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Revised Working Together guidance introduces checks on local safeguarding boards

Thursday, March 21, 2013

| CYP Now

An independent panel of experts will be created to vet the decisions of local safeguarding children board chairs under revised safeguarding guidance published today.

Ofsted overhauls residential family centre inspections

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted has issued its revised inspection framework for residential family centres.

Daily roundup: Missing children, child protection, and youth unemployment

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Police change the definition of missing persons, Northamptonshire child protection rated inadequate, and youth unemployment up 48,000, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, child poverty and arrests of girls

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

NSPCC warning over FGM teacher training gaps, predictions of a nine per cent rise in child poverty, and police arrest fewer girls, all in the news today.

Social work training programme opens to new candidates

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Half of England's local authorities have signed up for a new round of a government social worker training programme.

Majority of councils have a principal social worker in place

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Monday, March 18, 2013

| CYP Now

More than two thirds of local authority children's services have appointed a principal social worker as recommended in the Munro review two years ago.

Parents to foot bill for putting children in care

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Worcestershire parents who put their children into care could be made to pay the cost under council plans.

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.

National action plan urged for young runaways

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Dedicated early intervention services must be set up in every local authority area to protect young runaways from abuse, a charity has said.

Early intervention 'reduces demand for child protection services'

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Investment in early intervention is reducing demand for child protection services by up to 30 per cent in some local authorities, while other areas struggle to cope with huge increases in demand, research by the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has found.

ADCS launches inquiry into the care system

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services have launched an inquiry into the purpose of the care system, as part of plans to radically improve provision for looked-after children across the country.

Charities launch major inquiry into the care of looked-after children

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Monday, October 1, 2012

| CYP Now

An inquiry into how best to provide stable homes for children who cannot live with their birth parents has been launched by a group of eight charities.

'Terrifying' welfare reforms will drive up care referrals, warns Munro

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Friday, July 6, 2012

| CYP Now

The architect of the government's child protection reforms has warned that changes to welfare policy could inadvertently increase the number of children being referred to social care services.

NSPCC survey finds violence in the home increases risk of antisocial behaviour in children

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

| CYP Now

Children who witness family violence are more likely to seriously harm another person, run away from home, be excluded from school or carry a weapon, according to a survey by the NSPCC.

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Thousands of children living in the UK without legal immigration status are at risk of destitution and exploitation because of contradictory rules and regulations, a report by the University of Oxford has claimed.

Council attempts to move 500 families 'due to housing benefit cap'

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

| CYP Now

A London council has blamed the government's decision to cap housing benefit for its attempts to house up to 500 families in Stoke-on-Trent.

Tax evasion crackdown 'threatens early intervention'

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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.

Legal aid reforms will leave children exposed to domestic violence, campaigners warn

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Monday, March 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Women and children will be placed in danger if planned changes to legal aid are rubberstamped, campaigners have warned.

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

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Friday, February 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Safeguards to protect children from "intrusive and stressful" bailiffs are to be introduced by the government.

Social impact bonds to fund intensive therapy in Essex

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Essex County Council has rubberstamped plans to use social impact bonds to fund intensive work with families and young people on the edge of care or custody.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

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Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

Cameron backs Early Intervention Foundation

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Friday, September 16, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has offered his support to the concept of an Early Intervention Foundation to promote effective practice, suggesting government funding could be available.

Older children miss out on early intervention, says Catch22

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's vision for supporting families through early interventions is short-sighted as it only focuses on the youngest children, a charity has claimed.

Home Office brands chief constable's cuts comments 'irresponsible'

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Friday, February 25, 2011

| CYP Now

A chief constable has been criticised by the Home Office after claiming that cuts to his force will place vulnerable people "at risk".

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Revised Working Together guidance introduces checks on local safeguarding boards

Ofsted overhauls residential family centre inspections

Daily roundup: Missing children, child protection, and youth unemployment

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, child poverty and arrests of girls

Social work training programme opens to new candidates

Majority of councils have a principal social worker in place

Parents to foot bill for putting children in care

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

National action plan urged for young runaways

Early intervention 'reduces demand for child protection services'

ADCS launches inquiry into the care system

Charities launch major inquiry into the care of looked-after children

'Terrifying' welfare reforms will drive up care referrals, warns Munro

NSPCC survey finds violence in the home increases risk of antisocial behaviour in children

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

Council attempts to move 500 families 'due to housing benefit cap'

Tax evasion crackdown 'threatens early intervention'

Legal aid reforms will leave children exposed to domestic violence, campaigners warn

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

Social impact bonds to fund intensive therapy in Essex

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Cameron backs Early Intervention Foundation

Older children miss out on early intervention, says Catch22

Home Office brands chief constable's cuts comments 'irresponsible'

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