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Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Amid constant reforms and challenges, Charlotte Goddard identifies entry-level requirements and ongoing professional development for key roles across the children and young people's workforce.

Children's centres 'should take on mental health role'

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Friday, August 18, 2017

| CYP Now

Government should review the way children's centres are funded and work towards using them as a resource to tackle mental health issues early, a think-tank has said.

Children's Food Trust announces closure

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Friday, July 21, 2017

| CYP Now

A charity set up by the government to improve the quality of school meals has announced its closure, four years after its government funding was pulled.

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.

Tory manifesto: New domestic violence offence among raft of pledges

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Thursday, May 18, 2017

| CYP Now

A new criminal offence will be introduced for perpetrators of domestic abuse directed at a child, the Conservative Party has said.

Health visitor checks: Public Health England to monitor councils on delivery

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Thursday, April 13, 2017

| CYP Now

The government quango responsible for public health has pledged to ensure that local authorities fulfil their duty to provide health visitor checks for young children, in the wake of a government decision to maintain their mandatory status.

Birmingham early years staff to be consulted on redundancies

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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

| CYP Now

A group consultation exercise is due to launch shortly ahead of a number of redundancies within Birmingham City Council's early years services, it has emerged.

Health visitors report rise in children with communication difficulties

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

| CYP Now

There has been an eight per cent rise in health visitors reporting more children experiencing delayed language in the space of a single year, it has emerged.

Budget: Critics attack lack of action on free childcare funding

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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

| CYP Now

The government has been criticised for failing to act on concerns within the childcare sector about funding for extended free provision, after no additional money to boost the flagship initiative was announced in today's Spring Budget.

Health visitor checks to remain mandatory

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Thursday, March 2, 2017

| CYP Now

Children will continue to receive mandatory checks from health visitors, the Department of Health (DH) has confirmed following a review of the policy.

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.

NHS Trust plans to cut health visitor numbers by a quarter

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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Around a quarter of health visitor posts could be axed under plans being considered by an NHS Foundation Trust.

CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2016

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Monday, December 19, 2016

| CYP Now

With the UK voting to leave the European Union, a new Prime Minister and government installed, policy u-turns, and an influx of children and families from war-torn Syria, 2016 has been a turbulent year. Here is a run-down of the most-read stories published on the CYP Now website over the past 12 months.

Labour backs mandatory reporting

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Mandatory reporting should be introduced in order to protect children from abuse, Labour has said.

Boost early years support to improve social mobility, commission says

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

| CYP Now

The early years pupil premium should be doubled as part of efforts to combat worsening life chances for children and young people across the UK, the Social Mobility Commission has said.

Longfield recruits Narey as children's commissioner adviser

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Friday, September 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Former Barnardo's chief executive Sir Martin Narey is one of several high profile figures that have been signed up to provide advice to children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield, it has been announced.

Council plans to cut early help services by £4m

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Monday, September 19, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has announced plans to cut early help funding by £4m one the next four years, with 11 children's centres at risk.

Health visiting review: ministers to consider axing family health checks

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Wednesday, July 6, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has launched a review into health visiting that could signal the end of mandatory health checks for families, amid claims that the future of the profession is being placed at risk.

Government launches £80m payment-by-results fund to tackle social problems

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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Projects aimed at improving the life chances of vulnerable children and young people could gain a share of a new £80m government fund that links payments to improved outcomes.

Ombudsman criticises council over childcare arrangements

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Friday, June 24, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has been criticised by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) for failing to properly support a working mother of two teenage disabled children with her childcare needs.

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Parental relationship support 'not a priority' for councils

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils and other local agencies are failing to prioritise support for parental relationships as part of efforts to improve the life chances of children, a study has found.

Council set to downgrade seven children's centres

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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has announced plans to reduce the number of children's centres it runs from 15 to eight, as part of efforts to save money.

Health visitors call for investment in infant mental health

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Friday, February 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Government needs to invest more money in mental health support for babies, the Institute of Health Visiting has said.

MPs urge improved pre-birth efforts to tackle child obesity

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Attempts to tackle child obesity must start before birth, a group of peers and MPs have said.

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Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training

Children's centres 'should take on mental health role'

Children's Food Trust announces closure

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

Tory manifesto: New domestic violence offence among raft of pledges

Health visitor checks: Public Health England to monitor councils on delivery

Birmingham early years staff to be consulted on redundancies

Health visitors report rise in children with communication difficulties

Budget: Critics attack lack of action on free childcare funding

Health visitor checks to remain mandatory

Ofsted praises SEN funding approach in Leeds

NHS Trust plans to cut health visitor numbers by a quarter

CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2016

Labour backs mandatory reporting

Boost early years support to improve social mobility, commission says

Longfield recruits Narey as children's commissioner adviser

Council plans to cut early help services by £4m

Health visiting review: ministers to consider axing family health checks

Government launches £80m payment-by-results fund to tackle social problems

Ombudsman criticises council over childcare arrangements

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Parental relationship support 'not a priority' for councils

Council set to downgrade seven children's centres

Health visitors call for investment in infant mental health

MPs urge improved pre-birth efforts to tackle child obesity

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