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

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.

Children's social worker vacancies soar

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of vacant children's social worker posts has increased by nearly 20 per cent in a single year, latest government statistics show.

ADCS criticises academies for refusing to take on new pupils

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

| CYP Now

The government is being urged to take action against academies that are refusing to admit new pupils during term time.

Council launches Romanian recruitment drive to fill social work vacancies

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Friday, February 20, 2015

| CYP Now

A troubled children's services department has launched a social worker recruitment drive in Romania because it is struggling to fill vacancies with candidates in England.

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two more English authorities have been told by Ofsted that their children's services are not up to scratch.

Half of sibling groups in the care system live apart, study finds

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Monday, January 26, 2015

| CYP Now

A charity is calling for local authorities to do more to keep sibling groups taken into care together, after data it gathered showed half are being separated.

Councils losing track of too many young people post-16, warn MPs

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Local authorities must strengthen arrangements for tracking the participation of 16- to 18-year-olds in education, employment or training, MPs have urged.

Teens and Toddlers announces new chief executive

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Monday, January 19, 2015

| CYP Now

A charity that works with at-risk young people has named a former Number 10 policy adviser as its new chief executive.

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) face a fight to protect their role, with more than half now responsible for other directorates or services, the vice president-elect of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

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.

LGA calls for new food standards to apply to all academies

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

| CYP Now

A loophole that enables up to 4,000 academies to avoid complying with new school food nutrition standards should be closed, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said.

Children's home managers highlight recruitment problems

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Monday, January 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's homes are struggling to find suitable staff with more than half of managers reporting difficulties recruiting candidates with appropriate skills and training.

DfE staff survey reveals extent of mental health and bullying concerns

News

Monday, December 8, 2014

| CYP Now

More than half of staff at the Department for Education are suffering from moderate to high levels of anxiety, a survey has found.

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

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Friday, December 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Bristol and Rochdale have been told to improve the quality of services for children and young people following inspections by Ofsted.

Charity raises fears over cuts to early help funding

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Monday, November 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Support services for vulnerable children are fast approaching a "tipping point" due to cuts to early intervention spending, Action for Children has warned.

Manchester youth groups launch campaign against funding cuts

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Friday, November 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Voluntary youth groups in Manchester have launched a campaign against council proposals to cut future youth spending.

Ambition boss: Chyps merger 'will improve youth service quality'

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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

| CYP Now

A merger between the Confederation of Heads of Young People's Services (Chyps) and Ambition will lead to improved outcomes for young people, according to the chief executive of the youth charity.

Morgan criticised for 'singling out' social work CSE failings

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Friday, October 31, 2014

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has come in for criticism for appearing to single out social work shortcomings in relation to the recent Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal.

Government announces new social worker standards

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Friday, October 31, 2014

| CYP Now

A new set of professional standards for all levels of children's social workers is to be introduced by the government next year.

Birmingham appoints new DCS

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham City Council has named Alastair Gibbons as its new director of children's services (DCS).

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

Children's social worker vacancies soar

ADCS criticises academies for refusing to take on new pupils

Council launches Romanian recruitment drive to fill social work vacancies

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

Half of sibling groups in the care system live apart, study finds

Councils losing track of too many young people post-16, warn MPs

Teens and Toddlers announces new chief executive

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

Government revises serious case review guidance

LGA calls for new food standards to apply to all academies

Children's home managers highlight recruitment problems

DfE staff survey reveals extent of mental health and bullying concerns

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

Charity raises fears over cuts to early help funding

Manchester youth groups launch campaign against funding cuts

Ambition boss: Chyps merger 'will improve youth service quality'

Morgan criticised for 'singling out' social work CSE failings

Government announces new social worker standards

Birmingham appoints new DCS

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