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Troubled Families initiative 'reduces number of children in need'

Friday, December 8, 2017

| CYP Now

The government's flagship Troubled Families programme is successfully reducing the number of children deemed to be in need support from local authorities, according to emerging evidence.

DfE scales back social work accreditation introduction

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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

| CYP Now

A new accreditation system for children's social workers will be initially tested in just five local authority areas after the Department for Education bowed to pressure from the sector by scaling back its planned introduction.

Government urges training drive to curb restraint of disabled children

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Thursday, November 30, 2017

| CYP Now

Robust staff training plans are needed to reduce the use of restraint of under-18s who have learning disabilities, autism or mental health needs, draft government guidance has said.

Council spending rises on children in need of help

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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils are spending 10 per cent more per head on children in need of support than they did in 2010, a government report has found.

Children's services leaders urge action on home schooling

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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders have called for tougher regulation of home schooling after it emerged that the number of children being educated outside of schools is rising fast.

Faith abuse expert to lead National FGM Centre

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Monday, November 27, 2017

| CYP Now

?A social worker who specialises in protecting children from harmful traditional practices has been chosen to head up the National FGM Centre.

Ofsted praises council's 'outstanding' children's services leadership

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Friday, November 24, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted has praised the leadership of a council's children's services department saying managers think "deeply and creatively" about improving the lives of vulnerable young people.

Nine out of 10 London councils overspend on children's social care

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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

| CYP Now

London councils are overspending on children's services by almost 10 per cent, a survey has revealed.

Ofsted praises improvements at children's services mutual

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Friday, November 17, 2017

| CYP Now

A children's services department taken over by a mutual earlier this year has been praised by inspectors for making "sustained progress" in improving support for children and young people.

Innovation projects 'struggle to address social worker recruitment problems'

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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Projects funded by the Department for Education to test new ways of working in children's social care are struggling to address issues with social worker recruitment and retention, research has found.

Ofsted announces new social care director

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017

| CYP Now

Merton Council's director of children's services has been named as Ofsted's next director of social care.

Government 'still considering' mandatory reporting

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Tuesday, November 7, 2017

| CYP Now

The government is still considering whether to introduce mandatory reporting, more than a year after a consultation on the issue was completed, children's minister Robert Goodwill has said.

Increase in number of children on protection plans

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Thursday, November 2, 2017

| CYP Now

The number of children placed on protection plans is continuing to rise, government figures show.

Munby calls for integration of youth and family courts

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Thursday, November 2, 2017

| CYP Now

The highest-ranking family judge in England and Wales has called for a major shake-up of courts that hear cases involving children by amalgamating them into a single court that considers both criminal and welfare issues.

Asylum-seeking children funding rates set for review

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

| CYP Now

The amount of money councils receive from central government to cover the cost of looking after unaccompanied asylum-seeking children will be reviewed, it has been announced.

School-based charity reports rapid rise in safeguarding concerns

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| CYP Now

A school-based child and family support charity has reported a trebling in the proportion of cases it deals with over the last six years where there is a safeguarding concern.

Spielman rejects notion of Ofsted split

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted will not be split into separate inspectorates for children's social care and education, the organisation's chief inspector Amanda Spielmann has told MPs.

Councils struggling to fulfil statutory duties to children, study finds

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils are struggling to cope with rising demand for services for children and families, with more than 40 per cent of lead members saying that a lack of money is preventing their local authority from fulfilling statutory duties to children.

Children to be bailed rather than detained in custody

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Monday, October 30, 2017

| CYP Now

Children who have been charged with an offence will be released on bail "whenever possible" as part of Home Office efforts to reduce the number of young people being detained in police stations.

Tri-borough arrangement 'to continue for adoption and fostering services'

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Monday, October 30, 2017

| CYP Now

Three London councils will continue to operate a shared service for adoption and fostering once partnership arrangements for children's services come to an end in six months' time, it has emerged.

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