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Exploring How Social Workers Experience and Cope with Public Perception of Their Profession
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- Thursday, May 4, 2017 | CYP Now
Social services are highly susceptible to public scrutiny, and public perception of the profession has implications for staff recruitment, acceptance of social work practice, and the vitality and effectiveness of the profession.
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.
Eight out of ten fast-track social workers secure jobs
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- Tuesday, April 15, 2014 | CYP Now
Around eighty per cent of students taking the fast-track Step Up to Social Work postgraduate course have secured jobs as children's social workers.
Campaign aims to challenge misconceptions over who can foster
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- Monday, May 12, 2014 | CYP Now
Nearly three quarters of people believe they would not be accepted as foster carers, with gay, lesbian, retired, young adults and single people among the most pessimistic about their chances, according to a survey.
A day with the Pre-Birth Intervention Service
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- Monday, May 26, 2014 | CYP Now
Durham's multiple award-winning Pre-Birth Intervention Service aims to ensure the best possible start in life for babies born to high-risk families. Gabriella Jozwiak went to meet the team to find out how it works.
Daily roundup: Troubled families, physical education and Labour policy
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- Monday, June 16, 2014 | CYP Now
Troubled Families programme not delivering lasting change data shows; Wilshaw to issue warning to councils on physical education; and Labour urged to drop protection for health and education budgets, all in the news today.
Fighting for disability rights
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- Monday, July 21, 2014 | CYP Now
Neil Puffett talks to Amanda Batten, chief executive, Contact-a-Family.
Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Direct payments
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- Monday, August 4, 2014 | CYP Now
Q: What are "direct payments"?
County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services
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- Wednesday, September 17, 2014 | CYP Now
County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.
Children of parents who abuse alcohol miss out on support
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- Friday, October 10, 2014 | CYP Now
Children of parents who misuse alcohol are missing out on help and protection because local services sometimes fail to identify their needs, a report by the Office of the Children's Commissioner has found.
Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress
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- Monday, October 20, 2014 | CYP Now
Somerset County Council has announced it has terminated the contract of the interim director of children's services (DCS) for failing to deliver improvements at the struggling authority quickly enough.
Unfair welfare cuts will heighten child poverty
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- Tuesday, March 19, 2013 | CYP Now
There has been plenty of pre-Budget rhetoric thrown around about welfare and benefits spending from all sides. When the Budget is announced on 20 March, we will know which way the Chancellor jumped.
Wilshaw slams 'unacceptable' children's social care services
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- Friday, January 24, 2014 | CYP Now
Children's social care is "coasting at an unacceptable level" and will not improve until workforce turnover falls, the head of Ofsted has said.
Good Practice: How improving the behaviour of dads makes families feel safer
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- Tuesday, March 4, 2014 | CYP Now
Programme reduces the risk of children being harmed by domestic abuse.
Early intervention 'reduces demand for child protection services'
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- Thursday, October 25, 2012 | CYP Now
Investment in early intervention is reducing demand for child protection services by up to 30 per cent in some local authorities, while other areas struggle to cope with huge increases in demand, research by the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has found.
Children's social worker vacancies soar
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- Thursday, February 26, 2015 | CYP Now
The number of vacant children's social worker posts has increased by nearly 20 per cent in a single year, latest government statistics show.
Research Report: The Impact of Multiple Risk Factors on Young Children's Development
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- Tuesday, March 3, 2015 | CYP Now
Study aims to reveal the extent, and combinations, of multiple risk factors faced by young children in the UK.
Labour unveils plans to overhaul Sure Start and child protection
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- Tuesday, March 3, 2015 | CYP Now
Shadow children's minister Steve McCabe speaks to CYP Now about Labour's plans to boost the number of childcare places at children's centres and develop a cross-government unit to improve safeguarding systems.
Concerns remain over effectiveness of young carer regulations
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- Wednesday, March 18, 2015 | CYP Now
Campaigners fear updated regulations around young carers may fail to improve support for this vulnerable group.
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