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Call for children's centres to focus on early intervention

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The core purpose for children's centres should be remodeled to focus on early intervention for families with children under five, a new report recommends.

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

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Monday, February 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Sheffield has been told to improve its children's services after an inspection highlighted weaknesses in performance on looked-after children and adoption.

Councils increase expenditure on children's social care

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Friday, February 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Spending by England's councils on children's social care increased by 2.6 per cent in the last financial year, according to latest government figures.

Birmingham sees huge fall in identification of vulnerable children

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham Council is taking action to improve the way child protection tip-offs are acted on following a worrying drop in the numbers of children subject to protection plans.

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The chief executive of the National Children's Bureau is to step down after three years in charge, it has been announced.

Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

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Friday, February 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Efforts to create an independent trust to run children's services in Doncaster are weeks behind schedule, it has emerged.

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services in Warrington has been appointed by Ofsted to spearhead attempts to improve social care across England.

Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The London Borough of Hillingdon has become the first council to be told that its child protection and care services must be improved under Ofsted's tougher new inspection framework.

Wilshaw slams 'unacceptable' children's social care services

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Friday, January 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's social care is "coasting at an unacceptable level" and will not improve until workforce turnover falls, the head of Ofsted has said.

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.

Pupil premium extension to pre-schools wins backing from Clegg

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has pledged his support for extending the use of pupil premium funding into the early years sector.

Charities set to take over youth services in Croydon

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Croydon Council wants charities to deliver some of its early intervention and youth services in a bid to stave off having to close provision.

Foster carer demand shows slight fall

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of foster carers needed to be recruited this year is slightly lower than in 2013 due to a slowdown in the number of children expected to be fostered, research suggests.

Daily roundup: Spending cuts, childcare reforms and drug mules

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Monday, January 6, 2014

| CYP Now

George Osborne warns of further spending cuts; government advisers urge ministers to rethink childcare reforms; and gangs use children to carry drugs out of London, all in the news today.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

Government reluctant to raise leaving care age

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Friday, December 20, 2013

| CYP Now

The government will not consider raising the leaving age for children in residential care to 21 until standards have improved, Education Secretary Michael Gove has said.

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

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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.

Antisocial behaviour powers put children at risk of eviction

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Monday, December 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposed new powers that could result in children as young as 10 being evicted from their home for bad behaviour have been criticised by a coalition of leading charities.

Think-tank backs children's centres to take early years lead

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Friday, December 13, 2013

| CYP Now

A universal childcare model delivered by children's centres could boost the economy by £1.5bn, according to a new report.

£8m fund to tackle London's childcare shortage

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Friday, December 13, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has given a funding boost to early years services in London after figures show only half of the capital's councils have enough nursery places available to provide free childcare for all disadvantaged two-year-olds.

Oxfordshire's children's centres saved from closure

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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.

Call for better co-ordinated support for disadvantaged families

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Support services need to be better co-ordinated in order to ensure government programmes to ‘turn around' the lives of struggling families reach their full potential, the chief executive of 4Children has said.

Large families worst hit by benefit cap

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Friday, November 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Households with large numbers of children are being overwhelmingly worst hit by the government's benefit cap, latest figures show.

Proposed child maintenance levy cut by government

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has reduced the amount it will charge lone parents for using the Child Maintenance Service to secure support payments following widespread opposition to the proposals.

Gang hotspots failing to confront young people's health issues

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

| CYP Now

More than 80 per cent of England's gang "hotspots" have no strategy in place to tackle the health problems that contribute to youth and gang violence, according to a report.

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Call for children's centres to focus on early intervention

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

Councils increase expenditure on children's social care

Birmingham sees huge fall in identification of vulnerable children

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

Wilshaw slams 'unacceptable' children's social care services

Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

Pupil premium extension to pre-schools wins backing from Clegg

Charities set to take over youth services in Croydon

Foster carer demand shows slight fall

Daily roundup: Spending cuts, childcare reforms and drug mules

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Government reluctant to raise leaving care age

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

Antisocial behaviour powers put children at risk of eviction

Think-tank backs children's centres to take early years lead

£8m fund to tackle London's childcare shortage

Oxfordshire's children's centres saved from closure

Call for better co-ordinated support for disadvantaged families

Large families worst hit by benefit cap

Proposed child maintenance levy cut by government

Gang hotspots failing to confront young people's health issues

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