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NCAS conference: Greening announces £11m for innovation projects

Friday, November 4, 2016

| CYP Now

A total of £11m will be handed to the three most successful projects to emerge from the Department for Education's Children's Social Care Innovation programme to allow them to expand, Education Secretary Justine Greening has said.

Social workers reject government reform plans

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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Social workers in England have "overwhelmingly" rejected the government's plans to reform the profession, a survey has found.

Ofsted: Police child protection failures 'risk another Rotherham'

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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

| CYP Now

Too many police forces are failing in their child protection role, and risk creating an environment where child sexual exploitation on the scale of that in Rotherham or Oxford could take place, Ofsted has said.

Tory Party Conference: Call for national tracking system for children

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Monday, October 3, 2016

| CYP Now

A national system to track children should be introduced in order to keep children safe from harm if they move from one area to another, it has been suggested.

Trowler calls for greater early help role for social workers

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

| CYP Now

Chief children's social worker for England Isabelle Trowler wants to see social workers more involved in supporting families in early help settings.

Government launches specialist CSE response unit

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

| CYP Now

A service providing specialist advice and support to children's professionals tackling child sexual exploitation (CSE) incidents is to be launched by the government later this month.

Record jump in care applications to Cafcass

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Monday, September 12, 2016

| CYP Now

August saw the biggest monthly rise in care applications on record, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has revealed.

Health services fail to protect children, finds CQC

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Friday, July 8, 2016

| CYP Now

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is urging all health professionals to do more to listen to children, after finding serious shortcomings in the ability of local areas to identify those at risk of harm.

Ofsted highlights ongoing children's services failings in Birmingham

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Friday, July 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Birmingham children's services, rated "inadequate" since 2009, is not doing enough to protect vulnerable children, according to Ofsted.

Ofsted moots week-long children's services inspections for 'good' councils

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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Children's services departments rated as "good" or "outstanding" will be subject to inspections that could last for as little as a week under proposals set out by Ofsted.

DfE appoints commissioner at ‘inadequate' council

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Monday, June 27, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has appointed a commissioner at a council where Ofsted rated children's services as ‘inadequate'.

Cases of child neglect increase by 75 per cent

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Child cruelty and neglect cases, recorded by police across the UK, have risen by 75 per cent over the last decade, according to latest research published by the NSPCC.

High-performing councils explore alternative delivery models for children's services

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

A growing number of councils with children's services departments that have been rated as "good" by Ofsted are considering alternative delivery models, it has emerged.

Child sex offences involving the internet top 3,000

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

More than 3,000 sexual offences against children, including 100 rapes, had an online link, statistics obtained by the NSPCC have shown.

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

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Senior managers credited with drop in London care numbers

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

The number of looked-after children in London is falling because senior social work managers in the capital are actively pursuing other options such as kinship care, a report has found.

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

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

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.

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.

"Rotherham council changed me," says Casey

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

The public sector needs "fundamental reform" regarding child protection, according to Louise Casey, lead inspector into the Rotherham council investigation.

Early education profile pilot results raise questions over standards

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Just more than two fifths of five-year-olds assessed as part of a pilot for the government's revised early years curriculum have reached its ideal standard.

Ofsted to visit inadequate councils every three months

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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

| CYP Now

Ofsted will begin visiting councils with inadequate children's services every three months as part of a shake-up of how struggling local authorities are reinspected.

Inadequate council launches £4.6m recruitment drive

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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

| CYP Now

A council that had its children's services rated "inadequate" by Ofsted has launched a £4.6m drive to recruit new staff, it has been announced.

Loughton criticises 'quiet' chief children's social worker

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Chief children's social worker Isabelle Trowler has been criticised for failing to give the post a high enough media or public profile.

DfE: Progress on children's services in Birmingham ‘too slow'

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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

| CYP Now

Attempts to improve the quality of children's services in Birmingham were taking too long, the Department for Education has said.

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NCAS conference: Greening announces £11m for innovation projects

Social workers reject government reform plans

Ofsted: Police child protection failures 'risk another Rotherham'

Tory Party Conference: Call for national tracking system for children

Trowler calls for greater early help role for social workers

Government launches specialist CSE response unit

Record jump in care applications to Cafcass

Health services fail to protect children, finds CQC

Ofsted highlights ongoing children's services failings in Birmingham

Ofsted moots week-long children's services inspections for 'good' councils

DfE appoints commissioner at ‘inadequate' council

Cases of child neglect increase by 75 per cent

High-performing councils explore alternative delivery models for children's services

Child sex offences involving the internet top 3,000

Daily roundup: XXXXX

Senior managers credited with drop in London care numbers

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

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

"Rotherham council changed me," says Casey

Early education profile pilot results raise questions over standards

Ofsted to visit inadequate councils every three months

Inadequate council launches £4.6m recruitment drive

Loughton criticises 'quiet' chief children's social worker

DfE: Progress on children's services in Birmingham ‘too slow'

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