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NCAS Conference: Pre-court work cuts care cases, study finds

Monday, October 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Pre-proceedings case work in six councils piloting new ways of dealing with care applications cut the number of cases going to court by a quarter, analysis has shown.

Daily roundup: health conditions, parental drinking, and online safety

News

Monday, October 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people with medical conditions to get school support; nearly half of children have witnessed their parents being drunk; and survey finds evidence of risky online behaviour among children, all in the news today.

Councils criticise government over 'real-terms funding cut'

News

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

| CYP Now

Concerns have been raised about the ability of local authority children's services to meet escalating demand, after the government announced that councils' spending power is to rise by only 1.5 per cent next year, around half the level of inflation - the equivalent of a real-terms funding cut.

YoungMinds urges better support for childhood trauma victims

News

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

| CYP Now

Supporting children who have been affected by adversity and trauma should be made a public health priority, a mental health charity has said.

Councils call for hospital advisers to protect children from domestic violence

News

Saturday, February 17, 2018

| CYP Now

Councils have called for independent domestic violence advisers to be deployed in hospitals as part of efforts to protect children from domestic abuse.

Education Secretary pledges action to tackle school exclusion rates

News

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

| CYP Now

Education secretary Damien Hinds wants schools that are successfully dealing with challenging pupils to be central to efforts to tackle high exclusion rates across England.

Government to trial upfront Troubled Families payments

News

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Some councils will receive upfront funding to pay for support provided through the government's Troubled Families programme as part of a trial, it has been announced.

Ofsted criticises 'unacceptable' screening visits by social workers

News

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

| CYP Now

Ofsted has criticised a council for the "unacceptable" use of screening visits by social workers to families prior to making a referral decision.

Professionals to receive training to spot child trafficking

News

Thursday, January 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Professionals working with children and young people will receive specialist training to spot and help victims of child trafficking as part of a Home Office scheme.

Council weaknesses 'leave children at risk', warns Ofsted

News

Friday, May 18, 2018

| CYP Now

Children are being left at risk of harm due to failures in the way a council is responding to protection concerns, Ofsted has found.

Child protection guidance for health professionals set for reform

News

Friday, February 8, 2013

| CYP Now

The government is to overhaul "confusing" information sharing and child protection guidance for health professionals, CYP Now has learned. ?

Inspectors praise improvements to 'front door' social work in Liverpool

News

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

| CYP Now

Ofsted has praised improvements to the quality of "front door" social work in Liverpool, following an inspection of children's services, although provision overall has been rated as "requires improvement".

Council leaders challenge government on adoption

News

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils should be allowed to work together to improve the adoption system rather than being removed from it, local authority leaders have claimed.

Government criticised for 'excluding' social workers from mental health plans

News

Friday, August 18, 2017

| CYP Now

Social work leaders have criticised government efforts to improve mental health services, claiming they have been frozen out of plans to boost the mental health workforce.

Longfield to examine Muslim fostering case

News

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

The Children's Commissioner for England will examine reports that a five-year-old Christian girl was left distressed after being placed in foster care with a Muslim family.

Inspectors find signs of progress at 'inadequate' council

News

Thursday, September 28, 2017

| CYP Now

A council rated as 'inadequate' by Ofsted and subsequently criticised for its slow pace of progress is beginning to show signs of improvement, inspectors have said.

Progress at inadequate council 'too slow', Ofsted warns

News

Friday, October 13, 2017

| CYP Now

The pace of change at Tameside Council children's services remains sluggish following an "inadequate" rating a year ago, inspectors have said.

School-based charity reports rapid rise in safeguarding concerns

News

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| CYP Now

A school-based child and family support charity has reported a trebling in the proportion of cases it deals with over the last six years where there is a safeguarding concern.

Faith abuse expert to lead National FGM Centre

News

Monday, November 27, 2017

| CYP Now

?A social worker who specialises in protecting children from harmful traditional practices has been chosen to head up the National FGM Centre.

Children in residential care must be listened to, MPs told

News

Friday, November 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposed government reforms of the residential care system do not focus enough on listening to children, a group of MPs has been told.

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NCAS Conference: Pre-court work cuts care cases, study finds

Daily roundup: health conditions, parental drinking, and online safety

Councils criticise government over 'real-terms funding cut'

YoungMinds urges better support for childhood trauma victims

Councils call for hospital advisers to protect children from domestic violence

Education Secretary pledges action to tackle school exclusion rates

Government to trial upfront Troubled Families payments

Ofsted criticises 'unacceptable' screening visits by social workers

Professionals to receive training to spot child trafficking

Council weaknesses 'leave children at risk', warns Ofsted

Child protection guidance for health professionals set for reform

Inspectors praise improvements to 'front door' social work in Liverpool

Council leaders challenge government on adoption

Government criticised for 'excluding' social workers from mental health plans

Longfield to examine Muslim fostering case

Inspectors find signs of progress at 'inadequate' council

Progress at inadequate council 'too slow', Ofsted warns

School-based charity reports rapid rise in safeguarding concerns

Faith abuse expert to lead National FGM Centre

Children in residential care must be listened to, MPs told

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