Early Intervention Foundation to promote effective practice, suggesting government funding could be available.

Government to clarify serious case review criteria

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Guidance on serious case reviews (SCRs) is to be clarified in a bid to address reluctance among local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) to initiate them, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

Security concerns delay adoption video pilot

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Monday, November 17, 2014

| CYP Now

A high-profile scheme intended to increase adoptions by allowing would-be adopters to search videos and photos of children has been delayed due to security issues, CYP Now has learned.

Failure to tackle children's problems costs £17bn a year

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Social problems affecting young people are costing government close to £17bn a year, a major study by the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) has found.

Leading football clubs enlist for early intervention push

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Monday, April 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services departments and voluntary organisations are linking up with professional football clubs in an innovative attempt to boost outcomes for children.

DfE to encourage children's social care providers to ‘take risks'

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Monday, January 18, 2016

| CYP Now

A "fundamental cultural shift" featuring a greater degree of risk-taking is necessary in order to improve standards within children's social care, the Department for Education has said.

Ofsted praises council for ‘outstanding' work on adoption and leadership

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Friday, February 19, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has been praised by Ofsted for its work on adoption and the way its children's services department is managed, with both areas being rated as "outstanding".

Ofsted praises council's children's services for domestic violence work

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Friday, March 11, 2016

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been praised by Ofsted for its work to tackle domestic abuse, and the quality of leadership.

Frontline social work students ‘perform better', study finds

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

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

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted will spend fewer days "on site" during inspections of local authority children's services as part of efforts to ease the impact of the process, CYP Now has learned.

Ofsted brands council 'inadequate' over CSE failures

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Thursday, June 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Surrey has become the fourth authority in the space of a month to have its children's services rated "inadequate" by Ofsted after inspectors flagged up serious concerns about how it deals with child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Massive rise in number of children in care under coalition

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Monday, June 22, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of children being cared for by the state rose by more than 5,000 during the term of the coalition government, an investigation by CYP Now has found.

Ofsted rules out social care inspector purge

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted has ruled out the mass departure of social care inspectors, days after ditching 1,200 education inspectors for not being good enough.

Ofsted tells two children's services departments to improve

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Friday, September 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Two children's services departments have been told to improve their work following inspections by Ofsted.

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Extremism strategy to put madrassas under closer scrutiny

Council rated inadequate by Ofsted for 'unsafe practice'

Study exposes extent of ‘sexting' among children

LGA and Barnardo's warn of 'reckless' adoption changes

Daily roundup: Self-harm; Manchester serious case review; and redundancies at the DfE

Daily roundup: Missing children, child protection, and youth unemployment

Crime agencies create hub to dispel child abduction myths

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

Inspectors criticise Doncaster agencies over CSE failings

Mandatory abuse reporting 'could place children at risk', government warns

Cameron backs Early Intervention Foundation

Government to clarify serious case review criteria

Security concerns delay adoption video pilot

Failure to tackle children's problems costs £17bn a year

Leading football clubs enlist for early intervention push

DfE to encourage children's social care providers to ‘take risks'

Ofsted praises council for ‘outstanding' work on adoption and leadership

Ofsted praises council's children's services for domestic violence work

Frontline social work students ‘perform better', study finds

Ofsted moves to ease children's services inspection burden

Ofsted brands council 'inadequate' over CSE failures

Massive rise in number of children in care under coalition

Ofsted rules out social care inspector purge

Ofsted tells two children's services departments to improve

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