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A government-funded social care initiative that supports families in crisis has announced plans to recruit 100,000 volunteers as part of a major nationwide expansion.

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

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Social workers who fail new accreditation tests being introduced by government will not lose their registration, the chief social worker for children has said.

'Alarming' number of trafficked children go missing from care

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

| CYP Now

More than 750 trafficking victims and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children went missing in the space of a single year, with 40 per cent of them yet to be found, it has emerged.

YOTs urged to improve data sharing on imprisoned children

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams (YOTs) have been told to improve the way they share information on young people sentenced to custody to make services more efficient and safe.

Multi-agency partnerships improve child abuse detection

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Multi-agency child protection arrangements are improving information sharing across partner bodies and helping to identify safeguarding problems quicker, a government review of local partnerships has found.

£19m fund to help adopted children access therapy

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

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Adoptive parents will be able to access a fund worth £19.3m to get help such as therapy for children who may have been abused or neglected, the government has announced.

Children in poorest postcodes '10 times more likely to end up in care'

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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Children in the most deprived neighbourhoods in the UK are at least 10 times more likely to be in care than children in the least deprived areas, a study has found.

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.

Action for Children interventions help to prevent neglect

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Friday, May 25, 2012

| CYP Now

The risk of neglect decreased for eight out of ten children following early intervention strategies implemented by Action for Children, an evaluation has revealed.

Councils intervene earlier to take children into care

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Friday, May 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Local authorities have started intervening earlier to take vulnerable children into care since the death of Baby Peter, a study by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has found.

Council lined up to help neighbour's 'inadequate' children's services

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Friday, July 21, 2017

| CYP Now

A council that has twice been rated as "inadequate" by inspectors over the last seven years is set to receive help from a council where services are rated as "requires improvement", it has emerged.

Government cracks down on out-of-borough placements under sexual exploitation reforms

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Monday, July 2, 2012

| CYP Now

The government is to make it harder for councils to place looked-after children in care homes outside of their local area, as part of wide-ranging reforms to protect young people from sexual exploitation and improve the children's home system.

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Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

Government-ordered children's trust services rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted

Children's social workers 'undermined' by government reform plans

DfE-funded care initiative to recruit 100,000 volunteers to expand nationwide

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

'Alarming' number of trafficked children go missing from care

YOTs urged to improve data sharing on imprisoned children

Multi-agency partnerships improve child abuse detection

£19m fund to help adopted children access therapy

Children in poorest postcodes '10 times more likely to end up in care'

Tax evasion crackdown 'threatens early intervention'

Action for Children interventions help to prevent neglect

Councils intervene earlier to take children into care

Council lined up to help neighbour's 'inadequate' children's services

Government cracks down on out-of-borough placements under sexual exploitation reforms

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