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Multi-agency unit to tackle 'county lines' crime launches

Friday, September 21, 2018

| CYP Now

A £3.6m unit to tackle "county lines" crime where gangs from urban areas exploit children to establish drug-dealing networks in rural areas has launched.

Children's services 'fail to support children of disabled parents'

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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

| CYP Now

Children's social care services risk unnecessarily separating children from disabled parents through misunderstanding their conditions and weak joint working with adult services, research has claimed.

Mental health checks for looked-after children to begin in June 2019

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

| CYP Now

Children will start receiving mental health assessments when they enter the care system from June 2019 as part of a delayed pilot project, it has emerged.

Zahawi reveals initiatives to spearhead £84m drive to reduce care numbers

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Friday, November 2, 2018

| CYP Now

Details of initiatives that will be expanded to other local authorities as part of an £84m drive to reduce the number of children being taken into care have been revealed by children's minister Nadhim Zahawi.

Youth advice charity steps in to safeguard teenagers

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people's advice charity Youth Access has launched a project to safeguard teenagers across England at risk of neglect and abuse - a group it believes is being let down by statutory services.

CYP Now 2018 Award winners unveiled

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Thursday, November 22, 2018

| CYP Now

The 2018 CYP Now Awards were revealed last night on a night of celebration and pride for the sector.

Local economics and children's services standards 'central to lower care rates'

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Thursday, November 29, 2018

| CYP Now

Reducing local levels of poverty and providing good-quality children's services are central to lowering the number of children being taken into care, a study has found.

UN challenges treatment of asylum-seeking children

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

| CYP Now

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has criticised the way children are treated within the UK asylum process.

MP seeks to widen legal definition of neglect

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

| CYP Now

An MP will today launch a bid to make the emotional and psychological neglect of children a crime.

Chancellor slices £4bn from welfare budget

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Poor families will be hit hard by government plans to shave a further £4bn from the welfare bill in 2015/16, charities have warned.

Government treats troubleshooting DCSs 'like football managers'

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Friday, August 2, 2013

| CYP Now

The government treats directors of children's services (DCS) it appoints to struggling local authorities like football managers, a children's services expert has suggested.

Doncaster takeover ‘could damage children's services'

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Monday, August 5, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's plans to take Doncaster's children's social care out of council control could harm service improvement, experts have suggested.

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Parents could be forced to pay as much as £900-a-month if their children are taken into care, under plans announced by Worcestershire County Council.

Language guide challenges care system jargon

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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

| CYP Now

"What are peers?", "What are neets?" and "Why do social workers call my home a placement?" are among the questions flagged by young people who helped produce a new publication that challenges jargon used in the care system.

Stoke-on-Trent rated 'inadequate' amid child protection concerns

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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

| CYP Now

Stoke-on-Trent City Council's children's services department is failing to protect children and is blighted by "poor leadership", according to a damning Ofsted report.

Councils receive help to improve care leaver support

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Monday, September 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Innovative ways to support vulnerable young people leaving care are to be trialled as part of a government-funded project.

How Kent LSCB developed a national solution for recording child deaths

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Friday, April 5, 2019

| CYP Now

A locally-developed digital solution for recording child deaths has been adopted nationally, with hopes that it will help prevent deaths in the future.

Attainment gap widens for children in care

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Thursday, April 11, 2019

| CYP Now

Looked-after children's GCSE grades fell last year as the education gap with their secondary school peers worsened, according to government statistics.

Young people to develop youth charter with government

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Thursday, April 11, 2019

| CYP Now

A youth charter aiming to strengthen and co-ordinate national policy is to be developed with young people, the minister for civil society has announced.

Union warns of deepening social work crisis in Scotland

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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

| CYP Now

A social work crisis in Scotland could deepen further after it emerged that a child was left to sleep on a sofa for three months at a residential unit, the Scottish Association of Social Workers (SASW) has said.

All primary school pupils to be taught about abuse

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Monday, September 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Volunteers will visit every primary school in the UK at least once every two years under plans to prevent abuse by teaching children about the issue.

Social work leaders call for better use of SCRs as learning tools

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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Reports into child deaths should be changed to allow all child protection professionals to learn lessons from tragedies like the Daniel Pelka case, it has been claimed.

Fall in DCS turnover and new appointments

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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

| CYP Now

Only 17 new director of children's services (DCS) appointments were made last year, the second lowest number recorded in the 12-year history of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS).

MPs urge £3bn council funding injection in Spending Review

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Wednesday, May 1, 2019

| CYP Now

A funding boost of at least £3.1bn is needed to stem a children's services crisis in England, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.

Charity wants more specialist support for exploited children

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Monday, October 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Barnardo's is calling for more specialist support and care for sexually exploited children in care.

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Multi-agency unit to tackle 'county lines' crime launches

Children's services 'fail to support children of disabled parents'

Mental health checks for looked-after children to begin in June 2019

Zahawi reveals initiatives to spearhead £84m drive to reduce care numbers

Youth advice charity steps in to safeguard teenagers

CYP Now 2018 Award winners unveiled

Local economics and children's services standards 'central to lower care rates'

UN challenges treatment of asylum-seeking children

MP seeks to widen legal definition of neglect

Chancellor slices £4bn from welfare budget

Government treats troubleshooting DCSs 'like football managers'

Doncaster takeover ‘could damage children's services'

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

Language guide challenges care system jargon

Stoke-on-Trent rated 'inadequate' amid child protection concerns

Councils receive help to improve care leaver support

How Kent LSCB developed a national solution for recording child deaths

Attainment gap widens for children in care

Young people to develop youth charter with government

Union warns of deepening social work crisis in Scotland

All primary school pupils to be taught about abuse

Social work leaders call for better use of SCRs as learning tools

Fall in DCS turnover and new appointments

MPs urge £3bn council funding injection in Spending Review

Charity wants more specialist support for exploited children

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