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

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated "inadequate" for the second time in two years after Ofsted inspectors found widespread failings in services for vulnerable children.

Police reformer: Olivia Pinkney, national lead for children and young people's policing

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Olivia Pinkney, the National Police Chiefs Council's lead officer for children and young people.

Council proposes 'higher risk' care strategy for vulnerable children

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has warned that vulnerable children are likely to be placed at risk if plans to balance the books by adopting a "higher risk" care strategy are given the go-ahead.

Children's home managers highlight recruitment problems

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Monday, January 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's homes are struggling to find suitable staff with more than half of managers reporting difficulties recruiting candidates with appropriate skills and training.

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) face a fight to protect their role, with more than half now responsible for other directorates or services, the vice president-elect of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

Ofsted: Three-quarters of children's services departments 'not good enough'

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Monday, March 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Less than a quarter of local authority children's departments inspected by Ofsted last year were found to be providing effective social care services.

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

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Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education will consider intervening in the running of children's services in Somerset after the department was labelled "inadequate" by Ofsted for the second time in less than two years.

Election 2015 Party Policy Guide: Safeguarding and care

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted tells children's services department to improve

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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

| CYP Now

A children's services department has been told to improve its work following an inspection by Ofsted.

DfE-backed co-operative housing scheme for care leavers to launch

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Friday, April 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council is set to launch a co-operative company to provide supported housing for care leavers as part of pioneering attempts to improve outcomes.

Council offers £15,000 mortgage deposit to attract children's social workers

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Friday, April 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has unveiled plans to stump up money to help children's social workers to buy a home as part of efforts to boost recruitment.

One small step for care, one giant leap required

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Monday, April 29, 2013

| CYP Now

The high-profile cases of children in residential care going missing and being sexually exploited in the past year have sent shockwaves through our society. Last week, the government responded by announcing some important reforms.

Call for social workers to have greater role in early intervention

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Social workers should be routinely involved in early intervention work that goes beyond their legal responsibilities, the College of Social Work has said.

Independent reviewing officers are not challenging enough, says Ofsted

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Friday, June 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Officers employed by local authorities to review care plans are failing to make enough of a difference for looked-after children, a damning report has found.

Daily roundup: safeguarding procedures, child medicines, and children's happiness

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Study highlights need for professionals to be able to spot signs of abuse; call to ban E numbers from children's medicines; and MP says society is too focused on making children happy, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Benefit cap, DCS appointment, and looked-after children

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Friday, December 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Struggling families set to be hit by benefit cap, say poverty campaigners; new director of children's services in Leicestershire; and improvements to the care system in Scotland are too slow, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Care homes, healthy eating and safeguarding

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Fears raised over impact of closing care homes in Devon; 70 per cent of children eat too much salt, study finds; and council criticised over failure to look into teenager's abuse claims, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Asylum seekers, teaching workforce, and child exploitation

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's commissioner reveals plight of unaccompanied asylum seekers; teacher numbers on the rise; and Barnardo's to raise awareness of child exploitation in the North East, all in the news today.

Campaigners call for end to B&B use for care leavers

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Friday, May 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities should be banned from using bed and breakfasts to house young care leavers, while post-care accommodation should be regulated by Ofsted, MPs have been told.

Child protection cases closed without review as Ofsted rates Birmingham services 'inadequate'

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Friday, May 23, 2014

| CYP Now

A damning Ofsted inspection of Birmingham children's services has found the council closed hundreds of child protection cases without an assessment due to a "lack of social workers".

Daily roundup: School admissions code, extremism, and jobseeker's allowance

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Attempts to help disadvantaged children get into best schools; report on 'Trojan Horse' plot published; and review backs jobseeker's allowance sanction system, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Youth volunteers, social work, and safety campaign

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

| CYP Now

Initiative to highlight examples of youth volunteering; social worker suspended for falsifying records; and parents warn of the dangers of water to children, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Charity chief, care system, and mosque vandalism

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Andy Elvin appointed new chief executive of Tact; NSPCC study reveals cost of children returning home from care; and mosque vandalised in wake of child sexual exploitation scandal, all in the news today.

NSPCC demands clearer rules to protect children who return home from care

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Monday, April 30, 2012

| CYP Now

The NSPCC is calling on the government to publish guidance on returning children in care home, saying that currently hundreds of children are likely to experience further abuse and neglect.

Daily roundup: Birmingham cuts, school libraries facing closure and armed forces to work with pupils

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Friday, December 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Cuts of £23m earmarked for children's services in Birmingham, one in five school libraries facing closure, and troops recruited to improve pupil discipline, all in today's news roundup.

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

Police reformer: Olivia Pinkney, national lead for children and young people's policing

Council proposes 'higher risk' care strategy for vulnerable children

Children's home managers highlight recruitment problems

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

Ofsted: Three-quarters of children's services departments 'not good enough'

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

Election 2015 Party Policy Guide: Safeguarding and care

Ofsted tells children's services department to improve

DfE-backed co-operative housing scheme for care leavers to launch

Council offers £15,000 mortgage deposit to attract children's social workers

One small step for care, one giant leap required

Call for social workers to have greater role in early intervention

Independent reviewing officers are not challenging enough, says Ofsted

Daily roundup: safeguarding procedures, child medicines, and children's happiness

Daily roundup: Benefit cap, DCS appointment, and looked-after children

Daily roundup: Care homes, healthy eating and safeguarding

Daily roundup: Asylum seekers, teaching workforce, and child exploitation

Campaigners call for end to B&B use for care leavers

Child protection cases closed without review as Ofsted rates Birmingham services 'inadequate'

Daily roundup: School admissions code, extremism, and jobseeker's allowance

Daily roundup: Youth volunteers, social work, and safety campaign

Daily roundup: Charity chief, care system, and mosque vandalism

NSPCC demands clearer rules to protect children who return home from care

Daily roundup: Birmingham cuts, school libraries facing closure and armed forces to work with pupils

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