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Sector divided over merits of mandatory abuse reporting

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  • Tuesday, October 28, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Recent high-profile child abuse cases have led to a growing support for mandatory reporting of abuse allegations. But some experts believe such moves could have unintended consequences that could harm the child protection system.

Doncaster's deliverer

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  • Monday, October 13, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Neil Puffett speaks to Paul Moffat, chief executive, Doncaster Children's Services Trust.

Rescuing girls from sexual violence

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  • Monday, October 13, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Police and youth charities are warning about an increase in the use of sexual violence by gangs against young women. Louise Hunt visits one project working with young people to halt this alarming trend.

Let's teach young people how to protect themselves from abuse

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  • Monday, September 29, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The Rotherham abuse inquiry has unleashed a torrent of outrage across the nation. The failures of public services to respond effectively to the evidence of child sexual exploitation have been shocking. The evidence of neglect, complacency and downright indifference from many agencies has been causing a lot of soul-searching in every part of the nation.

Welfare of children must be a shared responsibility

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  • Monday, September 29, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Back in 2005, I became responsible for children's services in Dudley. With my new responsibility for social care, I followed the usual learning journey - the "unconsciously incompetent" phase, when I didn't even know what I was ignorant about, to the "consciously incompetent" phase, when I realised how much I didn't know, to the "consciously competent", when I had a better understanding but still did not have any sort of autopilot.

Daily roundup: Child abuse, early years services and academy conversions

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  • Tuesday, September 23, 2014
  • | CYP Now
MP Keith Vaz criticises parliamentary evidence of former director of children's services at Rotherham Council; government adviser on health inequality calls for greater investment in the early years; and education think-tank calls for mass academy conversion, all in the news today.

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