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Coalition fails to improve care placements

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  • Thursday, November 27, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The coalition government has failed to make any progress in getting children into the right placement when they first enter care and ensuring it is close to their home, a damning report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

Children's social workers face knowledge test

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  • 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.

Manchester receives DfE cash to cover terror attack costs

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  • Friday, March 16, 2018
  • | CYP Now
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.

Ombudsman criticises council over removal of baby

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  • Wednesday, June 24, 2015
  • | CYP Now
A children's services department has been criticised by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) for its "disproportionate and misleading" removal of a baby from a mother suffering from postnatal depression.

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