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Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

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.

First 'innovation' funds handed to tri-borough councils

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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.

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.

London lord mayor Fiona Woolf to lead child sexual abuse inquiry

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Friday, September 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The current lord mayor of London Fiona Woolf will lead an independent inquiry into historical child sexual abuse, the government has announced.

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

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Friday, October 24, 2014

| CYP Now

A lack of authority-wide support for change and an "arcane" IT system were key reasons for slow progress in improving children's services in Somerset, the council's former director of children's services (DCS) has claimed.

Care proceedings run 14 weeks beyond target

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Monday, December 9, 2013

| CYP Now

The average length of care proceedings is still 14 weeks over a new target due to be introduced in April, latest figures show.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

| CYP Now

There is an "unhelpful" misperception among the media and public about the nature of out-of-authority placements for looked-after children, council care managers have said.

Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The London Borough of Hillingdon has become the first council to be told that its child protection and care services must be improved under Ofsted's tougher new inspection framework.

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

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Monday, February 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Sheffield has been told to improve its children's services after an inspection highlighted weaknesses in performance on looked-after children and adoption.

Government awards £16m to 'life chances' projects

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

| CYP Now

Projects supporting children in care and families blighted by drug and alcohol dependency are to benefit from the first wave of investment from an £80m government fund that links payments to improved outcomes.

Coalition fails to improve care placements

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Thursday, November 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The coalition government has failed to make any progress in getting children into the right placement when they first enter care and ensuring it is close to their home, a damning report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| CYP Now

New quality standards for children's homes should be scrapped by the next government, an organisation representing residential care providers has said.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

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Friday, June 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Sandwell Council has said it is considering a formal challenge after Ofsted rated its children's services "inadequate" for the second time since 2013.

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The chief inspectors of Ofsted and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) have launched a scathing attack on councils' failure to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated as "requires improvement" by Ofsted after inspectors found a number of areas that need to be addressed.

National unit for secure children's home placements to be created

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Monday, April 4, 2016

| CYP Now

A local authority is to be handed national responsibility for co-ordinating placements of children in secure homes, children's minister Edward Timpson has said.

DfE refuses to release controversial study on outsourcing children's services

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Friday, April 15, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has refused to release the findings of a controversial study examining how children's services can be delivered outside of local authority control following a five-month Freedom of Information (FOI) battle.

Secure homes to lose places as YJB cuts beds for young offenders

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Numbers of custodial places in secure children's homes (SCHs) are to be cut due to falling custody levels, prompting fresh concerns over the care of vulnerable children.

Loughton praises work of west London centre for children in care

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Friday, May 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's minister Tim Loughton has highlighted a west London centre for looked-after children as an example of the type of provision which should be replicated by local authorities across the country.

Fast-track social work programme to recruit top graduates

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Friday, May 17, 2013

| CYP Now

A controversial fast-track training programme for social workers will launch next year, the government has announced.

Councils rise to minister's challenge on care leaver support

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Nearly two thirds of local authorities are providing care leavers with grants of at least £2,000 to help them set up home after children's minister Edward Timpson called on them to boost levels of support.

Daily roundup: Adoption figures, Doncaster and anti-gay school rules

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Adoptions increase at fastest rate for 15 years, Hackney DCS to lead Doncaster changes, and DfE to probe policies banning 'promotion' of homosexuality, all in the news today.

Huge drop in restraint attributed to restorative justice

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

| CYP Now

A secure children's home in Devon has been recognised for its successful use of restorative justice after restraint incidents fell by nearly 90 per cent.

Barnardo's to pursue 'radical' drive for children's services partnerships

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Tuesday, October 3, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's charity Barnardo's is keen to form children's services partnerships with councils across the country and is in "deep discussions" with a number of local authorities, its chief executive has said.

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Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

First 'innovation' funds handed to tri-borough councils

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

London lord mayor Fiona Woolf to lead child sexual abuse inquiry

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

Care proceedings run 14 weeks beyond target

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

Government awards £16m to 'life chances' projects

Coalition fails to improve care placements

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

National unit for secure children's home placements to be created

DfE refuses to release controversial study on outsourcing children's services

Secure homes to lose places as YJB cuts beds for young offenders

Loughton praises work of west London centre for children in care

Fast-track social work programme to recruit top graduates

Councils rise to minister's challenge on care leaver support

Daily roundup: Adoption figures, Doncaster and anti-gay school rules

Huge drop in restraint attributed to restorative justice

Barnardo's to pursue 'radical' drive for children's services partnerships

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