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MPs slam 'deeply flawed' children's mental health system

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

| CYP Now

There are "serious and deeply ingrained problems" with the commissioning and delivery of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), MPs have found.

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

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Friday, January 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The government intends to change the law to make reporting suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory prior to May's general election.

Peer accuses incoming commissioner of ‘pussyfooting' around government

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Thursday, February 5, 2015

| CYP Now

The incoming children's commissioner for England has been accused of "pussyfooting" around government after suggesting the coalition has made good progress on children's rights over the past five years.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

News

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Home Office unveils statutory FGM guidance

News

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Statutory guidance for how children's social workers, doctors, police and teachers should deal with suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) has been published by government as part of attempts to protect potential victims.

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Lucy Powell shadow education secretary.

North-south divide apparent by age five, report finds

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Poor children in the north of England are faring worse by the age of five than their counterparts in London, a study has found.

Proposals for expanded health visiting service focus on early intervention

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Families with young children are to be offered improved support under government plans to expand and rejuvenate the health visiting service.

NCAS conference: ADCS president urges investment to reduce care numbers

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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils must invest heavily in early intervention services in order to stem recent increases in the number of children being taken into care.

Early Intervention Foundation unveils test sites

News

Thursday, August 8, 2013

| CYP Now

The 20 English areas to become test beds for shaping police, health and social care services around early intervention work have been announced.

One in four troubled families 'not satisfied' with access to services

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

| CYP Now

A quarter of people receiving support through the government's flagship Troubled Families programme have said they were "dissatisfied" with how easy it was to access support.

Tax evasion crackdown 'threatens early intervention'

News

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Attempts to fund early intervention work through social finance would be compromised by a government bid to crack down on tax evasion through charitable donations, it has been claimed.

Action for Children interventions help to prevent neglect

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Friday, May 25, 2012

| CYP Now

The risk of neglect decreased for eight out of ten children following early intervention strategies implemented by Action for Children, an evaluation has revealed.

Oxfordshire's children's centres saved from closure

News

Monday, December 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Oxfordshire County Council has backtracked over plans to close scores of children's centres, proposing instead to develop a family-focused early intervention service.

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

News

Monday, December 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposed anti-slavery legislation to be published; Cameron rejects child benefit cap; and consultation launched on children's homes inspection framework, all in the news today.

4Children wants long-term childcare strategy to tackle poverty

News

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Government should pick up the tab for much of the cost of accessing childcare for working people on low incomes, 4Children has said.

Troubled families programme should target siblings of offenders, MPs told

News

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Involving youth offending services with the government's troubled families agenda could help reduce numbers of young people getting in trouble with the law, MPs have been told.

Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

News

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.

Paul Ennals to chair Haringey child safeguarding board

News

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Former National Children's Bureau chief executive Sir Paul Ennals has been appointed as chair of Haringey's Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB).

Domestic violence project to focus on children's needs

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 700 children who have been affected by domestic violence are to benefit from help and support as part of a £470,000 project being delivered by charity Buttle UK.

Children's directors rally against profit-making in child protection

News

Thursday, June 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Child protection services should not be outsourced to organisations intending to make a profit, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Children's charities attack government child poverty plans

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Friday, June 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has been criticised by children's charities for failing to make any significant changes to its revised child poverty strategy.

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

News

Thursday, September 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly 500 children in Manchester were potentially left at risk because social work assessments were not carried out quickly enough, a report that has rated the city's children's services as "inadequate", has found.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

News

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

Call to let Birmingham young people help shape services

News

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham Council needs to let young people have a greater say in the shape of local services and help champion their voices across the city, a group of childhood experts have said.

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MPs slam 'deeply flawed' children's mental health system

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

Peer accuses incoming commissioner of ‘pussyfooting' around government

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Home Office unveils statutory FGM guidance

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

North-south divide apparent by age five, report finds

Proposals for expanded health visiting service focus on early intervention

NCAS conference: ADCS president urges investment to reduce care numbers

Early Intervention Foundation unveils test sites

One in four troubled families 'not satisfied' with access to services

Tax evasion crackdown 'threatens early intervention'

Action for Children interventions help to prevent neglect

Oxfordshire's children's centres saved from closure

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

4Children wants long-term childcare strategy to tackle poverty

Troubled families programme should target siblings of offenders, MPs told

Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

Paul Ennals to chair Haringey child safeguarding board

Domestic violence project to focus on children's needs

Children's directors rally against profit-making in child protection

Children's charities attack government child poverty plans

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

Slough children's services to become independent trust

Call to let Birmingham young people help shape services

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