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Cameron earmarks children's services as priority reform area

Friday, September 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services have been identified by Prime Minister David Cameron as a "standout area" for reform ahead of the autumn Spending Review.

Cameron announces review of children's residential care system

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a major "root and branch" review of children's residential care will be conducted by government adviser Sir Martin Narey.

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

| CYP Now

A new social work organisation to drive up standards and put social workers on a par with high-status professions such as surgeons or lawyers will be established, government has announced.

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils yet to have their children's services inspected by Ofsted are to be given additional support as part of a local government bid to prevent them being rated "inadequate" and facing intervention from the Department for Education (DfE).

Unexpected rise in children's social worker vacancies

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Thursday, February 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Vacancies for local authority children's social worker posts have increased by 27 per cent in the space of a year, government figures show.

Fresh drive to speed up care proceedings

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Monday, February 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders have unveiled a new tool to help social workers in their bid to speed up care proceedings.

DfE acts after Ofsted rates council's children's services ‘inadequate'

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has appointed a commissioner to oversee children's services at a council rated "inadequate" by Ofsted due to serious child protection failures.

Former ADCS president to oversee development of mental health services for children in care

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

| CYP Now

A former president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has been appointed by government to oversee attempts to boost support for children in care with mental health problems.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

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Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

Damning report calls for safeguarding improvements in Rochdale

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Friday, May 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Rochdale Council did not do enough to prevent teenage girls being groomed and abused in the borough, a report has found.

Safeguarding boards to report SCR decisions to new expert panel

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Monday, July 1, 2013

| CYP Now

Heads of local safeguarding children boards (LSCB) must inform a new panel of experts within two weeks if they decide not to conduct a full serious case review (SCR) following a serious incident.

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.

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.

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. ?

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.

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.

ADCS president speaks out in favour of 'exemption clause'

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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Government plans to allow councils to apply for exemptions from children's social care legislation will help councils to better support young people, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has said.

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.

'Inadequate' council launches Barnardo's partnership

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Thursday, June 22, 2017

| CYP Now

A council currently rated "inadequate" by Ofsted has announced it will launch a project with children's charity Barnardo's, just months after a joint bid for £7m of Department for Education innovation funding was turned down.

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has been handed new responsibilities for boosting the ‘character and resilience' of young people and tackling bullying, the Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed.

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Cameron earmarks children's services as priority reform area

Cameron announces review of children's residential care system

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

Unexpected rise in children's social worker vacancies

Fresh drive to speed up care proceedings

DfE acts after Ofsted rates council's children's services ‘inadequate'

Former ADCS president to oversee development of mental health services for children in care

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

Damning report calls for safeguarding improvements in Rochdale

Safeguarding boards to report SCR decisions to new expert panel

Government to trial upfront Troubled Families payments

Professionals to receive training to spot child trafficking

Child protection guidance for health professionals set for reform

Big rise in number of child trafficking victims

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

ADCS president speaks out in favour of 'exemption clause'

Munby advises judges to limit involvement in serious case reviews

'Inadequate' council launches Barnardo's partnership

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

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