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Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education will consider intervening in the running of children's services in Somerset after the department was labelled "inadequate" by Ofsted for the second time in less than two years.

Schools 'propping up welfare state' during pandemic, researchers warn

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Thursday, October 14, 2021

| CYP Now

The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted how schools are “propping up the welfare state” by providing families with food, clothing and signposting to support services, researchers have said.

Workers face fewer checks under 'common sense' safeguarding plans

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Friday, February 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Millions fewer people will have to register and be checked to work with children under proposals to overhaul vetting and barring measures.

Councils and care agencies fail to safeguard personal data

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities and independent fostering and adoption agencies are leaving themselves open to large fines by failing to adequately protect the personal data collected about looked-after children and potential carers.

Child witnesses of domestic abuse missed by social care

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly half of children exposed to domestic violence are unknown to social care services resulting in them being put at greater risk, domestic abuse campaigners warn.

'Mistaken beliefs' on information sharing hold back safeguarding work

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Misunderstandings among child protection professionals about what information can be shared between agencies is undermining the effectiveness of multi-agency safeguarding hubs (Mash), a government report has concluded.

Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems

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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.

Government revises serious case review guidance

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

| CYP Now

Guidance for when serious case reviews should be conducted has been revised as part of attempts to ensure they are carried out more frequently.

Police call for joint-working improvements to tackle CSE

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Failures to share information and work together are hindering attempts by police and children's social services to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE), the lead police officer on the issue has warned.

Charities urge government action on parental imprisonment

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Monday, February 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Babies of convicted criminals should be treated as a specific vulnerable group by government and impact assessments carried out to identify their needs, a joint report by the NSPCC and Barnardo's has said.

Project to improve sharing of social care data receives £2.8m grant

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

| CYP Now

The Nuffield Foundation has awarded £2.8m to a research project aimed at better understanding the needs and experiences of vulnerable children and families.

Duncan Smith launches relationship support pilot

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

| CYP Now

A pilot project designed to help parents stay together has been launched by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith.

Charities win share of £215m lottery early intervention fund

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Five charity-led consortia will receive a share of £215m as part of a bid to improve the life chances of vulnerable under-threes, the Big Lottery Fund has announced.

Barnardo's appointed to run £8m national child sexual abuse centre

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Friday, January 20, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's charity Barnardo's has been appointed to run the National Centre for Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse being established by government as part of its efforts to tackle child sexual exploitation and abuse, CYP Now can reveal.

Councils see rise in child abuse contacts

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Numbers of calls to councils about the safety and wellbeing of children have increased by nearly 12 per cent in a single year, research has found.

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's social workers, teachers and local councillors will face up to five years in jail for failing to protect children from sexual exploitation, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Government to force councils to merge adoption services

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils will be forced to merge or outsource their adoption services into regional agencies unless they do it under their own steam within the next two years, the government has announced.

Early intervention tool reduces cost and improves outcomes, study finds

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Monday, April 11, 2011

| CYP Now

An early intervention tool used by children's services professionals is improving outcomes for children, reducing costs and helping to overcome barriers to learning, a coalition of local authorities has found.

Study reveals brain injury link with youth offending

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Friday, October 19, 2012

| CYP Now

Hundreds of children are being drawn into youth custody because of failures to identify or provide support for brain injuries and neurological conditions, a report by the Children's Commissioner for England has found.

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.

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.

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.

MPs tell Ofsted to reinspect all councils on CSE

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted has been told to reinspect all councils in England to make sure work to tackle child sexual exploitation is up to scratch.

Health chief urges government action on child obesity

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Monday, May 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The government must clamp down on the food advertising industry if it is to tackle the growing issue of child obesity, the head of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has warned.

Study highlights ‘hidden' plight of sexually exploited boys

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

| CYP Now

Increasing numbers of boys are being trafficked and sexually exploited in the UK but many are "hidden" to services designed to help them, a study has found.

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Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

Schools 'propping up welfare state' during pandemic, researchers warn

Workers face fewer checks under 'common sense' safeguarding plans

Councils and care agencies fail to safeguard personal data

Child witnesses of domestic abuse missed by social care

'Mistaken beliefs' on information sharing hold back safeguarding work

Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems

Government revises serious case review guidance

Police call for joint-working improvements to tackle CSE

Charities urge government action on parental imprisonment

Project to improve sharing of social care data receives £2.8m grant

Duncan Smith launches relationship support pilot

Charities win share of £215m lottery early intervention fund

Barnardo's appointed to run £8m national child sexual abuse centre

Councils see rise in child abuse contacts

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

Government to force councils to merge adoption services

Early intervention tool reduces cost and improves outcomes, study finds

Study reveals brain injury link with youth offending

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

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

Government to clarify serious case review criteria

MPs tell Ofsted to reinspect all councils on CSE

Health chief urges government action on child obesity

Study highlights ‘hidden' plight of sexually exploited boys

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