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Monday, August 7, 2023

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A local authority, which is already under government direction to improve its children’s services, has been issued a separate notice from the Department for Education over its failure to provide "adequate" support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

CYP Now Awards: 2023 finalists revealed

Thursday, August 3, 2023

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The shortlist for this year’s Children & Young People Now Awards has been published.

Fund councils to better monitor home education, ADCS urges

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

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Local authorities should be funded to properly support and monitor education provided to home-schooled children, according to children’s services leaders.

Housing children in asylum hotels is 'unlawful’, judge rules

Friday, July 28, 2023

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The High Court has ruled that Kent County Council and the Home Secretary breached legal obligations to provide appropriate accommodation for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

Legal Update: The Carer’s Leave Act 2023

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

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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.

County councils seek to innovate to tackle social care challenges

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

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Rising demand for care services and falling funding for early help has put huge pressure on county council budgets, forcing many areas to think creatively about how they can deliver more support for less money.

Interview: Peter O’Hara, health and social care technology entrepreneur

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

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Derren Hayes speaks to the health and social care technology entrepreneur.

Inside CYP Now this month: Supported employment, speech and language special, funded childcare

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

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The August edition of Children & Young People Now has all the latest news, views and analysis on the key issues affecting services for children, young people and families.

Legal Update: Keeping children in care safe

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

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CoramBAAF head of policy, research and development James Bury on how the vital role of health professionals for care safeguarding was explored at this year’s CoramBAAF Health Conference.

Positive relationships reduce homelessness among care leavers, study finds

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

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Supporting children in care to build positive relationships with trusted adults can reduce their risk of homelessness by 10 per cent, a new analysis of the Lifelong Links programme has found.

Protect women in pre-birth care proceedings

Opinion

Thursday, July 20, 2023

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The number of newborn babies subject to care proceedings has more than doubled since 2007, and every year tens of thousands of women have involvement from children’s social care teams during pregnancy and early motherhood.

Ombudsman uncovers huge SEND complaints backlog in Kent

Monday, July 10, 2023

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A backlog of 170 unanswered complaints submitted to Kent County Council over delayed support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) has been uncovered during a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) investigation.

ADCS president warns of 'untenable' risks posed by placement capacity crisis

Thursday, July 6, 2023

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Risks to children in care posed by a lack of placement capacity and exacerbated by a profit-based system are becoming “increasingly untenable”, the president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has warned.

Ofsted renews Lincolnshire’s outstanding rating

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

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Inspectors have renewed Lincolnshire County Council children’s services rating of "outstanding" four years after its previous full inspection.

Councils fear Afghan refugees face homelessness amid housing shortage

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

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Around 8,000 Afghan asylum seekers in temporary accommodation are at risk of becoming homeless due to housing shortages and long waiting lists, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Young women grow confidence and help create safe, inclusive community spaces

Best Practice

Saturday, July 1, 2023

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Young women from across Fife have created a safe spaces toolkit, to promote inclusive and safe community spaces in the region.

Child protection system ‘at risk’ without government action, NSPCC chief warns

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

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A “lack of coherent national leadership” in implementing recommendations made in a series of major inquiries into support services for vulnerable children is putting the child protection system at risk, the NSPCC's chief executive has warned.

Legal Update: Family group conferences

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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Emily Blackshaw, lead quantitative analyst and Max Stanford, head of impact and evaluation at Coram outline findings from an evaluation of the use of FGCs at the pre-proceedings stage.

Inspections Clinic: Prisoners with restricted status

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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Young prisoners who have committed the most serious crimes are subject to strict measures that impede rehabilitation and affect their mental health, according to a review. Jo Stephenson reports.

Framework closure risks reforms

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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End of regional group for commissioning children's homes threatens government plans, experts say.

Foundations sets out priorities

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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Two experts explain what they hope good practice research body for the children's sector will achieve.

Racial diversity in leadership

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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Training programme helps black and Asian leaders to progress but experts say more action is needed.

Inside CYP Now this month: Intergenerational childcare; mental health in schools; social worker training

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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July’s edition of Children & Young People Now is packed full of useful advice, insight and ideas on how to improve outcomes for children, young people and families.

Interview: Lisa Harker, director, the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory