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Home Office unveils statutory FGM guidance

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  • 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.

Tories to include fox hunting in National Citizen Service

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  • Wednesday, April 1, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Fox hunting will be legalised so that it can be added to the list of activities for David Cameron's flagship National Citizen Service (NCS) programme if the Conservatives win next month's general election, CYP Now has learned.

Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

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  • Friday, January 24, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Parenting support programmes significantly cut the risk of children developing behavioural problems and becoming offenders in adolescence and adulthood, a new study suggests.

Teachers lack skills to spot child neglect

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  • Tuesday, January 14, 2014
  • | CYP Now
School staff can play a key role in helping identify and co-ordinate multi-agency responses to child neglect but too often lack the skills to accurately assess risk, a research report concludes.

DfE announces voluntary sector funding

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  • Friday, May 10, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Promotion of adoption 'parties' and connecting vulnerable young people with arts and cultural facilities are among the projects that have received government voluntary sector funding.

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.