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‘Structural challenges’ impeding positive children’s services work, says LGA

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

| CYP Now

Children’s services improvements are being impeded by structural challenges around recruitment, retention and finding suitable placements for children with complex needs, a report has found.

Young care leavers offered half price bus travel in London

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023

| CYP Now

Young care leavers in London will benefit from half price travel on buses and trams from early next year, the Mayor of London has announced.

Applications open for local authority pilot to reduce family court delays

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Friday, October 6, 2023

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has opened applications for local authorities to take part in a pilot designed to reduce delays and backlogs in the family court.

More than 55 councils back protected characteristic campaign

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Friday, October 6, 2023

| CYP Now

Dozens of local authorities across England and Scotland have agreed to consider the impact of their policies on children in care and care leavers after passing a motion to recognise care experience as a protected characteristic.

Safeguarding review launches into death of Sara Sharif

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

| CYP Now

A safeguarding review has been launched into the death of 10-year-old Sara Sharif, whose body was found at her home in Woking in August.

Children’s charities facing long term supporter exodus, researchers find

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

| CYP Now

Children’s charities are facing a long-term decline in popularity among their traditional supporters, leaving them battling to attract donations and support, researchers are warning.

Cafcass boss: 'Enhanced employment package needed to drive down staff turnover'

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023

| CYP Now

The boss of family court body Cafcass says the organisation needs to offer enhanced terms and conditions to retain social workers and compete with employment packages offered by local authorities.

Government taskforce set up to tackle rise in DoL orders

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023

| CYP Now

A cross-government group of experts has been set up to tackle the recent sharp rise in the use of deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders amid concerns that they fail to provide the support vulnerable children need, CYP Now understands.

CYP Now Early Help Conference 2023: Key debates and sector reaction

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Monday, October 2, 2023

| CYP Now

Professionals working with vulnerable children and young people across the sector have come together to hear from experts on key reforms to early help policy in England.

Kinship carers 'consider giving up role' amid financial challenges

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Monday, October 2, 2023

| CYP Now

Dozens of unsupported kinship carers say they may have to stop caring for their kinship child within the next year unless their circumstances change.

Boost financial support for families to reduce ‘bed poverty’, government urged

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Friday, September 29, 2023

| CYP Now

The government should renew funding for the Household Support Fund and end the two-child benefits cap to reduce the number of families unable to afford suitable beds for their children, Barnardo’s has said.

North East launches foster care recruitment partnership

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Friday, September 29, 2023

| CYP Now

A government-backed foster care initiative has been launched in a bid to tackle a carer recruitment crisis in the North East of England.

Mental health fund for migrant children launches

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Thursday, September 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Councils and charities are being invited to apply for a £2.5m mental health fund to support refugee children from Ukraine, Afghanistan and Hong Kong.

Voluntary agencies publish sibling adoption guide

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Voluntary adoption agencies (VAAs) have joined forces to reduce levels of separation among sibling groups who are adopted.

Council’s children’s services receives uplifted Ofsted rating

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Monday, September 25, 2023

| CYP Now

A local authority no longer requires government intervention to improve its children’s services after Ofsted uplifted its rating from “inadequate” to “good”.

One in three children in care enter youth justice system, study finds

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Monday, September 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Children who have been in care are more likely to be involved with the youth justice system, a new study has found.

MPs call for statutory definition of child criminal exploitation

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Friday, September 22, 2023

| CYP Now

A group of cross-party MPs has called for a statutory definition of child criminal exploitation (CCE) in a letter to Education Secretary Gillian Keegan.

Sector raises questions over plan for RCCs in response to Care Review consultation

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Thursday, September 21, 2023

| CYP Now

Almost half of respondents to a government consultation on its proposals for the implementation of recommendations made in the Care Review have questioned plans for the regional commissioning of residential and foster care.

Children England to close after 81 years

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

| CYP Now

Children England, the collective body for children’s charities, will close after 81 years, the organisation’s leaders have announced.

Almost a third of social worker sick days caused by stress

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

| CYP Now

Just under a third of absences among social workers are caused by mental health problems, including stress and work-related anxieties.

Children England: Sector pays tribute as charity announces closure

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

| CYP Now

Organisations and professionals supporting children and young people have paid tribute to the work of Children England, the collective body for children’s charities, after it announced its closure due to “financial challenges”.

Medical experts slam ‘unethical’ use of x-rays in asylum age assessments

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Monday, September 18, 2023

| CYP Now

Experts in paediatric medicine have branded legislation to use x-rays as part of age assessments carried out on lone migrant children arriving in the UK as “inaccurate” and “unethical”.

Children’s commissioner seeks young people’s views ahead of general election

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Thursday, September 14, 2023

| CYP Now

The children’s commissioner for England will be asking young people about their political priorities ahead of the next general election, as part of her new campaign The Big Ambition.

Councils 'prioritising crisis intervention funding'

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Thursday, September 14, 2023

| CYP Now

The proportion of children’s services funding being spent on crisis interventions has increased markedly over the last decade, analysis has found.

Call for better mental health and education support for kinship care families

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

| CYP Now

The government is being urged to put in place a raft of support for kinship carers and the children they are supporting.

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‘Structural challenges’ impeding positive children’s services work, says LGA

Young care leavers offered half price bus travel in London

Applications open for local authority pilot to reduce family court delays

More than 55 councils back protected characteristic campaign

Safeguarding review launches into death of Sara Sharif

Children’s charities facing long term supporter exodus, researchers find

Cafcass boss: 'Enhanced employment package needed to drive down staff turnover'

Government taskforce set up to tackle rise in DoL orders

CYP Now Early Help Conference 2023: Key debates and sector reaction

Kinship carers 'consider giving up role' amid financial challenges

Boost financial support for families to reduce ‘bed poverty’, government urged

North East launches foster care recruitment partnership

Mental health fund for migrant children launches

Voluntary agencies publish sibling adoption guide

Council’s children’s services receives uplifted Ofsted rating

One in three children in care enter youth justice system, study finds

MPs call for statutory definition of child criminal exploitation

Sector raises questions over plan for RCCs in response to Care Review consultation

Children England to close after 81 years

Almost a third of social worker sick days caused by stress

Children England: Sector pays tribute as charity announces closure

Medical experts slam ‘unethical’ use of x-rays in asylum age assessments

Children’s commissioner seeks young people’s views ahead of general election

Councils 'prioritising crisis intervention funding'

Call for better mental health and education support for kinship care families

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