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Daily roundup: Paternity leave, child sexual exploitation, and youth zone talks

Friday, February 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Study finds 20 per cent of dads want more time off work to look after their children, Peterborough grooming gang sentenced to a total of 54 years in jail, and youth charity planning £6m centre for Chester, all in the news today.

Councils increase expenditure on children's social care

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Friday, February 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Spending by England's councils on children's social care increased by 2.6 per cent in the last financial year, according to latest government figures.

Daily roundup: Stress, Leicestershire cuts, and skills guidance

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Hundreds of girls admitted to hospital for stress, £12.6m of children's services cuts approved in Leicestershire, and guidance issued on improving children's basic skills, all in the news today.

Birmingham sees huge fall in identification of vulnerable children

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham Council is taking action to improve the way child protection tip-offs are acted on following a worrying drop in the numbers of children subject to protection plans.

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The chief executive of the National Children's Bureau is to step down after three years in charge, it has been announced.

Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

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Friday, February 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Efforts to create an independent trust to run children's services in Doncaster are weeks behind schedule, it has emerged.

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Wilshaw reveals he called for Ofsted chair to remain; leaving foster care age for young people in Wales raised; and £500,000 fund set up to help male victims of rape, all in the news today.

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services in Warrington has been appointed by Ofsted to spearhead attempts to improve social care across England.

Daily roundup: Benefits cap, female genital mutilation, and smoking in cars

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Friday, February 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Latest figures on households affected by the benefits cap published; government makes FGM declaration, and health experts call on politicians to ban smoking in cars, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Barring orders

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Q. What are "barring orders"?

Daily roundup: Spending cuts, childcare reforms and drug mules

News

Monday, January 6, 2014

| CYP Now

George Osborne warns of further spending cuts; government advisers urge ministers to rethink childcare reforms; and gangs use children to carry drugs out of London, all in the news today.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

Government reluctant to raise leaving care age

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Friday, December 20, 2013

| CYP Now

The government will not consider raising the leaving age for children in residential care to 21 until standards have improved, Education Secretary Michael Gove has said.

Daily roundup: Gang crime, adoption powers and state boarding school

Other

Friday, December 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Fall in youth violence since riots; BAAF welcomes changes to proposed adoption powers; and planners hinder state boarding school bid, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Teenage pregnancies, abuse campaign, and Universal Credit

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Fall in number of births to teenage mums; Home Office campaign on teen abuse launches; and government welfare reforms to be delayed, all in the news today.

Family sentence

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Children with parents in prison are much more likely to commit crimes and suffer mental health problems than their peers. Joe Lepper explores the support on offer and asks what more needs to be done.

Daily roundup: Unaccompanied children, child mortality, and playwork register

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Immigration officers failing to track families of children, concern over plans to axe child death statistics, and playwork register to launch next month, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Health "timebomb" for Neets, council loses data, and school starting age demo

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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Health risks for Neets highlighted, council fined for losing children's data, and Too Much Too Soon campaign reaches parliament, all in the news today.

How staff boost their knowledge of misuse

Other

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| CYP Now

First Steps scheme improves support for families by developing the skills and knowledge of professionals working with them.

Daily roundup: Judge criticises social workers, female offenders, and home tuition

Other

Friday, October 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Social workers told to obey court orders, women prisoners to be kept closer to families, and funding cut for tuition of looked-after children, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: youth unemployment, benefit cap, and mental health

News

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Government advisers brand Youth Contract a failure; benefit cap not helping struggling households into work research finds; and child mental health survey needs to be reinstated, say psychiatrists, all in the news today.

Young carers to be given new rights to support

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Young carers are to be given new rights to help and support after the government tabled an amendment to legislation going through parliament.

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Labour's youth justice minister has called for sweeping changes to the way young offenders are dealt with, suggesting that anything that does not work should be ditched.

Families hit by benefit caps face being denied social housing

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Government benefit caps are prompting housing associations to consider not taking on struggling families because they may be unable to pay rent, it has been claimed.

Daily roundup: 'Daniel's law', child protection, and Teather remarks

Other

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Timpson rules out mandatory reporting of child abuse; third of councils failing to address child protection weaknesses; and Tim Loughton comments on former families minister, all in the news today.

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Daily roundup: Paternity leave, child sexual exploitation, and youth zone talks

Councils increase expenditure on children's social care

Daily roundup: Stress, Leicestershire cuts, and skills guidance

Birmingham sees huge fall in identification of vulnerable children

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

Daily roundup: Benefits cap, female genital mutilation, and smoking in cars

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Barring orders

Daily roundup: Spending cuts, childcare reforms and drug mules

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Government reluctant to raise leaving care age

Daily roundup: Gang crime, adoption powers and state boarding school

Daily roundup: Teenage pregnancies, abuse campaign, and Universal Credit

Family sentence

Daily roundup: Unaccompanied children, child mortality, and playwork register

Daily roundup: Health "timebomb" for Neets, council loses data, and school starting age demo

How staff boost their knowledge of misuse

Daily roundup: Judge criticises social workers, female offenders, and home tuition

Daily roundup: youth unemployment, benefit cap, and mental health

Young carers to be given new rights to support

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

Families hit by benefit caps face being denied social housing

Daily roundup: 'Daniel's law', child protection, and Teather remarks

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