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Ofsted tells two councils to improve children's services

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

| CYP Now

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

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

News

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

| CYP Now

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.

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

News

Thursday, April 7, 2016

| CYP Now

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.

National standards set to boost status of independent sexual violence advisers

News

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Training body Skills for Justice has announced plans to boost the profile of independent sexual violence advisers.

Campaigners seek to save crisis fund for families

News

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

| CYP Now

Child poverty campaigners have stepped up their fight against the abolition of the Social Fund.

4Children campaign renews calls for investment in early intervention

News

Monday, May 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Seven out of ten people believe councils and central government are wrong to focus funding on the most disruptive families, prompting charity 4Children to renew calls for a greater focus on early intervention.

Financial barriers to marriage should be removed to encourage stable families, says Iain Duncan Smith

News

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Financial barriers preventing couples from getting married should be removed in order to promote stable families for children to grow up in, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has said.

Successful support for young carers at risk from council cuts

News

Thursday, February 24, 2011

| CYP Now

Public sector cutbacks are threatening to derail successful efforts by councils to support young carers, according to latest research.

Labour to explore children's social worker pay

News

Monday, April 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Shadow children's minister Lisa Nandy has called for an increase in social worker salaries to attract top quality staff.

Justice system must ensure wellbeing of prisoners' children, say campaigners

News

Monday, June 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's welfare should be considered at every stage of the criminal justice system when their parents are facing detention or imprisonment, a group of charities is urging.

Child maintenance reforms will 'penalise single parents'

News

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposals to reform the child maintenance system will leave many lone parents worse off, causing children's welfare to suffer, research suggests.

Government bows to pressure on young carers' rights

News

Thursday, June 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Young carers are to get new rights after the government accepted calls for an amendment to the Children and Families Bill.

Council's children's services to receive entire social care top-up

News

Monday, January 21, 2019

| CYP Now

A council is proposing to plough all of its social care windfall from government into children's services in a bid to stem rising numbers of children in care.

Council axes 160 jobs as it cuts £8.6m from early help budget

News

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

| CYP Now

A council is set to axe 160 jobs from a service supporting vulnerable children and young people.

Young carers to be given new rights to support

News

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Young carers are to be given new rights to help and support after the government tabled an amendment to legislation going through parliament.

Leadership instability linked to children's services failings

News

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's services departments are struggling to improve child protection standards due to instability caused by high turnover of senior staff and directors, a report by Ofsted has claimed.

Specialist youth work roles under threat, claims NYA

News

Friday, October 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Cuts to budgets and restructuring of provision have resulted in fewer specialist youth work roles, with staff being asked to carry out functions outside their area of expertise, it has been claimed.

Prisons inspector seeks action on ‘distressing' immigration removal process

News

Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

More should be done to make the process of removing families and children from the UK less distressing, the chief inspector of prisons has said.

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

News

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Concerns about controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services will get serious consideration, children's minister Edward Timpson has pledged.

Turn children's centres into 'family hubs', says think-tank

News

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's centres should be scrapped and replaced with ‘family hubs' that also offer advice on relationships support, according to the think-tank The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ).

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Ofsted tells two councils to improve children's services

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

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

National standards set to boost status of independent sexual violence advisers

Campaigners seek to save crisis fund for families

4Children campaign renews calls for investment in early intervention

Financial barriers to marriage should be removed to encourage stable families, says Iain Duncan Smith

Successful support for young carers at risk from council cuts

Labour to explore children's social worker pay

Justice system must ensure wellbeing of prisoners' children, say campaigners

Child maintenance reforms will 'penalise single parents'

Government bows to pressure on young carers' rights

Council's children's services to receive entire social care top-up

Council axes 160 jobs as it cuts £8.6m from early help budget

Young carers to be given new rights to support

Leadership instability linked to children's services failings

Specialist youth work roles under threat, claims NYA

Prisons inspector seeks action on ‘distressing' immigration removal process

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

Turn children's centres into 'family hubs', says think-tank

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