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Judges confirmed for CYP Now Awards as entry deadline looms

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  • Friday, June 27, 2014
    • | CYP Now
Children's Commissioner for England Maggie Atkinson, tri-borough director of children's services Andrew Christie and Ofsted's lead on youth strategy Tony Gallagher are among the judges confirmed for this year's Children & Young People Now Awards.

Councils to share services to make savings

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  • Monday, October 17, 2011
    • | CYP Now
The vast majority of children's services decision-makers in local authorities across England are planning to share work with other councils to make financial savings, it has emerged.

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.

'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.

Grooming case highlights failings

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  • Monday, June 25, 2012
    • | CYP Now
Following the conviction of a child grooming ring in Rochdale, Jo-Anne Prud'homme, legal researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, asks what more agencies could have done to protect the victims

Legal Update: Tackling child sexual exploitation

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  • Tuesday, December 9, 2014
    • | CYP Now
Jen Roest, research and projects officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a call to address child sexual exploitation in Manchester through attitudinal change of public agencies and the legal system.

Young people and communities hold the key to ending FGM

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  • Tuesday, March 3, 2015
    • | CYP Now
The issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) is climbing up the ladder of political priorities. The knowledge that there has not been a single successful prosecution since the FGM Act was introduced in 2003 is causing much soul-searching - in government, in the crown prosecution service and in local safeguarding boards across the country.

'Wilful neglect' laws won't help recruit social workers

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  • Tuesday, March 17, 2015
    • | CYP Now
A number of reports over the past few weeks have highlighted the extent of the problem facing children's services departments in recruiting experienced social workers. Latest Department for Education figures show that over the past year, children's social worker vacancies have risen nearly 20 per cent so that on average, each English authority now has almost 30 full-time posts unfilled.

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