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<img alt="Youth projects share £1.5m to tackle knife crime" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/7d6fe36d-080d-42ef-ae77-ce435b14e369/3/ScreenShot20180808at104303-320x198.png" />
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The latest round of funding from the Home Office's Anti-Knife Crime Community Fund was originally set at £1m when it launched in May, but has been increased by a further £500,000 due to the number and...
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Published: 7 August 2018
<img alt="Inspectors warn of 'serious' workforce problems at South East council" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/35c6b50a-6230-44f7-8775-dd3e8e97f093/1/ebd2acbec0d5b0c5d4def5c54fcf6215gif-320x198.gif" />
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A joint targeted area inspection (JTAI) of the multi-agency response to domestic abuse in Medway raised concerns about the impact that persistent workforce challenges faced by the local authority is having...
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Published: 7 August 2018
<img alt="30 hours funded childcare scheme hits childminders' profits" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/708d7f7c-35ad-4263-b831-bf247fb0d509/1/2bbd8d97a7deeac711951697ec794f27gif-320x198.gif" />
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The Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (Pacey) asked 2,219 early years practitioners - 85 per cent of who were childminders - about how the policy was working in practice.
It found...
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Published: 7 August 2018
<img alt="Ofsted awards first across the board 'outstanding' rating under new children's services framework" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/c5b8d680-47b5-418c-a704-304936ed38a4/3/1countyhall-320x198.jpg" />
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Following a visit in July, inspectors have handed children's services at North Yorkshire County Council its top grade for leadership, child protection, support for children in care and care leavers as...
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Published: 7 August 2018
<img alt="Youth worker register 'close to launch'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/94c0844e-1806-4fe1-9134-e466e5f31a8a/0/adammuirheadiyw-320x198.jpg" />
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The register, plans for which were announced in the Institute's five-year strategy launched in January, will include details of the qualifications held by individual youth workers.
Institute chair Adam...
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Published: 6 August 2018
<img alt="Council-owned company plan gets DfE backing" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/184dddbe-2207-4840-8cc6-281aa2706163/2/worcestershirecountyhallpictureworcestershirecountycouncil-320x198.jpg" />
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The move follows Ofsted inspectors reporting that while there are signs of improvement at Worcestershire County Council, lingering problems remain within the "inadequate"-rated service.
In light of...
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Published: 6 August 2018
<img alt="Alternative provision projects receive £4m funding boost" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/81af8381-e1eb-4964-9b32-4b0a4b177977/0/therowanspru-320x198.jpg" />
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The projects include maths tutoring, careers advice, support for parents, work to help young people return to mainstream or special schools, and exploring the use of robots in hospitals to encourage pupils...
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Published: 6 August 2018
<img alt="Children's services at cash-strapped council facing deep cuts" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/c30df54e-4f28-49f3-9fd4-f3d597f2a284/2/ScreenShot20180803at133113-320x198.png" />
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A "recovery plan" put forward this week by Northamptonshire County Council includes proposals to make "radical service reductions and efficiencies" across the authority to "significantly reduce spending"....
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Published: 3 August 2018
<img alt="Optimism about adoptive placement blinded professionals in child death case" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/09247ba0-d33a-463e-bf29-592d7df5bf80/0/scrcreditphiladams-320x198.jpg" />
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Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Regional Safeguarding Children's Board's extended child practice review of the case found that the emerging pattern of injuries inflicted on Elsie by one of her adoptive fathers...
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Published: 3 August 2018