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Children and Families Act receives royal assent

Thursday, March 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The Children and Families Act has received royal assent, ushering in a raft of changes including adoption reforms, greater protection for vulnerable children and shared parental leave.

Social care fails to act quickly enough over neglect

News

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils, local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) and social work training are failing to prioritise child neglect, according to an Ofsted report.

Youth employment relies on opportunities, not just skills

Other

Monday, March 31, 2014

| CYP Now

Twenty-five years ago, the Confederation of British Industry published a report calling on business to forge better links with secondary education, particularly through helping pupils to understand the world of work. This was, it argued, as much a matter of self-interest as anything else: a "demographic time-bomb" was about to explode as the population of young people leaving school decreased by a third and so only those businesses with good links with schools would retain any chance of selecting the pick of the crop.

ADCS president dismisses 'links' with government

News

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has dismissed the idea that he is too close to government to lead the organisation.

Riots panel calls for extension of troubled families programme

News

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

| CYP Now

An independent panel, set up following last summer's riots, has called for the government to give young unemployed people a guarantee of work and significantly expand its programme for troubled families.

Inspectors praise support for SEND care leavers in Cornwall

News

Friday, August 25, 2017

| CYP Now

Efforts to support the health needs of looked-after children and care leavers in Cornwall have been praised by inspectors.

Thousands of young lives blighted by eating disorders, report finds

News

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

| CYP Now

More than 300,000 young people in England have an eating disorder that has a significant negative impact on their life, according to a report for the charity Beat.

Analysing Repeated Referrals to Children's Services in England

Research

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

| CYP Now

This study set out to discover the factors behind children receiving multiple referrals to local authority children's services. The analysis focused on 498,867 children referred during the financial year 2010/11.

NYA says youth work training for police officers should be 'more systemic'

News

Friday, August 17, 2012

| CYP Now

The National Youth Agency (NYA) has called for police training in youth work skills to be "more systemic".

ADCS brands plans to reduce child protection guidance 'detrimental'

News

Thursday, August 30, 2012

| CYP Now

The Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned that government plans to reduce child protection guidance could be "detrimental" to professionals' ability to safeguard children.

In Focus: Poor housing puts children's lives at risk

Other

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

| CYP Now

If families are unable to live in decent housing, the consequences can be severe.

Tri-borough arrangement 'to continue for adoption and fostering services'

News

Monday, October 30, 2017

| CYP Now

Three London councils will continue to operate a shared service for adoption and fostering once partnership arrangements for children's services come to an end in six months' time, it has emerged.

Three North East councils consider children's services merger

News

Friday, September 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Darlington, Hartlepool and Redcar & Cleveland councils are considering plans to merge the management of their social care and education departments.?

Charities face up to stark commercial reality

Other

Monday, September 17, 2012

| CYP Now

A Children England report has mapped out the problems facing children's charities as financial and professional pressures take their toll

Communicating with Children When a Parent is at the End of Life

Other

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

| CYP Now

Rachel Fearnley; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 9781849052344; £19.99; 192 pages

Call to allow foster carers to register with multiple agencies

News

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

| CYP Now

Foster carers should be allowed to register with more than one agency to increase the number of placements available to children in care, the Norfolk Foster Care Association has said.

Lib Dem conference: Clegg unveils 'catch-up' premium

News

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Pupils struggling with English and maths when they start secondary school are to be given intensive tuition funded by a £50m "catch-up premium", the Deputy Prime Minister has announced.

Ennals urges radical action for families as he departs NCB

Other

Friday, July 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Sir Paul Ennals has called for a transformation in the way family support services are provided in order to stem the flow of children entering care, saying he wants all neighbouring local authorities to jointly commission services for families in households before they reach crisis point.

Family relationships should form key measurement of wellbeing, says public

News

Monday, July 25, 2011

| CYP Now

People in the UK believe their wellbeing should be measured in terms of the quality of their family relationships, according to a report by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Cameron calls for action to tackle gang culture

News

Thursday, August 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has called for action against those involved in gangs and greater discipline in schools in the wake of riots throughout England.

End service barriers to give families a boost

Opinion

Friday, August 19, 2011

| CYP Now

There have been numerous government-sponsored reviews over the past few months: Graham Allen on early intervention, Frank Field on social mobility, Dame Clare Tickell on the early years and Eileen Munro on child protection.

Probe highlights systemic issues in case of seven-year-old abused by foster carer

News

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

| CYP Now

An investigation into the case of a seven-year-old girl who was sexually abused by her foster carer has flagged up a number of issues with systems and procedures that need to be addressed.

UK parents struggle to find time to be with their children

News

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Parents in the UK struggle to find time to be with their children and to challenge the commercial pressures around them, the latest Unicef report has found.

Intensive intervention helps families reduce poor parenting and antisocial behaviour

News

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Family intervention projects have helped to reduce the proportion of families involved in crime and antisocial behaviour by 50 per cent, government statistics have revealed.