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Behind the Inspection Rating: Service succeeds with the right links
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- Tuesday, March 1, 2016 | CYP Now
Making best use of guardianships
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- Tuesday, March 29, 2016 | CYP Now
Revised regulations on the use of special guardianship orders tighten criteria for assessing carers' suitability.
Children to be removed from families as part of ‘randomised adoption trial'
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- Friday, April 1, 2016 | CYP Now
Scores of children will be removed from their birth parents under controversial government plans to prove the value of adoption, it has emerged.
Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers
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- Monday, September 9, 2013 | CYP Now
Three out of four schools now judged as good or outstanding; former children's minister to step down as MP; and foster care myths exposed, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Praise for Lambeth Council, sports coaching and primary school places
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- Monday, July 23, 2012 | CYP Now
A letter from the children's minister to Lambeth, the effect of child protection on sports coaching and plans to deal with the population boom, all in today's news roundup.
Daily roundup: Pupils 'go hungry', whooping cough and missing children
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- Friday, September 28, 2012 | CYP Now
Teachers warn that pupils are suffering the impact of recession, pregnant women to be given the whooping cough jab, and an online campaign to find missing children, all in the news today.
Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Support for foster children up to age 21
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- Tuesday, January 7, 2014 | CYP Now
The DfE proposes a legal duty on councils to provide financial support for young people who want to stay with foster families until they are 21.
Daily roundup: Child abuse, leadership and government funding
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- Wednesday, May 7, 2014 | CYP Now
MPs warned female genital mutilation still happening; new chief executive at social impact charity The Challenge; and research highlights hole in DfE finances, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Early years, adoption support and foster care
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- Tuesday, May 13, 2014 | CYP Now
Birmingham Council delays childcare business charter plans; post-adoption support tops Martin Narey's priority list; and "Staying Put" duty comes in, all in the news today.
Fostering success in Staying Put
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- Tuesday, February 16, 2016 | CYP Now
Sufficient funding and good communication with foster carers are key to improving Staying Put take-up.
Guide to Qualifications and Training: Fostering
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- Thursday, September 1, 2022 | CYP Now
In 2021 69,807 children were living with around 55,510 foster families across the UK. The Fostering Network says 9,265 new foster families are needed. Record levels of enquiries were received between April 2020 and March 2021 with 160,635 expressions of interest in England. However, only six per cent went on to apply to foster. Some councils are offering welcome payments.
The Times starts adoption campaign
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- Thursday, April 21, 2011 | CYP Now
The Times newspaper has launched a campaign to help double the number of families who adopt children.
Behind the Rating: Fostering service inspires carers
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- Wednesday, February 8, 2012 | CYP Now
Bradford Council fostering service | Local authority fostering agency inspection | October 2011
ChildRIGHT: In a Nutshell - Changes to the law on looked-after children
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- Monday, June 13, 2011 | CYP Now
The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 amended some of the provisions relating to looked-after children contained in the Children Act 1989.
ChildRIGHT: In a Nutshell -- Establishing a private fostering arrangement
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- Friday, October 8, 2010 | CYP Now
How private foster arrangements are made, who is eligible, and the role local authorities play in ensuring the safety of a fostered child.
Daily roundup: Paris Brown, youth funding and child protection
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- Wednesday, April 10, 2013 | CYP Now
Media pressure prompts youth PCC to quit, £10m boost for Northern Irish youth groups, and resignations at Sandwell after critical Ofsted, all in the news today.
Effective Working with Neglected Children and their Families: Linking Interventions to Long-term Outcomes
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- Tuesday, June 11, 2013 | CYP Now
Authors Elaine Farmer and Eleanor Lutman;
Jessica Kingsley Publishers;
ISBN 978-1-84905-288-7;
£25;
240pp
Foster care at a crossroads
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- Tuesday, October 15, 2013 | CYP Now
Neil Puffett talks to Robert Tapsfield, chief executive of the Fostering Network.
Connecting with Kids Through Stories: Using Narratives to Facilitate Attachment in Adopted Children (second edition)
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- Tuesday, July 10, 2012 | CYP Now
Denise B. Lacher, Todd Nichols, Melissa Nichols and Joanne C. May; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 978 1 84905 869 8; £15.99; 240 pages
Adoption Scorecards: Do they measure up?
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- Monday, June 11, 2012 | CYP Now
The government has introduced ‘adoption scorecards' for local authorities as part of its bid to improve and speed up the adoption process. Jo Stephenson approaches four councils to uncover the stories behind the statistics
Daily roundup: Drug treatment, Doncaster children's services, and foster care
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- Wednesday, April 30, 2014 | CYP Now
Four-year-olds referred for drug and alcohol treatment; launch date for independent children's services trust in Doncaster delayed a month; and call for long-term foster care to be used more, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Care leavers, free school meals, and Rotherham
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- Monday, September 8, 2014 | CYP Now
Many councils use B&Bs to accommodate care leavers; free school meals problems in Dorset; and Rotherham Council chief executive to leave post in wake of abuse scandal, all in the news today.
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