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Rise of the parents' commissioner

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  • Tuesday, September 4, 2007
  • | CYP Now
Staffordshire Children's Trust is recruiting what is thought to be the first government-funded "parents' commissioner" to promote the views of parents and carers.

Social work requires 'heroic' image

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  • Tuesday, May 26, 2009
  • | CYP Now
The task of reinventing the image of social work should be handed to a top global advertising agency, the founder of children's charity Kids Company has told CYP Now.

London is safeguarding trailblazer

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  • Tuesday, May 26, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Lead members for children's services are to get specialist training in safeguarding as part of a 400,000 pan-London drive to improve child protection in the wake of Baby P.

Councils to deliver care overhaul

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  • Tuesday, March 25, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Local authorities must now be ready to take forward improvements in outcomes for children in care, according to the Care Matters implementation plan.

MPs highlight need for care champions

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  • Tuesday, March 25, 2008
  • | CYP Now
A truly independent voice is needed to make sure the needs and wishes of looked-after children are properly considered and acted upon, according to an influential group of MPs.

Social care may suffer in practices

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  • Tuesday, October 23, 2007
  • | CYP Now
Having social workers operating from independent social work practices will make working together with other professionals more difficult, a leading expert has warned.

UN Convention will not be UK law

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  • Tuesday, October 30, 2007
  • | CYP Now
The junior children's minister and the shadow children's secretary have rejected calls by young people for the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to be integrated into UK law.

Help for runaway Newcastle teens

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  • Tuesday, October 30, 2007
  • | CYP Now
Children at risk of running away or of sexual exploitation can get help from a support project launched in Newcastle yesterday (30 October).

Therapy not helping abuse victims

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  • Tuesday, June 30, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Residential and play therapy experts have hit out at a government-funded report that says their work is failing to improve outcomes for child victims of physical abuse.

Analysis: Child poverty - Critical time for child maintenance

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  • Tuesday, October 30, 2007
  • | CYP Now
The latest statistics on the Child Support Agency have confirmed the lack of progress on getting parents the maintenance they and their children are owed. But will the agency's proposed replacement shape up better? Tristan Donovan reports.

Legal Aid cuts will hurt families

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  • Tuesday, October 30, 2007
  • | CYP Now
More children could be put into care instead of staying with their families as a result of new Legal Aid arrangements, experts have warned.

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