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Major review into children's care system in Scotland gets under way

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

| CYP Now

A "root and branch" review that will look into legislation, practices, culture and ethos of the children's care system in Scotland has launched.

Council's children's services move out of 'inadequate'

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Thursday, May 18, 2017

| CYP Now

A re-inspection of children's services at a council rated "inadequate" in 2014 has found significant improvements, with provision upgraded to "requires improvement".

Finalised Labour manifesto promises care system overhaul

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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

| CYP Now

A vow to overhaul the children's care system and end the government's focus on adoption has been added to the final version of Labour's manifesto for next month's general election.

Major rise in referrals of children affected by domestic abuse

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Monday, May 15, 2017

| CYP Now

The number of children affected by domestic violence has increased significantly, a child protection charity has said.

Campaign group welcomes Labour mandatory reporting pledge

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Thursday, May 11, 2017

| CYP Now

Campaigners calling for mandatory reporting to be introduced in order to protect children from abuse have welcomed a pledge from the Labour Party to strengthen the duty to report if it wins next month's general election.

Professionals' attitude to underage sex 'fuels CSE', charity claims

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Monday, May 8, 2017

| CYP Now

An acceptance among professionals working with children and young people of underage sex has fuelled a growth in child sexual exploitation (CSE) cases, a charity has claimed.

Councils join forces to attract social workers to region

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Monday, May 8, 2017

| CYP Now

A group of councils has teamed up to run a regional campaign to persuade children's social workers to work in the area.

Munby advises judges to limit involvement in serious case reviews

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Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Judges should avoid taking part in official probes into child deaths in order to maintain the independence of the judiciary, England's most senior family court judge has said.

Children's services leaders question usefulness of abuse and neglect guidance

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Friday, April 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Proposed national guidance for children's professionals on tackling child abuse and neglect is "too long", and is unlikely to have a significant impact on practice, directors of children's services have warned.

Future of national FGM centre in doubt

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Friday, April 21, 2017

| CYP Now

The future of a national centre to help children affected by female genital mutilation (FGM) is in doubt, with funding set to run out in June, it has emerged.

European human rights body calls for urgent action on youth custody safety

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

| CYP Now

The Council of Europe has called on the British government to take urgent action to improve the safety of young people held in custody.

Child abuse victims 'let down by system', children's commissioner claims

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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

| CYP Now

Children who are the victims of child sexual abuse are being let down by the system, with professionals often failing to pick up signs of abuse, England's children's commissioner has said.

Care applications surge by 14 per cent to new record high

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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

| CYP Now

The number of applications for children to be taken into care have hit a new record level, official figures have confirmed.

Ofsted slams leadership at council rated 'inadequate' for child protection failures

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Friday, April 7, 2017

| CYP Now

A council has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted after inspectors found that children had been left in abusive situations for too long, with failures in leadership being blamed for the quality of services.

Ofsted finds 'solid progress' at inadequate council

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Thursday, April 6, 2017

| CYP Now

A council where children's services were rated "inadequate" by Ofsted last year is making steady progress in improving the quality of services, Ofsted has said.

Government launches £30m bid to improve children's life chances

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

| CYP Now

A total of £30m has been set aside to boost the life chances of children in disadvantaged families by resolving conflict among parents, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced.

Three councils receive 'good' ratings for children's services

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Friday, March 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's services at three councils have been rated as "good" following inspections by Ofsted.

Former DfE official to lead children's services in Birmingham

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

| CYP Now

A former Department for Education civil servant who was dispatched to Birmingham to oversee school improvement in the wake of the Trojan Horse scandal has been appointed as the local authority's director of children's services.

Tri-borough children's services arrangement set to collapse

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

| CYP Now

A pioneering partnership to deliver combined children's services across three London boroughs is to come to an end.

Ofsted raises concerns over 'front door' child protection services

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted's national director for social care has raised concerns over local authority arrangements for responding to reports that children could be at risk of harm.

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Major review into children's care system in Scotland gets under way

Council's children's services move out of 'inadequate'

Finalised Labour manifesto promises care system overhaul

Major rise in referrals of children affected by domestic abuse

Campaign group welcomes Labour mandatory reporting pledge

Professionals' attitude to underage sex 'fuels CSE', charity claims

Councils join forces to attract social workers to region

Munby advises judges to limit involvement in serious case reviews

Children's services leaders question usefulness of abuse and neglect guidance

Future of national FGM centre in doubt

European human rights body calls for urgent action on youth custody safety

Child abuse victims 'let down by system', children's commissioner claims

Care applications surge by 14 per cent to new record high

Ofsted slams leadership at council rated 'inadequate' for child protection failures

Ofsted finds 'solid progress' at inadequate council

Government launches £30m bid to improve children's life chances

Three councils receive 'good' ratings for children's services

Former DfE official to lead children's services in Birmingham

Tri-borough children's services arrangement set to collapse

Ofsted raises concerns over 'front door' child protection services

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