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<img alt="DfE faces legal action over 'misleading' safeguarding guidance" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/7fd97551-10a5-44a0-8541-f86ef67f8a84/3/SGOaynurshAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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Children's rights charity Article 39, claims that Department for Education "statutory guidance myth busting", produced by its children's social care innovation programme, features "numerous errors and...
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Published: 9 January 2019
<img alt="Deprived areas to get 6,000 new youth group places" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/414fb5fe-f7f2-4169-99d1-e28a44ec500a/2/TimKiddLarge-320x198.jpg" />
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The money is being distributed to nine groups through the Uniformed Youth Fund, which was announced last September, to help uniformed youth groups expand into deprived areas of England.
A total of 6,250...
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Published: 8 January 2019
<img alt="Leadership change helps council move out of 'inadequate'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/789ab867-a608-4e5d-a70b-b94e62183540/2/BromleyAdeAdetosoye-320x198.jpg" />
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A change of leadership is cited by inspectors as a key driver to improved support for vulnerable children at Bromley Council after it was handed Ofsted's lowest rating in June 2016.
In December 2016,...
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Published: 8 January 2019
<img alt="'Inspirational' DCS secures top Ofsted rating" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/54ab26be-ce53-4b2c-b2ef-393355090440/1/5ea4248f0624c1a277b9cf464a1e2023gif-320x198.gif" />
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Inspectors upped Essex County Council's overall judgment following an inspection in November 2018, after it found the department to be "good" in 2014. It was rated "inadequate" for safeguarding in August...
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Published: 7 January 2019
<img alt="Cautious welcome for young people's mental health plan" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/e482b888-26c9-4566-aba5-538b2ad1c563/1/timetochangedepressionmentalhealthcreditnewscastonline-320x198.jpg" />
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The NHS Long Term Plan, published today by NHS England, promises to help 345,000 more young people through community-based services including schools and colleges. Crisis care, early intervention, and...
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Published: 7 January 2019
<img alt="YOI fails younger inmates, inspection finds" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/3f2f29ba-4399-4574-8b93-abb97c6bc9e9/2/ScreenShot20190107at122255-320x198.png" />
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HM Inspectorate of Prisons, Ofsted, Care Quality Commission and General Pharmaceutical Council inspectors found in July to August 2018 that HMP YOI Isis had not acted upon recommendations made two years...
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Published: 7 January 2019
<img alt="Former Rotherham children's chief awarded CBE" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/054651ce-c71b-419c-93ea-0c391de3cf0a/1/ianthomaspicturederbyshirecountycouncil-320x198.png" />
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Ian Thomas received the accolade in the Queen's New Year's Honours List, for his outstanding contribution to local government and children's services. Shortly before taking over as interim director...
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Published: 4 January 2019
<img alt="Government funds new ways to tackle parental conflict" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/f4ccfcc8-ce67-4b8f-b4ba-f496b2aaabcc/1/casestudycouplesargueistock-320x198.jpg" />
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Local authorities, charities and social enterprises are among the organisations that can make a bid to the Challenge Fund. The fund, from the Reducing Parental Conflict Programme (RPCP), will gather...
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Published: 4 January 2019
<img alt="In the latest edition of CYP Now: Cost of living; regional adoption agencies; and apprenticeships special" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/779756e6-099d-44c7-8e6a-3bbac7d8205b/3/InThisIssueJan2019Cover-320x198.jpg" />
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There are contributions from six frontline practitioners across different parts of the children's sector reflecting on how they make ends meet. The main analysis assesses the progress made in the development...
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Published: 3 January 2019