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<img alt="Children's home providers demand clarity over sleep-in pay liability" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b7cc7b1f-f07b-46c0-980e-0328c4eab9cc/1/61c68f16dbb6ca18ce05407d981e51a3jpg-320x198.jpg" />
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Providers had thought that a Court of Appeal ruling in July, involving Unison and the charity Mencap, would mean that care providers would no longer have to pay care workers the national minimum wage for...
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Published: 20 August 2018
<img alt="Youth workers to be recruited to mental health support teams" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/7a31bad6-1683-487d-a688-8130cca7af11/1/mentalhealthshutterstock-320x198.jpg" />
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The plans will see the creation of rapid response teams made up of mental health, youth work and social care practitioners to reach those young people in need of immediate help. It is one of a number...
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Published: 20 August 2018
<img alt="Partnership approach helps council net 'outstanding' rating" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/403eeadd-24f0-4110-84c4-87688da153b1/2/Unknown1-320x198.jpeg" />
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The inspectorate praised the London Borough of Bexley for its new approach to partnership working between agencies, which it said has created a whole-system approach where all partner agencies are committed...
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Published: 20 August 2018
<img alt="Ofsted finds deterioration in council's early help for vulnerable children" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/82b6e882-2874-4df7-97b5-fd55bf29df7a/3/burycouncilpictureGoogle-320x198.png" />
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A focused visit by Ofsted to Bury Council's children's services in July has found that early support for children is blighted by a lack of scrutiny, which means the council does not fully understand its...
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Published: 17 August 2018
<img alt="Council moves out of 'inadequate' following Ofsted inspection" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b23b5bed-53ad-40d1-843c-2d3c3b07722a/1/childprotection-320x198.jpg" />
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During their visit in June, inspectors found that over the last six months Lancashire Council had accelerated the pace of improvements after a slow start following their inadequate judgment three years...
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Published: 17 August 2018
<img alt="Large rise in the number of youth custody staff " src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/2e4e3d1c-08f9-4bae-a09f-68facdf41503/2/cookhamwoodyouthcustodyyoipetercrane-320x198.jpg" />
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Prison service workforce figures published this week by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) show that on 30 June 2018 there were 1,545 full time equivalent (FTE) workers employed by the Youth Custody Service,...
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Published: 16 August 2018
<img alt="More than 400,000 under-18s live with 'toxic trio', analysis shows" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/1e9ffebe-ae92-47ec-910d-d47e99994432/1/e37fff7ab85703b3a12b016c253dbbabgif-320x198.gif" />
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The Office of the Children's Commissioner for England used data from a 2014 mental health survey of adults to calculate the figure, which it said is the best estimate yet of the toxic trio's prevalence....
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Published: 16 August 2018
<img alt="Ofsted to require struggling councils to produce urgent action plans " src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/5995a7cc-5201-4bd2-a21b-2e2d3bce328c/1/ofstedbuildingphiladams-320x198.jpg" />
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The inspectorate has told CYP Now that a revised version of the inspection of local authority children's services (ILACS) framework to be published in September will include a requirement for local authorities...
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Published: 16 August 2018
<img alt="NCS to roll out new contracts to boost links with local groups" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/c13159a7-7393-49e3-8779-5732d51b02ab/2/michaellynasceoncstrust-320x198.jpg" />
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The NCS Trust, which oversees running of the programme, says the new approach - billed as NCS 2.0 - will cut out regional bodies that co-ordinate commissioning, reducing management costs and allowing it...
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Published: 16 August 2018