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Children's services cash could be diverted

Thursday, November 4, 2010

| CYP Now

Funding intended for children's services could be used to prop-up other local priorities, a senior Treasury mandarin has admitted.

Sector fears hung parliament inaction could harm services

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Friday, May 7, 2010

| CYP Now

Organisations across the children's sector are today coming to terms with the implications of a hung parliament after the general election failed to give any single party a clear majority.

Longfield recruits Narey as children's commissioner adviser

News

Friday, September 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Former Barnardo's chief executive Sir Martin Narey is one of several high profile figures that have been signed up to provide advice to children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield, it has been announced.

Local authority applications for care proceedings continue to rise

News

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

| CYP Now

The number of applications for care proceedings made by local authorities has continued to rise, with the latest figures showing a record 832 cases reported in March alone.

Private foster carers need more council support

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Friday, November 21, 2008

| CYP Now

Councils must improve the support and training they offer private foster carers, according to Ofsted.

Peterborough safeguarding improvements satisfy Ofsted

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Friday, March 4, 2011

| CYP Now

Child protection services at Peterborough City Council are on the road to recovery, a no-notice Ofsted inspection has found.

Suffolk holds children's services credit crunch summit

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Monday, November 24, 2008

| CYP Now

Suffolk County Council is holding a credit crunch summit to assess the impact of the economic downturn on its children's services.

Thousands repeatedly run away from care, police figures reveal

News

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Nearly 3,000 children repeatedly went missing from care in 2012 according to police figures obtained by the NSPCC.

Councils report shortfall in suitable families as adoptions rise

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

| CYP Now

More children are being adopted, but councils need to do more to recruit the "right" adopters, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Ofsted relaxes inspections for struggling 'inadequate' councils

News

Monday, September 17, 2018

| CYP Now

Councils where children's services standards are deemed to be "inadequate" are to receive shorter, less intense re-inspections, Ofsted has announced.

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

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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

News

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.

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Children's services cash could be diverted

Sector fears hung parliament inaction could harm services

Longfield recruits Narey as children's commissioner adviser

Local authority applications for care proceedings continue to rise

Private foster carers need more council support

Peterborough safeguarding improvements satisfy Ofsted

Suffolk holds children's services credit crunch summit

Thousands repeatedly run away from care, police figures reveal

Councils report shortfall in suitable families as adoptions rise

Ofsted relaxes inspections for struggling 'inadequate' councils

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

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