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Paul Ennals to chair Haringey child safeguarding board

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Former National Children's Bureau chief executive Sir Paul Ennals has been appointed as chair of Haringey's Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB).

Domestic violence project to focus on children's needs

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 700 children who have been affected by domestic violence are to benefit from help and support as part of a £470,000 project being delivered by charity Buttle UK.

Children's directors rally against profit-making in child protection

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Child protection services should not be outsourced to organisations intending to make a profit, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly 500 children in Manchester were potentially left at risk because social work assessments were not carried out quickly enough, a report that has rated the city's children's services as "inadequate", has found.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

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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.

Ofsted: Councils failing to protect children from CSE

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities are failing in their statutory duty to protect children from the risk of sexual exploitation (CSE), Ofsted has concluded.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services standards

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been told to improve the quality of its work with children and young people after Ofsted inspectors identified "significant areas for development".

UK should take 3,000 more child refugees, MPs say

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

The government should agree to take in an additional 3,000 child refugees from Syria who are stranded in Europe, a group of MPs has said.

Ofsted praises council for outstanding work with children in care

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Thursday, February 11, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has been praised for its services for looked-after children, with Ofsted labelling some of its work as "outstanding".

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.

Parental conflict ‘damages children's mental health'

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

| CYP Now

Exposure to conflict between their parents can put children's mental health and long-term life chances at risk, a government-funded study has found.

Youth custody 'unsafe' for half of boys

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Almost half of all boys held in young offender institutions (YOIs) feel "unsafe" in custody, the highest level recorded since the Prisons Inspectorate began recording views in 2001, a study has found.

NHS trust set to axe up to 60 health visitors

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

| CYP Now

As many as 60 health visitors could be axed as part of efforts to save money at an NHS foundation trust, it has been claimed.

Doncaster brings in Impower to overhaul children's services

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Doncaster Council has appointed consultants Impower and Penna to help it turn around its failing children's services department.

Sandwell creates network of early intervention local hubs

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Friday, August 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Sandwell Council is to create a network of local multidisciplinary hubs to act as an "early warning system" for identifying troubled families.

Daniel Pelka SCR: Four-year-old "invisible" to professionals

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

| CYP Now

A four-year-old who was murdered after months of starvation and beatings was effectively "invisible" to professionals as a result of language barriers, a probe has found.

Serious case review calls for changes to domestic abuse procedures

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Friday, January 5, 2018

| CYP Now

A serious case review into the murder of a toddler by his violent stepfather has called for improvements in the way councils assess the risk of domestic abuse to children.

MPs to get vote on LSCB replacement plans

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Monday, February 26, 2018

| CYP Now

Plans to scrap serious case reviews and replace local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) with new arrangements will be subject to a vote by MPs and members of the House of Lords within a matter of weeks, the government has said.

Council attempts to move 500 families 'due to housing benefit cap'

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

| CYP Now

A London council has blamed the government's decision to cap housing benefit for its attempts to house up to 500 families in Stoke-on-Trent.

NSPCC survey finds violence in the home increases risk of antisocial behaviour in children

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

| CYP Now

Children who witness family violence are more likely to seriously harm another person, run away from home, be excluded from school or carry a weapon, according to a survey by the NSPCC.

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Paul Ennals to chair Haringey child safeguarding board

Domestic violence project to focus on children's needs

Children's directors rally against profit-making in child protection

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

Slough children's services to become independent trust

Ofsted: Councils failing to protect children from CSE

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services standards

UK should take 3,000 more child refugees, MPs say

Ofsted praises council for outstanding work with children in care

DfE commits to fresh funding for social care innovation programme

Parental conflict ‘damages children's mental health'

Youth custody 'unsafe' for half of boys

NHS trust set to axe up to 60 health visitors

Doncaster brings in Impower to overhaul children's services

Sandwell creates network of early intervention local hubs

Daniel Pelka SCR: Four-year-old "invisible" to professionals

Serious case review calls for changes to domestic abuse procedures

MPs to get vote on LSCB replacement plans

Council attempts to move 500 families 'due to housing benefit cap'

NSPCC survey finds violence in the home increases risk of antisocial behaviour in children

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