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Government urged to put special educational needs reforms on hold

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has been urged to delay legislation to overhaul support for children with special educational needs (SEN), over concerns that the law could be changed before the proposed reforms have been properly tested.

Inspections expose 'unacceptable' safeguarding failures, Gove warns

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Friday, November 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Too many local authorities are failing to keep children safe, with almost half of councils subject to Ofsted's new-style child protection checks rated "inadequate", the Education Secretary Michael Gove has warned.

Edlington torture case review proposes wide-ranging children's services reforms

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Friday, November 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Government should develop national guidance on child protection thresholds, while a family judge should be involved in every serious case review, an independent report into the Edlington torture case has claimed.

Children's policy ‘must not suffer' as a result of DfE job cuts

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Plans to cut 1,000 jobs at the Department for Education must not further downgrade the standing of children and young people's policy in government, professionals have warned.

4Children and LGA consortium to run Early Intervention Foundation

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

| CYP Now

A consortium led by the charity 4Children has been selected as the preferred bidder to run the first Early Intervention Foundation, the Department for Education has confirmed.

Commissioner urges action on young people at risk of suicide

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Monday, November 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Professionals across children's services must be trained to support young people at risk of suicide because of negative experiences in early childhood, a report by the children's commissioner for Northern Ireland has claimed.

Child protection system 'fails older children'

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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

| CYP Now

The child protection system is failing older children and must be overhauled urgently, a report by the education select committee has warned.

Troubled families scheme 'must extend beyond 2015'

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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

| CYP Now

The government should expand the eligibility criteria for the troubled families programme and extend the initiative beyond 2015, according to leaders at Westminster Council.

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.

Government to appoint separate chief social workers for children's and adult services

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Friday, November 2, 2012

| CYP Now

Plans to appoint a children and families chief social worker, alongside a separate corresponding post for adults, risk splitting the profession and undermining joint working, sector leaders have warned.

Fewer young people use drug and alcohol misuse services

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

| CYP Now

The number of young people accessing specialist substance misuse services because of drug or alcohol problems has fallen for the third year running, according to official statistics.

LGA chief warns shrinking council budgets threaten early intervention

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Funding pressures are forcing councils to invest in child protection services at the expense of early intervention, the chair of the Local Government Association's (LGA) children and young people board has warned.

GPs admit failure to understand self-harm

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

| CYP Now

Almost half of GPs don't understand what drives young people self-harm and two thirds of teachers would be unsure about how to broach the issue with pupils, a survey has found.

NSPCC chief executive Andrew Flanagan to stand down

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

| CYP Now

The chief executive of the NSPCC has announced his intention to stand down from the role at the end of March next year.

Labour conference: Lisa Nandy promises action to extend free school meals

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Monday, October 1, 2012

| CYP Now

The Labour Party is considering plans to extend free school meals to a larger proportion of pupils should it win the next general election, the shadow children's minister has said.?

Sector leaders call on government to rethink Early Intervention Grant cut

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Monday, October 1, 2012

| CYP Now

Children's sector leaders are urging ministers to drop plans to hold back £150m from the Early Intervention Grant, to avoid spending more on crisis support in the long-term.

Children's services spend to increase by £106m this year

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Friday, September 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Total local authority spending on children and young people's services will increase by more than £100m this year, Department for Education (DfE) statistics have shown.

Kent council plan to detain unaccompanied children branded 'illegal and immoral'

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Monday, September 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Children's right campaigners have condemned Kent County Council after it proposed to lock up unaccompanied refugee and migrant children for up to six weeks to protect them from traffickers.

Deep education cuts predicted for next spending review

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Friday, September 21, 2012

| CYP Now

Children, young people and families could be hit particularly hard in the next government spending review, because of cuts to education and welfare spending, a leading think-tank has claimed.

Young victims of domestic violence to be recognised in revised legal definition

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

| CYP Now

The legal definition of domestic violence is to be widened to include teenagers, so that 16- and 17-year-olds can access support to escape abusive relationships, the government has announced.

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.

Study uncovers lack of support for mothers with perinatal depression

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Monday, September 17, 2012

| CYP Now

The health service lacks sufficient capacity to respond to perinatal depression in mothers, researchers at Warwick Medical School have warned.

Parents suffer in silence at the hands of abusive children, report finds

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Monday, September 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Parents who are abused by their drug or alcohol dependent children are missing out on support because of the "double stigma" of addiction and abuse, according to a government-funded report.

Three North East councils consider children's services merger

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Friday, September 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Darlington, Hartlepool and Redcar & Cleveland councils are considering plans to merge the management of their social care and education departments.?

NCB appoints president and chair

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

| CYP Now

The former boss of Serco's children's services arm has been appointed chair of the National Children's Bureau (NCB)

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Government urged to put special educational needs reforms on hold

Inspections expose 'unacceptable' safeguarding failures, Gove warns

Edlington torture case review proposes wide-ranging children's services reforms

Children's policy ‘must not suffer' as a result of DfE job cuts

4Children and LGA consortium to run Early Intervention Foundation

Commissioner urges action on young people at risk of suicide

Child protection system 'fails older children'

Troubled families scheme 'must extend beyond 2015'

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

Government to appoint separate chief social workers for children's and adult services

Fewer young people use drug and alcohol misuse services

LGA chief warns shrinking council budgets threaten early intervention

GPs admit failure to understand self-harm

NSPCC chief executive Andrew Flanagan to stand down

Labour conference: Lisa Nandy promises action to extend free school meals

Sector leaders call on government to rethink Early Intervention Grant cut

Children's services spend to increase by £106m this year

Kent council plan to detain unaccompanied children branded 'illegal and immoral'

Deep education cuts predicted for next spending review

Young victims of domestic violence to be recognised in revised legal definition

Parents fear monthly benefit payments could lead to debt and homelessness

Study uncovers lack of support for mothers with perinatal depression

Parents suffer in silence at the hands of abusive children, report finds

Three North East councils consider children's services merger

NCB appoints president and chair

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