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London mayor election: the key policies for children and families

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The next mayor of London will be responsible for a budget of £17bn. So what are the main candidates in May's election pledging to deliver for children, young people and families? We trawl the manifestos to find out.

Mulberry Bush Oxfordshire (MBOX) Teaching School

Best Practice

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

Works with education settings to adopt a "psychodynamic" approach to understand children's behaviour as a communication of unmet needs.

Former ADCS president to oversee development of mental health services for children in care

News

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

| CYP Now

A former president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has been appointed by government to oversee attempts to boost support for children in care with mental health problems.

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

News

Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first year target for numbers of families they worked with in the first year of the government's high profile troubled families initiative, it has emerged.

Legal Update: The costs of immigration

Other

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Rising costs of making an immigration application or challenging a decision is set against the backdrop of ever-changing, complex rules, says Jessica Evans, outreach solicitor at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Legal Update: Relationships with the court

Features

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

Alexandra Conroy Harris, legal consultant at CoramBAAF, explains how the charity is working with local authorities and judges to improve understanding of care orders so the right one is used.

Nottingham Council to recognise care experience as a protected characteristic

News

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

| CYP Now

Nottingham City Council is the latest local authority to pass a motion recognising care experience as a protected characteristic.

Legal Update: The Carer’s Leave Act 2023

Features

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Augusta Itua, legal consultant at CoramBAAF, assesses the implications for carers of new legislation that gives employees the right to take leave in order to provide or arrange for long-term care needs.

Ofsted criticises council over 'unsuitable' placements for care leavers

News

Monday, January 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Staffordshire County Council’s children’s services have been downgraded by Ofsted due in part to concerns over its care leaver offer, including the placement of young people in "unsuitable short-term accommodation".

Compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse 'must be properly funded'

News

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

| CYP Now

The Home Secretary's plans to push through a law requiring professionals working with young people to report child sexual abuse must be "properly funded and resourced" before being implemented, sector leaders have said.

Campaign aims to challenge foster care stereotypes

News

Thursday, March 7, 2024

| CYP Now

Foster Wales is working to amplify young people’s voice to challenge stereotypes and stigma faced by children in care.

Toolkit aims to spread innovative practice in leaving care services

Analysis

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

| CYP Now

A toolkit that helps organisations supporting care leavers to improve support services has been developed by academics, campaigners and people with care experience.

CYP Now 2011 Awards open for entry

News

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's and youth organisations are being encouraged to enter this year's CYP Now Awards.

Welfare reforms will make children's lives worse

Other

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

| CYP Now

I published a joint statement last week with my fellow children's commissioners across the UK about an issue that has kept many people across the children's sector both busy, and awake at night: the Welfare Reform Bill.

Ofsted calls on Salford to improve domestic abuse response

News

Friday, October 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Agencies in Salford have been told to improve the way they work to protect children who are exposed to domestic abuse following the first multi-agency inspections to look at the issue.

Care leaver covenant: Timpson confirms delay

News

Friday, October 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Plans to launch a covenant setting out the entitlements of care leavers in law have been delayed, with a number of government departments yet to commit to signing the landmark document.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

News

Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

DfE to consider stripping children's services from 'inadequate' council

News

Friday, November 25, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has ordered a review into whether a council should be stripped of responsibility for children's services after Ofsted inspectors found instances of poor social work and cases of abuse not being spotted.

Fears for low-income families as DWP plans to abolish Social Fund

News

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| CYP Now

A fund that helps low-income families with living costs that are not covered by weekly benefits is set to be scrapped under the government's benefit reforms, it has emerged.