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Councils and Cafcass join forces to tackle care system delays

Friday, February 10, 2017

| CYP Now

Social worker and court guardians' chiefs have drawn up a joint plan of action to tackle delays in children in care cases.

NSPCC urges focus on cases of child sexual abuse by under-18s

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Police have received more than 5,000 reports of under-18-year-olds sexually abusing other children over the last three years, according to figures obtained by the NSPCC.

Majority of family courts miss 26-week target

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Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

More than two-thirds of court areas in England have failed to meet a target for care proceedings to be completed within six months.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

Commissioner backs calls to restrict family court reporting

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Friday, July 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Calls for a government U-turn on plans to give the media wider reporting rights on family court cases have been backed by the children's commissioner for England.

Courts deliver blow to government adoption drive

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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's push on adoptions is facing a setback after it was claimed rises in the number of children being adopted will stall due to courts granting fewer adoption orders.

Concern as Ofsted ceases regulation of outsourced social work

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Friday, May 29, 2015

| CYP Now

The children's sector has criticised the government's continuing drive to outsource children's social care after Ofsted this week ceased regulation of third-party providers.

IROs choose to remain based within councils

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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Independent reviewing officers (IROs) have voted to remain based within local authorities.

BASW to take on College of Social Work functions

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

| CYP Now

The British Association of Social Work (BASW) is to take on the majority of functions performed by The College of Social Work (TCSW) from next month, it has been announced.

Fears raised over ‘damaging' special guardianship placements

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Vulnerable children are being placed in inappropriate arrangements due to a preference among family judges for special guardianship orders (SGOs) over adoption, it has been claimed.

DfE commits to fresh funding for social care innovation programme

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Thursday, March 17, 2016

| CYP Now

Local authorities and charities will be able to access a fresh round of government funding to test innovative ideas for children's social care, it has emerged.

Stronger support urged for CSE victims

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Monday, March 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE) or abuse should receive more support when offenders are prosecuted, a senior figure at the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England has said.

Ministers consider legislation on shared parenting

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Monday, February 6, 2012

| CYP Now

Ministers will publish proposals on the legal right to shared parenting following separations, despite a government-commissioned review concluding that equal parental rights could compromise children's welfare.

Cafcass trial cuts number of care cases reaching court

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

| CYP Now

The use of family court advisers (FCA) at an early stage in care proceedings reduces the number of cases that reach court, according to latest research.

Councils ordered to reduce adoption delays

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Friday, November 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has demanded councils improve their adoption processes after latest figures revealed one in four authorities is exceeding time limits.

Half of families will struggle to pay child maintenance fees

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Close to half (46 per cent) of single parents currently using the Child Support Agency (CSA) will not be able to afford proposed fees to access the new child maintenance service, a poll by charity Gingerbread has found.

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services are to be delivered outside of council control in Slough as part of government efforts to improve performance.

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

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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.

Children face three-year wait for care case decisions

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Friday, December 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Dozens of care proceedings cases initiated more than three years ago remain unresolved leaving vulnerable children with uncertain futures.

Care proceedings run 14 weeks beyond target

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Monday, December 9, 2013

| CYP Now

The average length of care proceedings is still 14 weeks over a new target due to be introduced in April, latest figures show.

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Councils and Cafcass join forces to tackle care system delays

NSPCC urges focus on cases of child sexual abuse by under-18s

Majority of family courts miss 26-week target

Slough children's services to become independent trust

Commissioner backs calls to restrict family court reporting

Courts deliver blow to government adoption drive

Concern as Ofsted ceases regulation of outsourced social work

IROs choose to remain based within councils

BASW to take on College of Social Work functions

Fears raised over ‘damaging' special guardianship placements

DfE commits to fresh funding for social care innovation programme

Stronger support urged for CSE victims

Ministers consider legislation on shared parenting

Cafcass trial cuts number of care cases reaching court

Councils ordered to reduce adoption delays

Half of families will struggle to pay child maintenance fees

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

Children face three-year wait for care case decisions

Care proceedings run 14 weeks beyond target

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