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Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

| CYP Now

A new director of children's services has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to turn around the troubled department.

Home Office launches consultation on strengthening domestic violence law

News

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

| CYP Now

A new crime of domestic abuse could be created under government proposals aimed at better protecting victims and their families.

Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems

News

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

| CYP Now

An expansion of the Troubled Families initiative is to focus on tackling poor health and supporting children under the age of five, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has revealed.

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

News

Friday, August 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The quality of child death reviews are "disturbingly variable" with far too many failing to find out what went wrong, a damning report by a government appointed panel has found.

Children's social workers face knowledge test

News

Thursday, July 31, 2014

| CYP Now

New children's social workers will have to pass a test of their knowledge in order to become an approved practitioner as part of government attempts to improve the quality of the profession, it has been announced.

More health visitors needed to hit government target

News

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 1,800 health visitors must be recruited within 12 months in order for the government to achieve its five-year pledge to boost numbers within the profession, new figures show.

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

News

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.

Wood calls for sector to emulate other public services in use of volunteers

News

Friday, July 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Volunteers could be used to a greater degree by children's services to support the work of social workers, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has suggested.

Call to boost GP safeguarding and child support role

News

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

| CYP Now

GPs should become an early warning system for child maltreatment, and play a greater role in the care and support of vulnerable families, a report concludes.

First 'innovation' funds handed to tri-borough councils

News

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

London's tri-borough children's services are to receive £4m from the government's innovation fund, the first award to be made under the initiative.

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

News

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities that keep hold of their directors of children's services (DCS) perform better in Ofsted inspections than those that change regularly, exclusive analysis by CYP Now has found.

More children bullied online than face to face, says study

News

Friday, July 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Online bullying is now more prevalent than face-to-face bullying, a study has found.

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

News

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Children in Knowsley are being left at risk of harm due to serious failures in child protection services, a damning Ofsted report which labelled the authority "inadequate" has found.

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

News

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.

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

News

Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Only non-profit organisations will be allowed to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans to give councils more freedom in the way they work with vulnerable children, it has been announced.

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Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

Home Office launches consultation on strengthening domestic violence law

Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

Children's social workers face knowledge test

More health visitors needed to hit government target

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

Wood calls for sector to emulate other public services in use of volunteers

Call to boost GP safeguarding and child support role

First 'innovation' funds handed to tri-borough councils

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

More children bullied online than face to face, says study

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

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