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Poor mental health ‘primary driver’ for high NEET rates

Thursday, July 6, 2023

| CYP Now

Mental health challenges and lack of confidence are the “primary drivers” preventing young people from accessing work, education or training, according to a new report.

Most county councils overspending on children’s services post-pandemic, research finds

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

| CYP Now

Four in five county councils overspent on their children’s services budget in 2021/22, following a surge in referrals, analysis by the County Councils Network (CCN) has found.

ADCS president warns of 'untenable' risks posed by placement capacity crisis

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

| CYP Now

Risks to children in care posed by a lack of placement capacity and exacerbated by a profit-based system are becoming “increasingly untenable”, the president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has warned.

Ofsted renews Lincolnshire’s outstanding rating

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Wednesday, July 5, 2023

| CYP Now

Inspectors have renewed Lincolnshire County Council children’s services rating of "outstanding" four years after its previous full inspection.

Councils fear Afghan refugees face homelessness amid housing shortage

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Tuesday, July 4, 2023

| CYP Now

Around 8,000 Afghan asylum seekers in temporary accommodation are at risk of becoming homeless due to housing shortages and long waiting lists, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Charity calls for better support for mothers involved with care system

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Tuesday, July 4, 2023

| CYP Now

Campaigners are urging greater support for pregnant women and mothers involved with children’s social care.

Local authorities not showing interest in RCC pilots, ADCS warns

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Monday, July 3, 2023

| CYP Now

No areas have expressed an interest in adopting government plans to pilot a scheme for regional care cooperatives (RCCs) to commission children's services, social care leaders have said.

Child protection system ‘at risk’ without government action, NSPCC chief warns

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

| CYP Now

A “lack of coherent national leadership” in implementing recommendations made in a series of major inquiries into support services for vulnerable children is putting the child protection system at risk, the NSPCC's chief executive has warned.

Toolkit urges councils to convert empty buildings into homes for care leavers

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Thursday, June 22, 2023

| CYP Now

A toolkit and app have been launched to help local authorities, charities and community-based organisations convert vacant commercial buildings into social housing for vulnerable groups, including young care leavers.

Scotland’s care system reforms ‘no longer on track’, report finds

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Thursday, June 22, 2023

| CYP Now

Improvements are needed across education, sibling separation, and homelessness in order for Scotland to fulfil its commitment to reform its care system by 2030, a new report from The Promise Oversight Board has found.

Half of children deprived of liberty placed in unregistered settings

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Thursday, June 22, 2023

| CYP Now

More than half of children subjected to a deprivation of liberty (DoL) order in July and August last year were placed in at least one unregistered setting in the first six months of the order being granted, new analysis finds.

Kinship carers call for paid leave to match adoption offer

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Thursday, June 22, 2023

| CYP Now

The government is being called on to ensure kinship carers receive the same statutory paid leave as adoptive parents when they take on the care of a child.

Campaign launches to champion social work

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Thursday, June 22, 2023

| CYP Now

A campaign has been launched to champion social workers and counteract negative media coverage of the profession.

Child migrants urge peers to vote against Illegal Migration Bill

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Thursday, June 22, 2023

| CYP Now

Young people who arrived in the UK as unaccompanied asylum-seeking children have written to peers urging them to vote against the Illegal Migration Bill amid fears it will reduce protections for young minors arriving in the country.

Regional organisation could fix child protection crisis, Northern Irish care review finds

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

| CYP Now

A single, region-wide body to deliver children’s social care is needed in Northern Ireland to help tackle the area’s child protection crisis, according to a review.

Charities call for plan to support child refugees

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

| CYP Now

The government is being called on by a coalition of charities to develop a strategic plan to improve support for refugee children.

Adult social workers strike over recruitment payments for children’s services staff

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

| CYP Now

Adult social workers in South Gloucestershire have walked out over the payment of a £3,000 retention fee to those working with children and families.

Children’s sector leaders recognised in King’s first birthday honours

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Monday, June 19, 2023

| CYP Now

Children’s social care, youth work and early years leaders are among those recognised in King Charles III’s first birthday honours list.

Care leavers champion protected characteristic campaign at Downing Street

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

| CYP Now

Young people visited Downing Street to urge the Prime Minister to make care experience a protected characteristic, as part of a nationwide campaign to protect care leavers from discrimination.

Tougher standards for disabled children's care providers 'worth considering', says Ofsted chief

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

| CYP Now

Increasing the regulation of disabled children’s residential care providers should be investigated in light of recent safeguarding failings in the sector, Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman has told MPs.

Family group conferences could keep 2,000 children a year out of care, study concludes

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

| CYP Now

Councils across the country are being urged to offer family group conferences (FGC) after a study found they reduce the likelihood of children going into care.

Councils responsible for unaccompanied children in Home Office hotels, judge rules

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Monday, June 12, 2023

| CYP Now

Local authorities are legally responsible for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children living in Home Office-run hotels, a family court judge has ruled.

Tackle stereotypes by making care experience a protected characteristic, campaigner urges

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Monday, June 12, 2023

| CYP Now

A young woman from Cambridgeshire is campaigning for care experience to be considered a protected characteristic, in the hopes that a policy change will improve society’s understanding of what it means to be a child in care.

Charity launches legal action over children placed in ‘unlawful’ asylum hotels

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Monday, June 12, 2023

| CYP Now

The Home Office and Kent County Council are facing legal action over the practice of housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in hotels.

DCS to step down after just a year in post

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Friday, June 9, 2023

| CYP Now

The director of children’s services (DCS) at Plymouth City Council will step down from the position after just a year in the role, the local authority has announced.

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Poor mental health ‘primary driver’ for high NEET rates

Most county councils overspending on children’s services post-pandemic, research finds

ADCS president warns of 'untenable' risks posed by placement capacity crisis

Ofsted renews Lincolnshire’s outstanding rating

Councils fear Afghan refugees face homelessness amid housing shortage

Charity calls for better support for mothers involved with care system

Local authorities not showing interest in RCC pilots, ADCS warns

Child protection system ‘at risk’ without government action, NSPCC chief warns

Toolkit urges councils to convert empty buildings into homes for care leavers

Scotland’s care system reforms ‘no longer on track’, report finds

Half of children deprived of liberty placed in unregistered settings

Kinship carers call for paid leave to match adoption offer

Campaign launches to champion social work

Child migrants urge peers to vote against Illegal Migration Bill

Regional organisation could fix child protection crisis, Northern Irish care review finds

Charities call for plan to support child refugees

Adult social workers strike over recruitment payments for children’s services staff

Children’s sector leaders recognised in King’s first birthday honours

Care leavers champion protected characteristic campaign at Downing Street

Tougher standards for disabled children's care providers 'worth considering', says Ofsted chief

Family group conferences could keep 2,000 children a year out of care, study concludes

Councils responsible for unaccompanied children in Home Office hotels, judge rules

Tackle stereotypes by making care experience a protected characteristic, campaigner urges

Charity launches legal action over children placed in ‘unlawful’ asylum hotels

DCS to step down after just a year in post

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