Review: Children and Young People Whose Behaviour is Sexually Concerning or Harmful
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- Monday, March 30, 2015 | CYP Now
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Ask the Experts: Share best practice with others
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Other
- Monday, April 13, 2015 | CYP Now
Our panel offers advice on sharing good practice, supporting vulnerable young people, art in nursery schools and tackling extremism.
Cost of raising residential care leaving age 'could exceed £500m'
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News
- Thursday, January 28, 2016 | CYP Now
The cost of raising the age that children can remain in children's homes from 18 to 21 could exceed £500m, the man leading a government review of residential care has said.
MPs and peers to probe children's services cuts
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News
- Thursday, February 4, 2016 | CYP Now
An inquiry into local authority children's social care and the impact of major spending cuts in recent years is to be conducted by MPs and peers, it has been announced.
DfE unveils four-year adoption strategy
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News
- Tuesday, March 29, 2016 | CYP Now
The government has announced plans to change the law to pave the way for more children to be adopted as part of a wide-ranging four-year strategy.
Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings
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- Tuesday, April 12, 2016 | CYP Now
A new social work practice model, low caseloads and joined-up services have helped two of the three councils in a merged children's services department become the first to be judged "outstanding" by Ofsted's inspection system.
Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children
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Analysis
- Tuesday, June 7, 2016 | CYP Now
Derren Hayes talks to Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children.
Embed a culture of safeguarding
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Features
- Tuesday, August 31, 2021 | CYP Now
Embedding a culture of safeguarding means that it becomes an integral part of how an organisation operates at every level, from managers leading by example to equipping staff with the skills they need.
Ofsted joint inspections 'will heap pressure' on children's services
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News
- Wednesday, August 12, 2015 | CYP Now
Plans to introduce joint inspections of child protection services will add greater pressure to already stretched services, it has been claimed.
Wilshaw admits to ‘disagreements' within Ofsted leadership
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News
- Wednesday, September 16, 2015 | CYP Now
Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has spoken publicly of tensions within the inspectorate's leadership after being quizzed on why former national directors of social care left the organisation.
Councils gear up to tackle needs of refugee children and families
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- Monday, October 12, 2015 | CYP Now
Local authorities and refugee charities are preparing to support the 20,000 Syrian refugees to be resettled in the UK, while a large rise in the number of unaccompanied children is already putting some councils under pressure.
Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children
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News
- Wednesday, December 2, 2015 | CYP Now
Government is considering forcing local authorities to take on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in order to ease pressure on Kent County Council, it has emerged.
Ofsted praises children's services in London bi-borough councils
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News
- Friday, August 31, 2018 | CYP Now
Standards at two London councils have been praised by Ofsted inspectors in the wake of an acrimonious split from partnership arrangements with a third council.
Consultancy boss voices concerns on government's Doncaster blueprint
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News
- Tuesday, September 3, 2013 | CYP Now
Government plans to strip Doncaster Council of responsibility for children's services risk affecting the quality of services, the head of a private consulting company has said.
We can protect the many, but some children will die
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Other
- Tuesday, October 15, 2013 | CYP Now
John Freeman on the impossible task of protecting every young person at risk.
Parents to foot bill for putting children in care
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News
- Wednesday, March 13, 2013 | CYP Now
Worcestershire parents who put their children into care could be made to pay the cost under council plans.
‘Decision fatigue' blights social work practice
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News
- Monday, April 28, 2014 | CYP Now
Children's social workers avoid making decisions later in the working day due to mental exhaustion, an analysis of child protection practitioners' behaviour has shown.
Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating
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News
- 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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News
- 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.
Government announces overhaul of child protection procedures
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- Tuesday, June 12, 2012 | CYP Now
National timescales for assessing children in need will be scrapped and guidance governing work with children drastically reduced, under the government's plans to overhaul procedures that it claims stifle the judgment of children's professionals.