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ADCS Conference: Minister finds extra cash for SEN support

Friday, July 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authorities are to benefit from £9m in funding to help them prepare for changes to the way children with special educational needs (SEN) are supported, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

Social work leaders criticise landmark child protection ruling

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Monday, September 9, 2013

| CYP Now

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has spoken out against a landmark legal ruling allowing a father to post a video of police and social workers removing his baby under an emergency protection order.

Family court judges back independent social worker role

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Independent social workers (ISWs) speed up care proceedings and their expertise is instrumental in deciding on complex cases, according to a survey of family court judges.

Independent provider plans could lead to 'privatisation' of social work, warn experts

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Allowing all local authorities to hand responsibility for services to GP-style social work practices risks leading to the privatisation of child protection and looked-after children services, it has been claimed.

UKBA suspends asylum X-ray pilot

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Friday, April 27, 2012

| CYP Now

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has suspended plans to pilot the use of dental X-ray assessments on age-disputed asylum-seekers.

Fears over police powers to 'swipe' children's phones

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Friday, May 18, 2012

| CYP Now

Privacy campaigners have raised concerns for children's rights after it emerged police in London are to be equipped with technology to take information from mobile phones.

Inspectors call for urgent improvements at Portsmouth YOT

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth offending work in Portsmouth is "worryingly poor" and needs to be improved urgently, a joint inspection of the city's youth offending team (YOT) has concluded.

Children treated on adult mental health wards on the rise

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

| CYP Now

More children and young people have been treated on adult mental health wards in the first eight months of 2013/14 than the whole of the previous year, new data reveals.

Timpson announces study into children's services outsourcing

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to investigate the potential for large-scale outsourcing of local authority children's services.

Training for children's services staff aims to boost young deaf people's rights

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Friday, August 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Social workers and teachers will be offered training to improve young deaf people's access to legal support, after a report found that too often young people are unaware of help available to them.

Loughton vows to boost profile of reviewing officers in system reform

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Monday, October 3, 2011

| CYP Now

The government is considering how to eliminate any crossover between the roles of independent reviewing officers (IROs) and children's court guardians ahead of an overhaul of the family justice system to be unveiled this autumn.

Councils prompted to step up efforts to improve paperwork in family law cases

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Local authorities must improve their quality assurance processes if problems in the family law system are to be successfully overcome, a member of the family justice review panel has said.

Social workers' leader criticises Troubled Families programme

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

| CYP Now

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has hit out at the government's Troubled Families programme for failing to deliver "sustained change" for participants.

Most councils report fall in care applications

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The majority of English councils have recorded an annual drop in the number of children in care applications, according to figures released by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass).

Loughton denies youth cuts link to riots

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's minister Tim Loughton has dismissed any suggestion that riots in London and other cities in England were the result of cuts to youth services.

Criminal justice system fails sex abuse victims, warns report

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Friday, December 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Victims of child sex abuse are being failed by the criminal justice system, an inspection report has concluded.

Gang prevention work needs to start in primary school, say MPs

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Friday, February 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Urgent action is needed in schools to warn pupils as young as seven of the dangers of gang involvement, according to a report by MPs.

Heathrow monitoring board blasts UKBA for holding children in 'degrading' facilities

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

| CYP Now

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has been criticised for detaining children in "degrading" conditions at Heathrow Airport.

Child detention ends at Yarl's Wood

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Thursday, December 16, 2010

| CYP Now

Yarl's Wood immigration centre will close to children with immediate effect, the government has announced.

Government falls short on children's rights, claims charity

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has failed to act on the majority of the UN's recommendations to improve children's rights in England, according to the latest Children Rights Alliance for England (Crae) report.

YJB to issue National Insurance advice to young offenders

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Young people leaving custody are to receive help obtaining a National Insurance (NI) number following concerns raised by a prison reform group.

Court overrules removal of asylum seeker so mother and child can stay together

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

| CYP Now

A landmark ruling means families facing removal from the UK could have a better chance of being allowed to stay with their children if it would be in their child's best interests.

Lord Carlile to lead youth court inquiry

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

| CYP Now

A parliamentary inquiry into the work and effectiveness of youth courts has been launched.

Children-in-need data indicates referrals decline

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Friday, November 1, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of children-in-need referrals is at its lowest level for three years, according to latest government figures.

Nacro appoints Action for Children director as new chief

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Thursday, January 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Crime reduction charity Nacro has appointed a new chief executive to take over from Paul McDowell who leaves next month.

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ADCS Conference: Minister finds extra cash for SEN support

Social work leaders criticise landmark child protection ruling

Family court judges back independent social worker role

Independent provider plans could lead to 'privatisation' of social work, warn experts

UKBA suspends asylum X-ray pilot

Fears over police powers to 'swipe' children's phones

Inspectors call for urgent improvements at Portsmouth YOT

Children treated on adult mental health wards on the rise

Timpson announces study into children's services outsourcing

Training for children's services staff aims to boost young deaf people's rights

Loughton vows to boost profile of reviewing officers in system reform

Councils prompted to step up efforts to improve paperwork in family law cases

Social workers' leader criticises Troubled Families programme

Most councils report fall in care applications

Loughton denies youth cuts link to riots

Criminal justice system fails sex abuse victims, warns report

Gang prevention work needs to start in primary school, say MPs

Heathrow monitoring board blasts UKBA for holding children in 'degrading' facilities

Child detention ends at Yarl's Wood

Government falls short on children's rights, claims charity

YJB to issue National Insurance advice to young offenders

Court overrules removal of asylum seeker so mother and child can stay together

Lord Carlile to lead youth court inquiry

Children-in-need data indicates referrals decline

Nacro appoints Action for Children director as new chief

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