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Daily roundup: School admissions code, extremism, and jobseeker's allowance

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Attempts to help disadvantaged children get into best schools; report on 'Trojan Horse' plot published; and review backs jobseeker's allowance sanction system, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Haringey told to improve children's social care, major early intervention guide launched, and Nicky Morgan pledges to continue tough stance on term-time holidays, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child abuse, mental health beds and legal aid risk

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Friday, July 11, 2014

| CYP Now

PM's child abuse adviser warns of 1980s "chumocracy"; NHS England plans extra mental health beds for children and young people; and the Children's Society criticises government legal aid bid, all in the news today.

Wood calls for sector to emulate other public services in use of volunteers

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Friday, July 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Volunteers could be used to a greater degree by children's services to support the work of social workers, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has suggested.

'I'm an emotional guy', says ADCS president after social worker slur

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Friday, July 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Association of Directors of Children's Services president Alan Wood has said he did not intend to cause offence when he referred to some social workers as "crap".

First 'innovation' funds handed to tri-borough councils

News

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

London's tri-borough children's services are to receive £4m from the government's innovation fund, the first award to be made under the initiative.

NSPCC chief to lead historic abuse review

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Monday, July 7, 2014

| CYP Now

NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless has been chosen by the government to lead a review into the handling of historic child sex abuse allegations.

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's consultation over allowing councils to delegate children's social care services to third parties was insufficient and needs further debate, chair of the all-party parliamentary group on child protection has said.

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Children in Knowsley are being left at risk of harm due to serious failures in child protection services, a damning Ofsted report which labelled the authority "inadequate" has found.

Daily roundup: Childcare training, education outcomes and Ofsted inspections

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Monday, June 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years bursary scheme funds a handful of applicants; gifted poor children less likely than affluent peers to attend top universities; and Bournemouth children's services requires improvement says Ofsted, all in the news today.

Government accused of allowing 'back door' privatisation of child protection

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Friday, June 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Private companies will be able to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans via the "back door" by setting up separate subsidiaries, it has been claimed.

Daily roundup: Homelessness, safeguarding, and looked-after children.

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Friday, June 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Increasing number of young people reported sleeping rough; new chair of safeguarding board appointed in Sandwell; and NICE publishes best practice briefing on looked-after children, all in the news today.

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

News

Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Up to 25 local authorities will be judged on their multi-agency child protection arrangements under new inspections being introduced in April 2015, it has been announced.

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

News

Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Only non-profit organisations will be allowed to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans to give councils more freedom in the way they work with vulnerable children, it has been announced.

Government dismisses '20-mile rule' for children's home placements

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has rejected calls for it to consider prohibiting local authorities from placing children in residential care more than 20 miles from home.

Ofsted figures reveal extent of out-of-area placements

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Friday, June 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Around one in five local authorities have looked-after children living there from 40 or more other council areas, new figures show.

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Concerns about controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services will get serious consideration, children's minister Edward Timpson has pledged.

Daily roundup: Missing babies, nurture groups, and play

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Monday, June 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly 20 babies reported missing from council care; research backs value of nurture groups; and £1.9m boost for play in Scotland, all in the news today.

Out-of-area children's home placements on the rise

News

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Increasing numbers of children in residential care are being placed outside their home authority, despite government efforts to end the practice.

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

The College of Social Work (TCSW) has called for a government consultation on controversial plans to outsource child protection services to be extended.

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