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Sandwell creates network of early intervention local hubs

Friday, August 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Sandwell Council is to create a network of local multidisciplinary hubs to act as an "early warning system" for identifying troubled families.

Daniel Pelka SCR: Four-year-old "invisible" to professionals

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

| CYP Now

A four-year-old who was murdered after months of starvation and beatings was effectively "invisible" to professionals as a result of language barriers, a probe has found.

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services are to be delivered outside of council control in Slough as part of government efforts to improve performance.

Home Office launches consultation on strengthening domestic violence law

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

| CYP Now

A new crime of domestic abuse could be created under government proposals aimed at better protecting victims and their families.

London lord mayor Fiona Woolf to lead child sexual abuse inquiry

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Friday, September 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The current lord mayor of London Fiona Woolf will lead an independent inquiry into historical child sexual abuse, the government has announced.

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

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Friday, October 24, 2014

| CYP Now

A lack of authority-wide support for change and an "arcane" IT system were key reasons for slow progress in improving children's services in Somerset, the council's former director of children's services (DCS) has claimed.

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.

FGM initiative and family support schemes receive innovation funding

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Friday, February 6, 2015

| CYP Now

A project that aims to end the practice of female genital mutilation within a generation has been handed £2m through the government's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme.

Early intervention needs decade-long service plans, says charity

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Monday, April 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Action for Children has said 10-year plans for children's services are needed at national and local level to encourage the development of early intervention work.

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.

Half of early support psychosis services see funding cut

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Half of early intervention services for young people with mental health problems have seen funding, staffing and quality fall over the past year, according to a report published today.

Young carers missing out on support due to 'fear of social services'

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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

| CYP Now

Young carers continue to be fearful of being identified because of concerns about what action social services may take, a study commissioned by the Department for Education has found.

ADCS president-elect warns cuts could increase demand for care

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Local authorities may no longer be able to protect children's services from the worst of funding cuts over the coming year, the next president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

Mental health projects get innovation fund backing

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Six projects including specialist programmes for mental health support, have been awarded a total of £11m through the government's Children's Social Care Innovation Fund.

Council to offer homes to social workers as part of £6m recruitment drive

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Thursday, May 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Social workers could be offered their own home if they agree to work for Somerset County Council, under plans being considered by the authority as it attempts to recruit 100 new members of staff.

Prime Minister announces child protection taskforce

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

| CYP Now

A child protection taskforce has been established to drive government reforms in the area, it has been announced.

DfE announces voluntary sector funding

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Friday, May 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Promotion of adoption 'parties' and connecting vulnerable young people with arts and cultural facilities are among the projects that have received government voluntary sector funding.

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities that keep hold of their directors of children's services (DCS) perform better in Ofsted inspections than those that change regularly, exclusive analysis by CYP Now has found.

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

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Friday, August 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The quality of child death reviews are "disturbingly variable" with far too many failing to find out what went wrong, a damning report by a government appointed panel has found.

Councils ‘turn around' one in three troubled families

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Monday, November 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authorities in England have "turned around" the lives of more than one in three struggling families they have been working intensively with as part of the government's Troubled Families programme.

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Sandwell creates network of early intervention local hubs

Daniel Pelka SCR: Four-year-old "invisible" to professionals

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

Home Office launches consultation on strengthening domestic violence law

London lord mayor Fiona Woolf to lead child sexual abuse inquiry

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

FGM initiative and family support schemes receive innovation funding

Early intervention needs decade-long service plans, says charity

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

Half of early support psychosis services see funding cut

Young carers missing out on support due to 'fear of social services'

ADCS president-elect warns cuts could increase demand for care

Mental health projects get innovation fund backing

Council to offer homes to social workers as part of £6m recruitment drive

Prime Minister announces child protection taskforce

DfE announces voluntary sector funding

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

Councils ‘turn around' one in three troubled families

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