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Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Nine out of ten teachers, police officers and social workers are regularly coming into contact with children they suspect to be suffering from neglect, but up to 40 per cent feel powerless to intervene, a report has warned.

Daily roundup: DfE redundancies, the Work Programme, and funding for rape support services

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Friday, February 22, 2013

| CYP Now

The DfE denies plans to make redundancies as part of cost-cutting measures; the Work Programme is branded "extremely poor" by MPs, and four new rape support services to open, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Exclusion inequalities, the Budget and early years teachers

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Children unfairly excluded from schools, campaigners say the Budget failed disadvantaged children, and DfE consults on early years teacher standards, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, alcohol abuse and serious case review

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Scottish children's commissioner condemns welfare reform, children as young as seven hospitalised by alcohol use, and Philpott deaths prompt serious case review, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Care applications, school holidays and social care

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Thursday, July 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Data reveals increase in care applications; police chief urges leniency for school term-time leave requests from officers; and president of children's services directors criticised for social worker comments, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Haringey told to improve children's social care, major early intervention guide launched, and Nicky Morgan pledges to continue tough stance on term-time holidays, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Pupil behaviour, children's homes and nursery inspections

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Friday, August 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Assaults by pupils on primary school teachers on the rise; new risk assessment guidance for children's homes published; and quarter of early years settings not inspected in last four years, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Mental health, FGM clinic and class sizes

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Monday, August 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Conservative MP calls for government to end practice of children and young people with mental health needs being held in police cells; plans unveiled for first specialist FGM clinic; and figures reveal true size of primary school classes, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Bullying, child abuse and domestic violence

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Study highlights long-term impact of bullying; adults concerned about false accusations when reporting child abuse; and thousands of domestic violence referrals made in Scotland, all in the news today.

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

Children's services chief sacked after just four months in job

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Friday, November 6, 2015

| CYP Now

A director of children's services has been sacked after being in post for just four months, it has emerged.

Home education laws must be tightened to protect children

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

A leaked report into the tragic death of Dylan Seabridge, aged just eight, has put home education back in the headlines.

New ADCS president vows to re-establish the role of local authorities in children's services

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Monday, April 4, 2011

| CYP Now

The coalition's Education Bill is in danger of disregarding local authorities' contribution to school improvement while its health reforms risk overlooking children altogether, the new president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

Daily roundup: sexual abuse, primary school inspections, and 16-18 education

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Friday, June 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Grooming and sexual abuse of children to be denounced in mosque sermons, Ofsted begins week-long inspections of Medway primary schools, and new figures show a drop in 16-18 year olds in full time education, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Twitter, online grooming, and identity theft from dead children

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Monday, February 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Claims that senior Department for Education officials are using Twitter to launch political attacks, paedophiles found to be grooming young people for online abuse, and an investigation into Met Police stealing dead children's identities, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child sexual exploitation; ‘punishment room' claims, and action on junk food

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Monday, February 18, 2013

| CYP Now

A campaign to break the taboo of child sexual exploitation, claims of autistic children being ‘locked up' for bad behaviour, and a call for a ban on junk food advertising, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child benefit changes, care proceedings pilot, and how childcare can 'make work pay'

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Monday, October 29, 2012

| CYP Now

A million letters sent to warn parents of child benefit changes, a pilot project reduces the length of care proceedings, and a call for government investment in childcare, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Health visiting, exams in Wales and Ofsted proposals for childminders

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

| CYP Now

Health visitors to benefit from a new institute for the profession, a review calls for Wales to retain GCSEs, and the National Childminding Association on proposals to link childminders to group early years settings, all in the news today.

Council attempts to move 500 families 'due to housing benefit cap'

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

| CYP Now

A London council has blamed the government's decision to cap housing benefit for its attempts to house up to 500 families in Stoke-on-Trent.

Daily roundup: Children's commissioner, voodoo and bullying

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Review into Welsh children's commissioner role begins; United Nations' report warns of children being trafficked for witchcraft rituals; and children with special needs more likely to be bullied, all in the news today.

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

| CYP Now

A new director of children's services has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to turn around the troubled department.

Ask the Experts: Deter young people from drugs

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Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on "legal highs", saving money while safeguarding, partnership working concerns and coping with hot weather.

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, youth cuts, and drug deaths

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Number of children at risk of grooming in Leeds trebles; Sandwell gives green light to youth cuts; and slight rise in drug deaths among under 20s, all in the news today.

Minister criticises Hamzah Khan review findings

News

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has slammed a review into the death of toddler Hamzah Khan for failing to answer key questions about the case, claiming it contains "glaring absences".

School safeguarding failures prompt intervention threat

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Monday, December 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has warned that the government could intervene in the running of a school where a teacher abducted and had sex with a 15-year-old pupil.

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Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

Daily roundup: DfE redundancies, the Work Programme, and funding for rape support services

Daily roundup: Exclusion inequalities, the Budget and early years teachers

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, alcohol abuse and serious case review

Daily roundup: Care applications, school holidays and social care

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

Daily roundup: Pupil behaviour, children's homes and nursery inspections

Daily roundup: Mental health, FGM clinic and class sizes

Daily roundup: Bullying, child abuse and domestic violence

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Children's services chief sacked after just four months in job

Home education laws must be tightened to protect children

New ADCS president vows to re-establish the role of local authorities in children's services

Daily roundup: sexual abuse, primary school inspections, and 16-18 education

Daily roundup: Twitter, online grooming, and identity theft from dead children

Daily roundup: Child sexual exploitation; ‘punishment room' claims, and action on junk food

Daily roundup: Child benefit changes, care proceedings pilot, and how childcare can 'make work pay'

Daily roundup: Health visiting, exams in Wales and Ofsted proposals for childminders

Council attempts to move 500 families 'due to housing benefit cap'

Daily roundup: Children's commissioner, voodoo and bullying

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

Ask the Experts: Deter young people from drugs

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, youth cuts, and drug deaths

Minister criticises Hamzah Khan review findings

School safeguarding failures prompt intervention threat

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