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Struggling council outlines major cuts to early help and youth services

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

| CYP Now

A financially troubled council is considering cutting funding for young people and families in need of early help by £2.5m in a bid to balance its books.

Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

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Family Action has developed a tool to help councils track their performance in supporting families through the Troubled Families programme.

Home Start delivers long-term benefits, study finds

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Monday, July 15, 2013

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A programme that uses volunteer parents to support struggling families improves family wellbeing for up to three years after it has ended, academics have found.

Multisystemic therapy 'no more effective' than conventional support, study finds

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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

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An intensive family therapy programme, used nationwide to turn around the lives of teenagers involved in antisocial behaviour and on the edge of care, is no more effective than conventional methods, researchers have concluded.

Government to trial upfront Troubled Families payments

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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Some councils will receive upfront funding to pay for support provided through the government's Troubled Families programme as part of a trial, it has been announced.

Council leaders challenge government on adoption

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

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Councils should be allowed to work together to improve the adoption system rather than being removed from it, local authority leaders have claimed.

Parents struggling to afford basics for children, study finds

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Monday, August 21, 2017

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Inflation and the current benefits freeze are widening the gap between what families with children have and what they need to cover the basic costs of living, a Child Poverty Action Group study has claimed.

Gang hotspots failing to confront young people's health issues

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

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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.

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.

Call for children's centres to focus on early intervention

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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.

Children's centres should deliver two-year-old offer, says childcare expert

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

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A scheme providing free childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds should be delivered by children's centres, the chief executive of the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has said.

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

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The effectiveness of a specialist court to tackle parental substance misuse could be undermined as a result of the introduction of the 26-week care proceedings target, academics have warned.

Rise in neglect referrals prompts renewed calls for law change

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

The NSPCC has made fresh calls for a law on emotional neglect to be introduced following a surge in reports to its helpline about the issue.

More health visitors needed to hit government target

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 1,800 health visitors must be recruited within 12 months in order for the government to achieve its five-year pledge to boost numbers within the profession, new figures show.

Children's commissioner to investigate impact of family immigration rules

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

| CYP Now

The Office of the Children's Commissioner for England has launched an investigation into the harm family immigration rule changes are causing to children.

Labour Party Conference: Shadow justice secretary backs support for children of prisoners

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Monday, September 22, 2014

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A Labour government will work to ascertain how many children have a parent in prison, shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan has pledged.

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

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Local authorities would be able to save a total of £150m a year by improving the way they work with prospective foster parents, a report has claimed.

Lib Dem Conference 2011: Government to pilot classes for parents of under-fives

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Sunday, September 18, 2011

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Children's minister Sarah Teather has announced that up to four local areas will be involved in a scheme that will offer parenting classes to every parent of a child aged under five.

Internet providers offer parents opportunity to block adult sites

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Four major internet providers in the UK have announced plans to allow parents to block adult content on the web.

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.

Intervention projects help to cut care figures, DfE research suggests

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Friday, October 21, 2011

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Areas with established family intervention projects are seeing fewer children taken into care, emerging research by the Department for Education (DfE) has suggested.

Olympics could provide ‘watershed' for family-friendly workplaces

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

| CYP Now

Employers should use the Olympic Games to accelerate progress towards more family-friendly workplaces, a family charity has urged.

DfE-funded care initiative 'provides low-cost support for vulnerable families'

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Friday, July 14, 2017

| CYP Now

A government-funded social care initiative originally developed in Chicago has the potential to support vulnerable families in the UK at low cost and reduce the number of children coming into care, an evaluation report has found.

Charities urge more support for separating couples sharing care of a child

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Friday, July 8, 2011

| CYP Now

The government is failing to do enough to help separating couples share responsibility for their children, a study has claimed.

Benefit cuts to be challenged in High Court

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

| CYP Now

A High Court judge is set to rule on the legality of controversial housing benefit cuts after a child poverty charity launched a legal challenge.

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Struggling council outlines major cuts to early help and youth services

Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

Home Start delivers long-term benefits, study finds

Multisystemic therapy 'no more effective' than conventional support, study finds

Government to trial upfront Troubled Families payments

Council leaders challenge government on adoption

Parents struggling to afford basics for children, study finds

Gang hotspots failing to confront young people's health issues

Daily roundup: Spending cuts, childcare reforms and drug mules

Call for children's centres to focus on early intervention

Children's centres should deliver two-year-old offer, says childcare expert

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

Rise in neglect referrals prompts renewed calls for law change

More health visitors needed to hit government target

Children's commissioner to investigate impact of family immigration rules

Labour Party Conference: Shadow justice secretary backs support for children of prisoners

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

Lib Dem Conference 2011: Government to pilot classes for parents of under-fives

Internet providers offer parents opportunity to block adult sites

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Intervention projects help to cut care figures, DfE research suggests

Olympics could provide ‘watershed' for family-friendly workplaces

DfE-funded care initiative 'provides low-cost support for vulnerable families'

Charities urge more support for separating couples sharing care of a child

Benefit cuts to be challenged in High Court

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