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Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, youth cuts, and drug deaths

Thursday, September 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Number of children at risk of grooming in Leeds trebles; Sandwell gives green light to youth cuts; and slight rise in drug deaths among under 20s, all in the news today.

Integrated care service vital to help support troubled families

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Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Integrated care is an idea with legs. It is gaining currency among the major political parties, as they realise that the segregation of health and social care, for example, leads to waste, duplication and gaps through which service users easily fall.

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Inquiries into child deaths must be reformed so frontline practice can be improved to prevent further tragedies, a major study has concluded.

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

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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.

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.

Daily roundup: Blindness, child arrests and missing children

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Growing numbers of children suffering blindness; drop in number of children being arrested; and three children in care go missing every day in Merseyside, all in the news today.

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The effectiveness of a specialist court to tackle parental substance misuse could be undermined as a result of the introduction of the 26-week care proceedings target, academics have warned.

Daily roundup: Safeguarding, school security, and children in care

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Campaigners warn over risk to children of drug addict parents; school security concerns raised after teacher death; and Norfolk Council struggles to reduce looked-after children numbers, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Youth reoffending, radicalisation, and mothers in prison

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Friday, April 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth reoffending rate drops to lowest level in a decade; police attempt to curb radicalisation of Kent children; and call for video communications between female prisoners and their children, all in the news today.

Major crackdown on FGM to launch in London

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Friday, April 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Women who are victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) are to be referred to children's social services and police as part of a pioneering project intended to prevent a further generation of girls being subjected to the abuse.

Daily roundup: Mental health, online safety, and early years

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Adults missing mental health warning signs in children; study finds very young children view inappropriate material online; and DfE criticised over early years workforce plans, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child abuse, healthy living, and school sport

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Friday, March 21, 2014

| CYP Now

First prosecutions for female genital mutilation announced; call for pre-9pm junk food TV advertising ban; and funding boost for disabled school sport, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Early years, domestic violence and child protection

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Childcare groups disappointed by worker entry requirements decision; health watchdog calls for better training on domestic violence; and schools reminded about female genital mutilation risk, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Wilshaw reveals he called for Ofsted chair to remain; leaving foster care age for young people in Wales raised; and £500,000 fund set up to help male victims of rape, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Benefits cap, female genital mutilation, and smoking in cars

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Friday, February 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Latest figures on households affected by the benefits cap published; government makes FGM declaration, and health experts call on politicians to ban smoking in cars, all in the news today.

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.

Daily roundup: Gang crime, adoption powers and state boarding school

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Friday, December 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Fall in youth violence since riots; BAAF welcomes changes to proposed adoption powers; and planners hinder state boarding school bid, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Teenage pregnancies, abuse campaign, and Universal Credit

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Fall in number of births to teenage mums; Home Office campaign on teen abuse launches; and government welfare reforms to be delayed, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Unaccompanied children, child mortality, and playwork register

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Immigration officers failing to track families of children, concern over plans to axe child death statistics, and playwork register to launch next month, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Health "timebomb" for Neets, council loses data, and school starting age demo

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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Health risks for Neets highlighted, council fined for losing children's data, and Too Much Too Soon campaign reaches parliament, all in the news today.

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Labour's youth justice minister has called for sweeping changes to the way young offenders are dealt with, suggesting that anything that does not work should be ditched.

Daniel Pelka SCR: Four-year-old "invisible" to professionals

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

| CYP Now

A four-year-old who was murdered after months of starvation and beatings was effectively "invisible" to professionals as a result of language barriers, a probe has found.

Daily roundup: Troubled families, sexual exploitation, and childhood obesity

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

| CYP Now

14,000 families turned around in government scheme; authorities failing sexually exploited Asian girls; and health visitors "worry about offending parents", all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

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Monday, September 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Three out of four schools now judged as good or outstanding; former children's minister to step down as MP; and foster care myths exposed, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Looked-after children, ADHD drugs, and food banks

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Social workers want the College of Social Work to focus on looked-after children; ADHD drug prescribing rises 50 per cent in five years; and free food is offered to poor families in Birmingham, all in the news today.

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Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, youth cuts, and drug deaths

Integrated care service vital to help support troubled families

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

Daily roundup: Blindness, child arrests and missing children

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

Daily roundup: Safeguarding, school security, and children in care

Daily roundup: Youth reoffending, radicalisation, and mothers in prison

Major crackdown on FGM to launch in London

Daily roundup: Mental health, online safety, and early years

Daily roundup: Child abuse, healthy living, and school sport

Daily roundup: Early years, domestic violence and child protection

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Daily roundup: Benefits cap, female genital mutilation, and smoking in cars

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Daily roundup: Gang crime, adoption powers and state boarding school

Daily roundup: Teenage pregnancies, abuse campaign, and Universal Credit

Daily roundup: Unaccompanied children, child mortality, and playwork register

Daily roundup: Health "timebomb" for Neets, council loses data, and school starting age demo

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

Daniel Pelka SCR: Four-year-old "invisible" to professionals

Daily roundup: Troubled families, sexual exploitation, and childhood obesity

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

Daily roundup: Looked-after children, ADHD drugs, and food banks

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