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Financial pressures on parents have made the UK less family-friendly

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

| CYP Now

The UK is less "family-friendly" than last year due to rising childcare costs, housing problems and the economic climate, a report by charity the Family and Parenting Institute (FPI) has found.

Older children miss out on early intervention, says Catch22

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's vision for supporting families through early interventions is short-sighted as it only focuses on the youngest children, a charity has claimed.

Loughton to mentor workless family

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Monday, August 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's minister Tim Loughton has volunteered to "adopt" a family as part of a scheme to help people back into work.

Tens of thousands set to lose legal advice

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Close to 70,000 young people struggling with problems relating to issues such as homelessness and employment face losing access to free legal advice due to government plans to cut the legal aid budget by 350m, a report has warned.

Cameron's children's services ‘reform' agenda receives mixed response from sector

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to change the way child protection and children's services are delivered by "bringing in new providers" have been given a mixed reception by the sector.

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated "inadequate" for the second time in two years after Ofsted inspectors found widespread failings in services for vulnerable children.

Council proposes 'higher risk' care strategy for vulnerable children

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has warned that vulnerable children are likely to be placed at risk if plans to balance the books by adopting a "higher risk" care strategy are given the go-ahead.

Timpson announces extra £70m for innovation programme

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Friday, October 31, 2014

| CYP Now

An additional £70m will be made available for projects to improve children's services through the government's innovation programme, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) face a fight to protect their role, with more than half now responsible for other directorates or services, the vice president-elect of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

Children's social workers to learn psychology techniques in trailblazer project

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

| CYP Now

All children's social workers will be trained in advanced psychological counselling techniques as part of a radical shake-up of child protection services in Hertfordshire, funded with nearly £5m of government money.

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

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Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education will consider intervening in the running of children's services in Somerset after the department was labelled "inadequate" by Ofsted for the second time in less than two years.

Former service users in line for children's sector apprenticeships

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Monday, May 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Parents who have turned their lives around will be among those offered a chance to train for a professional career in children's services as part of ambitious plans to address recruitment issues in the sector.

Ofsted tells children's services department to improve

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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

| CYP Now

A children's services department has been told to improve its work following an inspection by Ofsted.

Big Lottery Fund launches 20m scheme to join up services for families

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Monday, March 7, 2011

| CYP Now

The Big Lottery Fund is to launch a 20m initiative to finance joined-up support services for families with complex needs.

Universal credit will deter single parents from full-time work

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Friday, May 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Single parents wanting to work full-time will be worse off when the universal credit is implemented, according to the latest analysis of government welfare reforms.

Border Agency criticised for separating children from parents

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Friday, April 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Children are being placed at risk of serious harm by the detention of parents on immigration grounds, a charity has claimed.

Troubled families initiative misses first-year target

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first-year target for the number of families they worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

Call for social workers to have greater role in early intervention

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Social workers should be routinely involved in early intervention work that goes beyond their legal responsibilities, the College of Social Work has said.

Intensive support cuts cost of working with a third of troubled families

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Friday, June 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Intensive support can save local authorities up to £130,000 per family but was found to reduce the overall spend on services for only a third of families, a study has found.

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Labour's youth justice minister has called for sweeping changes to the way young offenders are dealt with, suggesting that anything that does not work should be ditched.

Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

| CYP Now

An expansion of the Troubled Families initiative is to focus on tackling poor health and supporting children under the age of five, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has revealed.

HMRC urged to reverse nursery closures

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Monday, September 3, 2012

| CYP Now

The trade union that represents staff at Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is calling on the authority to reverse its decision to close its eight staff nurseries across the UK.

Energy bills force families to cut back on food and fuel

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Monday, February 20, 2012

| CYP Now

More than 90 per cent of Barnardo's services have supported families with debts owed to their gas or electricity supplier.

Tax credit changes leave families more than £500 a year worse off

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Families with children will lose an average of £511 a year, while more than one million will no longer receive tax credits due to government changes coming into force this week, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

Parents turn down work to cope with cost of childcare

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Parents are turning down job opportunities and borrowing money to cover the costs of childcare, a survey by the Daycare Trust and Mumsnet has found.

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Financial pressures on parents have made the UK less family-friendly

Older children miss out on early intervention, says Catch22

Loughton to mentor workless family

Tens of thousands set to lose legal advice

Cameron's children's services ‘reform' agenda receives mixed response from sector

Ofsted rates council 'inadequate' for second time in two years

Council proposes 'higher risk' care strategy for vulnerable children

Timpson announces extra £70m for innovation programme

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

Children's social workers to learn psychology techniques in trailblazer project

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

Former service users in line for children's sector apprenticeships

Ofsted tells children's services department to improve

Big Lottery Fund launches 20m scheme to join up services for families

Universal credit will deter single parents from full-time work

Border Agency criticised for separating children from parents

Troubled families initiative misses first-year target

Call for social workers to have greater role in early intervention

Intensive support cuts cost of working with a third of troubled families

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems

HMRC urged to reverse nursery closures

Energy bills force families to cut back on food and fuel

Tax credit changes leave families more than £500 a year worse off

Parents turn down work to cope with cost of childcare

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