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'Wilful neglect' laws won't help recruit social workers

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  • Tuesday, March 17, 2015
    • | CYP Now
A number of reports over the past few weeks have highlighted the extent of the problem facing children's services departments in recruiting experienced social workers. Latest Department for Education figures show that over the past year, children's social worker vacancies have risen nearly 20 per cent so that on average, each English authority now has almost 30 full-time posts unfilled.

Legal Update: Ending age-disputed detention

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  • Tuesday, March 17, 2015
    • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre's Migrant Children's Project, examines the findings of a recent inquiry on immigration detention.

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

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  • Tuesday, March 17, 2015
    • | CYP Now
The way public services are commissioned is undergoing considerable change, but charities pitched into competition for funding with private companies have a possible advantage - as long as they can demonstrate the additional social values they provide above and beyond the primary aims of a project.

Young people and communities hold the key to ending FGM

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  • Tuesday, March 3, 2015
    • | CYP Now
The issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) is climbing up the ladder of political priorities. The knowledge that there has not been a single successful prosecution since the FGM Act was introduced in 2003 is causing much soul-searching - in government, in the crown prosecution service and in local safeguarding boards across the country.

In Focus: Family support

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  • Tuesday, February 17, 2015
    • | CYP Now
All the research shows that it is never too early to transform a child's life chances. The school readiness gap between disadvantaged children and their peers can be as wide as 19 months on their first day of school and once children have fallen behind, their chances of catching up are slim.

Supporting parents with learning disabilities

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  • Tuesday, February 3, 2015
    • | CYP Now
Parents with learning disabilities are more likely to have their children taken into care. However, the right support can help them successfully look after their children, reports Eileen Fursland.

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