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Daily roundup: Serious case review, school places, and FGM

Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Report highlights safeguarding flaws in Devon; survey finds support for handing school planning powers to councils, and call for teacher vigilance on FGM, all in the news today.

Rotherham: The key questions answered

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Friday, August 29, 2014

| CYP Now

The child abuse scandal in Rotherham has shocked the nation and dominated the news agenda for several days. Here, CYP Now looks at the background to the independent inquiry, what questions it has answered and what issues still need to be resolved.

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| CYP Now

It is now one week since an independent report by Professor Alexis Jay estimated that approximately 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. CYP Now looks at what has happened since publication last Tuesday.

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

| CYP Now

A new director of children's services has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to turn around the troubled department.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

Government awards £16m to 'life chances' projects

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

| CYP Now

Projects supporting children in care and families blighted by drug and alcohol dependency are to benefit from the first wave of investment from an £80m government fund that links payments to improved outcomes.

ADCS urges safeguarding agencies to learn lessons from Rotherham

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders have said the Rotherham child sexual abuse inquiry report should be a "call to action" for all organisations and professionals working in child protection.

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

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Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities have been ordered to undertake an audit of how they respond to child sexual exploitation (CSE) cases in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal.

National action plan urged for young runaways

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Dedicated early intervention services must be set up in every local authority area to protect young runaways from abuse, a charity has said.

Daily roundup: Public funding, children's centres, and child protection

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Friday, January 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Errors found in Department for Education accounts; children's centres closure plans approved; and "exponential" increase in safeguarding referrals in Coventry after Daniel Pelka case, all in the news today.

Councils continue to fail CSE victims, study finds

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils are failing to identify and support child sexual exploitation (CSE) victims due to a lack of investment in youth counselling services, a study into a government-backed initiative has claimed.

Kids Company: Charity Commission launches probe

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Friday, August 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The Charity Commission has announced it has launched an official investigation into children's charity Kids Company.

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Amid constant reforms and challenges, Charlotte Goddard identifies entry-level requirements and ongoing professional development for key roles across the children and young people's workforce.

Loughton argues for a 'change in mindset' over safeguarding

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Lead members for children's services have been told to keep a focus on safeguarding or risk another Baby P tragedy, children's minister Tim Loughton has warned.

Older children miss out on early intervention, says Catch22

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's vision for supporting families through early interventions is short-sighted as it only focuses on the youngest children, a charity has claimed.

Ofsted highlights value of youth work in social care

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Monday, November 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted has stressed the value of local authority children's services departments utilising youth workers in social work, suggesting that councils should consider the approach to improve outcomes.

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.

Rotherham whistleblower reveals how sex abuse was covered up

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Thursday, March 24, 2016

| CYP Now

A Rotherham youth worker has spoken of her frustration during her long battle to expose the sexual exploitation of hundreds of children in Rotherham.

Government urged to drop church youth work inspection plans

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Monday, April 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Christian organisations have called on the government to scrap plans that would see Ofsted inspect out-of-school education settings, including church youth groups.??

Daily roundup: Tougher teaching tests, adoption parties and monitoring academies

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Plans to improve teacher standards announced, positive response to "adoption party" pilots, and LGA call for council role in education, all in the news today.

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Daily roundup: Serious case review, school places, and FGM

Rotherham: The key questions answered

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Government awards £16m to 'life chances' projects

ADCS urges safeguarding agencies to learn lessons from Rotherham

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

National action plan urged for young runaways

Daily roundup: Public funding, children's centres, and child protection

Councils continue to fail CSE victims, study finds

Kids Company: Charity Commission launches probe

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training

Loughton argues for a 'change in mindset' over safeguarding

Older children miss out on early intervention, says Catch22

Ofsted highlights value of youth work in social care

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

Rotherham whistleblower reveals how sex abuse was covered up

Government urged to drop church youth work inspection plans

Daily roundup: Tougher teaching tests, adoption parties and monitoring academies

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