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Ombudsman criticises support for young woman attempting to stay in UK

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has been criticised for failing to properly support a young woman seeking permission to remain in the UK.

Big Lottery Fund launches 20m scheme to join up services for families

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Monday, March 7, 2011

| CYP Now

The Big Lottery Fund is to launch a 20m initiative to finance joined-up support services for families with complex needs.

Home-Start launches project to help families gain full benefits

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

| CYP Now

A project to help families gain their full benefits entitlement is to be launched across most of the UK.

Border Agency criticised for separating children from parents

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Friday, April 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Children are being placed at risk of serious harm by the detention of parents on immigration grounds, a charity has claimed.

Troubled families initiative misses first-year target

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first-year target for the number of families they worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

Call for social workers to have greater role in early intervention

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Social workers should be routinely involved in early intervention work that goes beyond their legal responsibilities, the College of Social Work has said.

Intensive support cuts cost of working with a third of troubled families

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Friday, June 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Intensive support can save local authorities up to £130,000 per family but was found to reduce the overall spend on services for only a third of families, a study has found.

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Labour's youth justice minister has called for sweeping changes to the way young offenders are dealt with, suggesting that anything that does not work should be ditched.

Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

| CYP Now

An expansion of the Troubled Families initiative is to focus on tackling poor health and supporting children under the age of five, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has revealed.

Leading children's charities warn of spike in poverty due to austerity measures

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Friday, July 6, 2012

| CYP Now

Three leading charities have warned that the number of children living in poverty will rise to more than one million by 2015 as a result of austerity measures and the impact of the recession.

Schools 'failing young carers', claims Barnardo's

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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's charity Barnardo's has claimed schools are failing young people who care for sick or disabled family members.

Councils to share 6m intensive support fund

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has announced that 37 councils will receive a share of 6m to develop and expand intensive support for vulnerable families and foster carers.

Specialist substance misuse family court set for expansion

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) initiative is to be expanded across five more areas after a £2.5m investment through the government's Children's Social Care Innovation Fund.

MPs call for national parenting support programme

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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

| CYP Now

There should be national co-ordination of parenting support with local authorities playing a more active role in evaluating provision in their area, a parliamentary inquiry has concluded.

Social care blueprint aims to slash caseloads

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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

| CYP Now

Children’s sector leaders are backing a new social care blueprint that aims to cut caseloads and ensure social workers spend more time with families.

Large rise in number of children seeking support for CSE

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Friday, May 29, 2015

| CYP Now

Numbers of children seeking help from Barnardo's in relation to child sexual exploitation (CSE) has risen by 50 per cent in the space of a year, it has emerged.

Senior social worker accreditation to include practice observation

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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Social work supervisors and practice leaders will be required to sit theory exams and be observed working in order to gain accreditation, it has been announced.

Labour demands inquiry into Kids Company closure

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Friday, August 7, 2015

| CYP Now

The government is coming under pressure to order an independent inquiry into the collapse of children's charity Kids Company, with questions being asked about what it knew about the collapse of the organisation.

Self-harm to rise among young people, government predicts

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Monday, August 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Self-harm, eating disorders, and anxiety and depression are likely to be the biggest risk factors facing young people in the coming years, a government think-tank has concluded.

Child protection 'will struggle to cope' with Spending Review cuts

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Work by councils to protect children from abuse and neglect will struggle to continue at its current level if funding for local authorities is cut further in the autumn's Spending Review, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Duncan Smith launches relationship support pilot

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

| CYP Now

A pilot project designed to help parents stay together has been launched by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith.

NSPCC calls for action on neglect of teenagers

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Friday, October 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The NSPCC has called for greater awareness of teenagers who may be suffering from neglect, claiming the issue is likely to be significantly under-reported.

Ofsted warns children's services departments of ‘inadequate' factors

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Friday, November 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted has taken steps to warn children's services departments of common weaknesses they must address to avoid being rated "inadequate" when they are visited by inspectors.

Calls for Adoption Leadership Board to focus on permanency

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Friday, November 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Sir Martin Narey's resignation as chair of the Adoption Leadership Board has sparked calls from the sector for the board to widen its remit to all looked-after children.

Council children's centre funding cuts double in a year

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Thursday, December 10, 2015

| CYP Now

The pace of cuts to local authority spending on children's centres has doubled over the past year, latest council figures reveal.

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Ombudsman criticises support for young woman attempting to stay in UK

Big Lottery Fund launches 20m scheme to join up services for families

Home-Start launches project to help families gain full benefits

Border Agency criticised for separating children from parents

Troubled families initiative misses first-year target

Call for social workers to have greater role in early intervention

Intensive support cuts cost of working with a third of troubled families

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems

Leading children's charities warn of spike in poverty due to austerity measures

Schools 'failing young carers', claims Barnardo's

Councils to share 6m intensive support fund

Specialist substance misuse family court set for expansion

MPs call for national parenting support programme

Social care blueprint aims to slash caseloads

Large rise in number of children seeking support for CSE

Senior social worker accreditation to include practice observation

Labour demands inquiry into Kids Company closure

Self-harm to rise among young people, government predicts

Child protection 'will struggle to cope' with Spending Review cuts

Duncan Smith launches relationship support pilot

NSPCC calls for action on neglect of teenagers

Ofsted warns children's services departments of ‘inadequate' factors

Calls for Adoption Leadership Board to focus on permanency

Council children's centre funding cuts double in a year

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