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Children and Families Act: Parental support 'a missed opportunity'

Friday, March 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Measures in the Children and Families Act to extend support for new parents should have been available to other types of carers, the Family Rights Group (FRG) has said.

Conservative Conference 2011: Cameron reaffirms commitment to families

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has reaffirmed his pledge to make the coalition the most "family-friendly" government in history during his keynote speech at the Conservative Party Conference.

Councils to receive £4,000 for success on troubled families

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has revealed the government will pay councils up to £4,000 of the estimated £10,000 cost of turning around a family's life.

Five questions to form basis of family test for new policies

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Friday, October 31, 2014

| CYP Now

Proposed government policies will be checked against five questions to see if they are family friendly as part of efforts to strengthen support for families, it has been announced.

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two more English authorities have been told by Ofsted that their children's services are not up to scratch.

Government commits to overhaul of children's mental health services

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has pledged a "complete overhaul" for children and young people's mental health services to address poor access and support.

Council to offer homes to social workers as part of £6m recruitment drive

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Thursday, May 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Social workers could be offered their own home if they agree to work for Somerset County Council, under plans being considered by the authority as it attempts to recruit 100 new members of staff.

Haringey 'missed chances' to help young killer

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Haringey Council has been criticised for failing a teenage boy who is serving a life sentence for murdering a stranger in the street.

Prime Minister announces child protection taskforce

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

| CYP Now

A child protection taskforce has been established to drive government reforms in the area, it has been announced.

Ofsted joint inspections 'will heap pressure' on children's services

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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to introduce joint inspections of child protection services will add greater pressure to already stretched services, it has been claimed.

Financial crisis has lowered children's wellbeing, finds Children's Society

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Thursday, March 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's wellbeing has taken a significant blow as a direct result of the financial crisis, according to the latest report by The Children's Society.

Prisoners' family relationships 'need better support'

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

| CYP Now

The government could be doing more to improve prisoners' relationships with their families and boost the wellbeing of around 160,000 children a year who have a parent in prison, a report has found.

Social impact bonds to fund intensive therapy in Essex

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Essex County Council has rubberstamped plans to use social impact bonds to fund intensive work with families and young people on the edge of care or custody.

Majority of five-year-olds struggle at school

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Friday, February 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Fewer than half of five-year-olds in England are considered to have a good level of understanding and behaviour in their first year of school, a review of inequality has found.

Labour calls for investigation into children's care charges

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Shadow children's minister Lisa Nandy is calling for an investigation into how many councils are planning to levy charges for taking children into care after Wakefield Council became the latest local authority to confirm it is considering such a move.

Private schooling boosts social mobility of less-advantaged children, study finds

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Friday, October 4, 2013

| CYP Now

A charity has called for improved access to private schooling for less-advantaged children after a major study highlighted lasting benefits.

Children plunged into 'severe poverty' by asylum benefit system

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Thousands of children are being forced into severe poverty because of alarmingly low levels of support for them and their families, a parliamentary inquiry has found.

Lords call for statutory post-adoption support

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils should have a legal obligation to provide post-adoption support, a group of peers has said.

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities that keep hold of their directors of children's services (DCS) perform better in Ofsted inspections than those that change regularly, exclusive analysis by CYP Now has found.

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

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Friday, August 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The quality of child death reviews are "disturbingly variable" with far too many failing to find out what went wrong, a damning report by a government appointed panel has found.

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Children and Families Act: Parental support 'a missed opportunity'

Conservative Conference 2011: Cameron reaffirms commitment to families

Councils to receive £4,000 for success on troubled families

Five questions to form basis of family test for new policies

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

Government commits to overhaul of children's mental health services

Council to offer homes to social workers as part of £6m recruitment drive

Haringey 'missed chances' to help young killer

Prime Minister announces child protection taskforce

Ofsted joint inspections 'will heap pressure' on children's services

Financial crisis has lowered children's wellbeing, finds Children's Society

Prisoners' family relationships 'need better support'

Social impact bonds to fund intensive therapy in Essex

Majority of five-year-olds struggle at school

Labour calls for investigation into children's care charges

Private schooling boosts social mobility of less-advantaged children, study finds

Children plunged into 'severe poverty' by asylum benefit system

Lords call for statutory post-adoption support

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

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