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Ofsted derails joint child protection inspection plans

Friday, April 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Plans for joint child protection inspections involving regulators across social care, health and youth justice are in disarray.

DfE axes Children's Improvement Board funding

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

| CYP Now

The government is to stop funding the Children's Improvement Board just two years after it was set up, it has been announced.

Daily roundup: Self-harm; Manchester serious case review; and redundancies at the DfE

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Friday, March 1, 2013

| CYP Now

Charities claim the number of children self-harming is on the rise, a serious case review into the death of a four-year-old let down by seven agencies, and a warning over unfair dismissal claims at the DfE, all in the news today.

Police deny young people's rights in custody, High Court told

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people's rights are being breached because of a failure to offer independent support and advice to 17-year-olds in police custody, it has been claimed.

Council launches drive to recruit 'resilience foster carers' for troubled teenagers

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Former police and prison officers are being urged to become "resilience foster carers" offering homes to the most challenging looked-after teenagers, as part of a Staffordshire County Council campaign.

Children and Families Bill SEN reforms 'exclude children in custody'

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people in custody will not benefit from plans to boost special educational needs (SEN) provision through the Children and Families Bill, it has emerged.

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.

YOTs told to make case for mental health investment

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams must work closely with new health and wellbeing boards to drive down high numbers of vulnerable young people with mental health needs in the justice system, a charity has said.

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.

Plan to axe YJB weakened its influence, says chief

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Government attempts to scrap the Youth Justice Board (YJB) resulted in it losing its authority, the chief executive of the organisation has conceded.

Adoption reforms ‘risk undermining support for vulnerable children'

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Plans to redirect £150m of early intervention funding into adoption reform risk reducing frontline services for vulnerable children, the chair of the Local Government Association's (LGA) children and young people board has warned.

Government raids Early Intervention Grant to fund adoption reform

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has slashed £150m from the Early Intervention Grant to plough into attempts to increase the number of adoptions in England, children's minister Edward Timpson has confirmed.

NSPCC appoints Peter Wanless as chief executive

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

| CYP Now

The NSPCC has appointed a former senior civil servant to be its chief executive from June this year.

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils could save more than £32,000 for each troubled family they work with by providing services in a more effective way, a government report has claimed.

Youth Contract to help more young people

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

| CYP Now

An additional 15,000 16- and 17-year-olds are to receive help to find work or training through the Youth Contract, following a government review of the programme's "narrow" criteria.

Street-based youth work lauded for tackling violence

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Monday, January 14, 2013

| CYP Now

A major two-year study has found that street-based youth work can play a vital role in tackling violence among young people.?

Antisocial behaviour bill ‘could imprison more young people'

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Monday, January 14, 2013

| CYP Now

More children and young people could end up in prison if the government's draft antisocial behaviour bill becomes legislation, the Standing Committee for Youth Justice has warned.

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

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Friday, January 4, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's decision to compel local authorities to reveal their early intervention expenditure by publishing a funding profile has been attacked as a "meaningless exercise".

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.

Scottish criminal justice system ‘punishes vulnerable'

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

| CYP Now

Children who have been excluded from school by the age of 12 are four times more likely to spend time in prison in adulthood, according to research by Edinburgh University.

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

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Monday, December 10, 2012

| CYP Now

England's children's commissioner should be given stronger powers, while the title of the role should be changed to include "young people", an influential group of MPs and peers has said.

Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

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Friday, November 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and families minister Edward Timpson has praised the efforts of people working to improve children, young people and families' lives, at the 2012 CYP Now Awards.

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2012 announced

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Friday, November 30, 2012

| CYP Now

A literature festival for children in the care system, a film and live performance featuring poetry composed by young deaf children, and a scheme to take cricket from the village green to the inner cities, were just some of the inspiring winners of the 2012 Children & Young People Now Awards.

Major inquiry to create 'new social policy blueprint'

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

| CYP Now

The Centre for Social Justice has launched a major inquiry into the root causes of poverty and crime, intended to influence politicians' thinking ahead of the next general election.

Labour to extend youth offending team support to older young people

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Friday, November 23, 2012

| CYP Now

Labour is to explore extending the remit of youth offending teams by making them responsible for young people into their 20s, the shadow justice secretary has said.

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Ofsted derails joint child protection inspection plans

DfE axes Children's Improvement Board funding

Daily roundup: Self-harm; Manchester serious case review; and redundancies at the DfE

Police deny young people's rights in custody, High Court told

Council launches drive to recruit 'resilience foster carers' for troubled teenagers

Children and Families Bill SEN reforms 'exclude children in custody'

Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

YOTs told to make case for mental health investment

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

Plan to axe YJB weakened its influence, says chief

Adoption reforms ‘risk undermining support for vulnerable children'

Government raids Early Intervention Grant to fund adoption reform

NSPCC appoints Peter Wanless as chief executive

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

Youth Contract to help more young people

Street-based youth work lauded for tackling violence

Antisocial behaviour bill ‘could imprison more young people'

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

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

Scottish criminal justice system ‘punishes vulnerable'

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2012 announced

Major inquiry to create 'new social policy blueprint'

Labour to extend youth offending team support to older young people

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