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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.

Government's child poverty strategy unveiled

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  • Tuesday, April 5, 2011
  • | CYP Now
The government's child poverty strategy will centre on planned reforms to the welfare system, a shift towards early intervention and the introduction of the pupil premium, it has been announced.

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.

Funding for early intervention services cut by 50 per child

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  • Wednesday, March 2, 2011
  • | CYP Now
Funding for services including Sure Start children's centres and teenage pregnancy provision is being cut by an average of 50 per child in the next year, according to research commissioned by shadow education secretary Andy Burnham.

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