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Integrated care service vital to help support troubled families

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.

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

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Friday, August 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The quality of child death reviews are "disturbingly variable" with far too many failing to find out what went wrong, a damning report by a government appointed panel has found.

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.

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.

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities that keep hold of their directors of children's services (DCS) perform better in Ofsted inspections than those that change regularly, exclusive analysis by CYP Now has found.

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.

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Concerns about controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services will get serious consideration, children's minister Edward Timpson has pledged.

Daily roundup: Missing babies, nurture groups, and play

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Monday, June 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly 20 babies reported missing from council care; research backs value of nurture groups; and £1.9m boost for play in Scotland, all in the news today.

Children's directors rally against profit-making in child protection

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Child protection services should not be outsourced to organisations intending to make a profit, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said.

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.

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.

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.

Domestic violence project to focus on children's needs

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 700 children who have been affected by domestic violence are to benefit from help and support as part of a £470,000 project being delivered by charity Buttle UK.

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.

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services are to be delivered outside of council control in Slough as part of government efforts to improve performance.

Forced caesarean highlights complexity of child protection decisions, experts say

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Adoption experts say the placement with a new family of a child of a mentally ill Italian woman who had a forced caesarean is one of the most complex children's social workers have dealt with.

Paul Ennals to chair Haringey child safeguarding board

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Former National Children's Bureau chief executive Sir Paul Ennals has been appointed as chair of Haringey's Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB).

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: Child protection, parenting, and looked-after children

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Monday, March 31, 2014

| CYP Now

Emotional cruelty offence being considered by ministers; Timpson calls for parliament to be more family-friendly; and independent reviewing officers unable to work to their full potential, all in the news today.

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Integrated care service vital to help support troubled families

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

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

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

Daily roundup: Missing babies, nurture groups, and play

Children's directors rally against profit-making in child protection

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

Campaign aims to challenge misconceptions over who can foster

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

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

Domestic violence project to focus on children's needs

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

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

Forced caesarean highlights complexity of child protection decisions, experts say

Paul Ennals to chair Haringey child safeguarding board

Major crackdown on FGM to launch in London

Daily roundup: Child protection, parenting, and looked-after children

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