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Council moves from 'inadequate' to 'good' in just two years

Friday, July 7, 2017

| CYP Now

Inspectors have praised swift improvements at a council's children's services department, which has been rated as "good", just two years after receiving an "inadequate" judgment.

Ofsted rates children's services at London council 'inadequate'

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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's services at a London council have been rated "inadequate" after Ofsted found that children were being left at risk of serious harm.

Ofsted issues warning notices to 31 unregistered schools

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Thursday, July 13, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted has issued a total of 31 warning notices to unregistered schools since establishing a special taskforce 18 months ago, it has emerged.

'Inadequate' council appoints sixth director of children's services in four years

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Monday, July 24, 2017

| CYP Now

A council currently rated "inadequate" by Ofsted has appointed its sixth director of children's services (DCS) in the space of four years.

Government denies welfare changes will exacerbate domestic abuse

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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

| CYP Now

The government has rejected concerns from MPs that the move to paying benefits to a single recipient in the household rather than separately will exacerbate domestic abuse cases.

Major rise in number of children in 'out-of-area' residential care

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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

| CYP Now

The number of looked-after children placed in residential care outside of their local area has increased by nearly two thirds over the last five years, figures obtained from the government have shown.

Ofsted warns council over high child protection caseloads

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Monday, May 14, 2018

| CYP Now

High social worker caseloads are threatening to undermine efforts to support vulnerable teenagers in Stoke, according to Ofsted.

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

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

| CYP Now

Inspectors have commended the quality of leadership of children's services in Hillingdon as "outstanding", with standards given a "good" overall rating.

Health services reluctant to ask about childhood trauma, study finds

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Friday, June 1, 2018

| CYP Now

Health workers are reluctant to routinely ask young people who access their services if they have been affected by adverse childhood experiences such as abuse or exploitation, a pilot study has found.

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, What Works Network, and strip-searching

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Monday, March 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Disabled children start legal bid on room-sharing plans; policy advice network launches, and concerns over prevalence of strip-searching in youth custody, all in the news today.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Regulation of child performers

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

The licensing system aimed at protecting the welfare of children and young people who are performers has come under scrutiny

Revised Working Together guidance introduces checks on local safeguarding boards

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

| CYP Now

An independent panel of experts will be created to vet the decisions of local safeguarding children board chairs under revised safeguarding guidance published today.

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, joint working, and College of Social Work

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

| CYP Now

200 sexually exploited children are on care waiting lists, MSPs say care systems must work better, and College of Social Work boss named, all in the news today.

Reform to prosecution of abuse

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

| CYP Now

The director of public prosecutions has announced reforms to the way the justice system responds to claims of child sexual abuse, says Kara Apland, socio-legal researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre

Updated Safe Network Standards provide a simple way for voluntary and community sector organisations to meet new safeguarding responsibilities

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Friday, November 1, 2013

| CYP Now

Safe Network, a partnership between the NSPCC and Children England, and funded by the Department for Education, is the national child safeguarding unit in England providing free advice to the wide variety of VCS groups running activities for children and young people.

Inquiry highlights child sexual exploitation failings

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Children are continuing to fall victim to sexual exploitation because services to protect them are not up to scratch, a report has found.

Services fail to combat grooming

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Research reports show more still needs to be done to protect children from sexual exploitation.

Children 'intimidated' by family returns process

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Monday, December 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Changes to the deportation process introduced by the coalition government can be "distressing" and "intimidating" for children and families, a report has found.

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, palliative care and youth offending

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Friday, December 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Report blames sexual grooming of young girls on police failings; MPs call for fairer children's palliative care funding; and a youth offending service in Teeside wins praise, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: School discipline, child protection, and academy criticism

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Friday, February 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Primary school behaviour getting worse; Rochdale Council takes steps to improve safeguarding; and Gove criticised over academy plans, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Obesity, child protection and mental health

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Friday, February 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Morbidly obese children taken into care; Northamptonshire struggles with unnecessary safeguarding referrals; and bullying is main cause of self-harm study finds, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Court Report - Mother fakes child's death to stop contact

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Case name SA v BN (contact order) Case number [2013] EWHC 4417 (Fam)

Inspectorate praises Wetherby YOI for fall in restraint

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Inspectors have praised a young offender institution in Yorkshire after a drop in the use of restraint on young people held there, despite evidence of "excessive" and "inappropriate" techniques being used.

Social care fails to act quickly enough over neglect

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils, local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) and social work training are failing to prioritise child neglect, according to an Ofsted report.

Concurrent planning reduces problems for adopted children, finds study

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Friday, March 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children adopted through concurrent planning are less likely to experience problems, such as school exclusion, behaviour difficulties and depression, than those who are placed with families at a later stage.

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Council moves from 'inadequate' to 'good' in just two years

Ofsted rates children's services at London council 'inadequate'

Ofsted issues warning notices to 31 unregistered schools

'Inadequate' council appoints sixth director of children's services in four years

Government denies welfare changes will exacerbate domestic abuse

Major rise in number of children in 'out-of-area' residential care

Ofsted warns council over high child protection caseloads

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

Health services reluctant to ask about childhood trauma, study finds

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, What Works Network, and strip-searching

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Regulation of child performers

Revised Working Together guidance introduces checks on local safeguarding boards

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, joint working, and College of Social Work

Reform to prosecution of abuse

Updated Safe Network Standards provide a simple way for voluntary and community sector organisations to meet new safeguarding responsibilities

Inquiry highlights child sexual exploitation failings

Services fail to combat grooming

Children 'intimidated' by family returns process

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, palliative care and youth offending

Daily roundup: School discipline, child protection, and academy criticism

Daily roundup: Obesity, child protection and mental health

Legal Update: Court Report - Mother fakes child's death to stop contact

Inspectorate praises Wetherby YOI for fall in restraint

Social care fails to act quickly enough over neglect

Concurrent planning reduces problems for adopted children, finds study

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