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Child poverty figures predicted to rise by more than half a million by 2013

Monday, October 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Child poverty is set to rise steadily over the next decade, while a further 600,000 children are expected to be living in absolute poverty by 2013.

Wokingham reinstates dedicated DCS post

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Friday, March 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Wokingham Borough Council has been forced to backtrack on a senior management overhaul that saw its director of children's services also serve as interim chief executive.

GP-led 'family care networks' are the future, claims report

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

| CYP Now

A leading health charity is calling for the creation of local "family health networks" of health professionals led by GPs, in order to improve the wellbeing of children and families.

85 children die every year through abuse or neglect, report says

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Monday, July 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Around 85 children and young people die in England each year as a result of abuse or neglect, according to an analysis of serious case reviews by academics.

Grandparents Plus calls on government to raise the profile of kinship care

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Government plans to speed up the adoption process risk "overlooking the extended family as the first port of call", the charity Grandparents Plus has claimed.

DfE unveils 'opportunity area' plans

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Monday, October 9, 2017

| CYP Now

Detailed blueprints for turning six "social mobility cold spots" into "opportunity areas" by enhancing support for disadvantaged children have been unveiled by the Department for Education.

Parents fear monthly benefit payments could lead to debt and homelessness

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

| CYP Now

Low-income families worry that Universal Credit will plunge them into poverty, a report by the Social Market Foundation has warned.

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Central government must urgently consult local authorities on how new "social value" laws could impact on children's services, it has been has warned.

Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Nine out of ten teachers, police officers and social workers are regularly coming into contact with children they suspect to be suffering from neglect, but up to 40 per cent feel powerless to intervene, a report has warned.

Hampshire DCS set to take on chief executive role

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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Hampshire's director of children's services John Coughlan is set to be appointed as the council's chief executive next week.

Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

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Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Politicians in Kensington & Chelsea have outlined their vision of standards for children's services for a new combined department across three authorities, stating that outstanding inspection ratings are expected.

Welfare reforms will penalise working families, warns Barnardo's

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

| CYP Now

High childcare costs mean the poorest parents could effectively be paying to go to work once the government's welfare reforms are introduced, a report by the charity Barnardo's has found.

ADCS calls for wider children's workforce development

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Friday, April 20, 2018

| CYP Now

Government must broaden the scope of its workforce development plans for the children's sector if local authorities are to be able to deal with ongoing financial constraints, the new president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has said.

Children's policy 'given too little attention' at the Department for Education

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Monday, November 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Senior staff at the Department for Education spend less time working on children and families policy than they do on matters relating to schools or colleges, a report by a cross-party group of MPs has found.

Councils challenged to improve support for troubled families

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Monday, December 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Troubled families tsar Louise Casey is stepping up pressure on councils to implement government plans to support 120,000 families whose lives are blighted by crime, antisocial behaviour and truancy.

Support services sideline teenage dads, charities warn

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

| CYP Now

Teenage fathers are being ignored by "mother-centred" support services that treat young men as "invisible", a report by a consortium of charities has warned.

Martin Narey receives knighthood as New Year honours recognise sector's work

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

| CYP Now

The government adoption adviser Martin Narey received a knighthood in the New Year's honors list, among more than 150 people recognised for their work with children and young people.

Half of families will struggle to pay child maintenance fees

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Close to half (46 per cent) of single parents currently using the Child Support Agency (CSA) will not be able to afford proposed fees to access the new child maintenance service, a poll by charity Gingerbread has found.

Ofsted praises SEN funding approach in Leeds

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Friday, February 17, 2017

| CYP Now

The way young people with special educational needs are funded in Leeds is among a number of areas of practice to be praised following an inspection of provision.

Your guide to children's policy briefs in the new government

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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

| CYP Now

Following last month's government reshuffle, ministerial responsibilities relating to the children and young people's sector have been finalised.

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

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Friday, October 24, 2014

| CYP Now

A lack of authority-wide support for change and an "arcane" IT system were key reasons for slow progress in improving children's services in Somerset, the council's former director of children's services (DCS) has claimed.

Minister criticises Hamzah Khan review findings

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has slammed a review into the death of toddler Hamzah Khan for failing to answer key questions about the case, claiming it contains "glaring absences".

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

Next Children's Society chief announced

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

| CYP Now

An ordained priest is to become the next chief executive of The Children's Society, it has been announced.

Council rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted plans children's centre closures

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

| CYP Now

A council where children's services were judged "inadequate" earlier this year has announced plans to close four of its 10 children's centres.

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Child poverty figures predicted to rise by more than half a million by 2013

Wokingham reinstates dedicated DCS post

GP-led 'family care networks' are the future, claims report

85 children die every year through abuse or neglect, report says

Grandparents Plus calls on government to raise the profile of kinship care

DfE unveils 'opportunity area' plans

Parents fear monthly benefit payments could lead to debt and homelessness

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

Hampshire DCS set to take on chief executive role

Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

Welfare reforms will penalise working families, warns Barnardo's

ADCS calls for wider children's workforce development

Children's policy 'given too little attention' at the Department for Education

Councils challenged to improve support for troubled families

Support services sideline teenage dads, charities warn

Martin Narey receives knighthood as New Year honours recognise sector's work

Half of families will struggle to pay child maintenance fees

Ofsted praises SEN funding approach in Leeds

Your guide to children's policy briefs in the new government

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

Minister criticises Hamzah Khan review findings

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Next Children's Society chief announced

Council rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted plans children's centre closures

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