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Education Secretary pledges action to tackle school exclusion rates

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Social work leaders sceptical over call for more third-party provider input

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Social work and local government leaders have warned that government ambitions to allow independent sector providers to deliver children's social services must not be at the expense of councils losing their statutory powers.

B&B use for families rises again

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Friday, December 6, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of families forced to live in emergency bed and breakfast accommodation for more than six weeks has increased five-fold since the coalition government came to power, latest figures show.

Children's home risk assessment plans delayed

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Plans to risk assess proposed new children's homes to make sure young people are safe from criminals and abusers have been delayed, after concerns were raised about how it will work.

Pelka report highlights practice and management failings

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Poor social work practice and management combined with high caseloads at Coventry's children's services were factors in child protection systems failing to prevent the death of four-year-old Daniel Pelka, a new review into his case has concluded.

Big rise in number of child trafficking victims

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of British children believed to be victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation has more than doubled in the space of a year.

Inspectors criticise YOI over violence and extortion

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Thursday, March 6, 2014

| CYP Now

A young offender institution has been rebuked for high levels of violence despite making progress since a previous critical inspection.

Call for whistleblowing protection for foster carers

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Government has been called on to protect foster carers after it was claimed they are too scared to blow the whistle on suspected cases of child abuse because of fears they could be struck off.

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The effectiveness of a specialist court to tackle parental substance misuse could be undermined as a result of the introduction of the 26-week care proceedings target, academics have warned.

Rise in neglect referrals prompts renewed calls for law change

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

The NSPCC has made fresh calls for a law on emotional neglect to be introduced following a surge in reports to its helpline about the issue.

Child-on-child sexual abuse reports on the rise

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Monday, July 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Numbers of under-18s accused of sexual offences against other children have increased by nearly nine per cent in a year.

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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

Social work leaders sceptical over call for more third-party provider input

B&B use for families rises again

Children's home risk assessment plans delayed

Pelka report highlights practice and management failings

Big rise in number of child trafficking victims

Inspectors criticise YOI over violence and extortion

Call for whistleblowing protection for foster carers

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

Rise in neglect referrals prompts renewed calls for law change

Child-on-child sexual abuse reports on the rise

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