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Children's commissioner to investigate impact of family immigration rules

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

| CYP Now

The Office of the Children's Commissioner for England has launched an investigation into the harm family immigration rule changes are causing to children.

Daily roundup: Child exploitation, A-levels and home repossessions

Other

Thursday, August 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Labour MP warns that a legal loophole puts children at risk of grooming; new figures show rise in students taking A-levels in maths and the sciences; and charity warns that South Tyneside is a blackspot for home repossessions, all in the news today.

Labour Party Conference: Shadow justice secretary backs support for children of prisoners

News

Monday, September 22, 2014

| CYP Now

A Labour government will work to ascertain how many children have a parent in prison, shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan has pledged.

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

News

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities would be able to save a total of £150m a year by improving the way they work with prospective foster parents, a report has claimed.

Lib Dem Conference 2011: Government to pilot classes for parents of under-fives

News

Sunday, September 18, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's minister Sarah Teather has announced that up to four local areas will be involved in a scheme that will offer parenting classes to every parent of a child aged under five.

Internet providers offer parents opportunity to block adult sites

News

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Four major internet providers in the UK have announced plans to allow parents to block adult content on the web.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

News

Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

Intervention projects help to cut care figures, DfE research suggests

News

Friday, October 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Areas with established family intervention projects are seeing fewer children taken into care, emerging research by the Department for Education (DfE) has suggested.

Councils get to grips with payment-by-results for troubled families

Other

Monday, April 16, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has revealed plans to pay councils for improving school attendance, reducing antisocial behaviour and getting parents into work, in its bid to transform the lives of 120,000 of the most troubled families in England

Leeds City Council

Best Practice

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Restorative practice crucial to Leeds children's services' journey from Ofsted "inadequate" to best practice status.

Special Report: Social Work With Children and Families

Features

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Social workers are among the most important people in the lives of vulnerable children, so a number of initiatives are aimed at re-energising a profession dogged by high caseloads and recruitment difficulties.

Olympics could provide ‘watershed' for family-friendly workplaces

News

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

| CYP Now

Employers should use the Olympic Games to accelerate progress towards more family-friendly workplaces, a family charity has urged.

Job title: Parenting worker

Other

Monday, June 25, 2012

| CYP Now

The title parenting worker can cover a range of different roles and remits, finds Charlotte Goddard

DfE-funded care initiative 'provides low-cost support for vulnerable families'

News

Friday, July 14, 2017

| CYP Now

A government-funded social care initiative originally developed in Chicago has the potential to support vulnerable families in the UK at low cost and reduce the number of children coming into care, an evaluation report has found.

Charities urge more support for separating couples sharing care of a child

News

Friday, July 8, 2011

| CYP Now

The government is failing to do enough to help separating couples share responsibility for their children, a study has claimed.

Special Report: Preventing care proceedings - Research evidence

Research

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

| CYP Now

The research section for this special report is based on a selection of academic studies which have been explored and summarised by Research in Practice (www.rip.org.uk), part of the Dartington Hall Trust.

Benefit cuts to be challenged in High Court

News

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

| CYP Now

A High Court judge is set to rule on the legality of controversial housing benefit cuts after a child poverty charity launched a legal challenge.

The Team Around the Relationship, Brighton & Hove

Best Practice

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

| CYP Now

Brighton & Hove City Council's relationship-based practice model of children's social work.

Young people unite to air their views on riots

News

Friday, August 12, 2011

| CYP Now

Young people turned out in their scores in central London as part of an event aimed at giving them the opportunity to air their views on the recent unrest and its causes.

Cameron's 'social fightback' does not go far enough, says 4Children chief

News

Monday, August 15, 2011

| CYP Now

The government must lead a "revolution" to increase support for families over the long-term and not wait for a crisis before intervening, charity 4Children has warned.

Pensioners 'could help young people by paying National Insurance'

News

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

| CYP Now

Pensioners should continue to pay National Insurance in order to fund employment schemes for young people, a campaign organisation has proposed.

How girls and parents build bridges

Best Practice

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Group works to stop teenage girls behaving violently and abusively towards their parents and improve relationships.

Action for Children gets results through 'assertive' approach to parents

News

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

| CYP Now

The ability to challenge both parents and other service providers can enable professionals to achieve the best results for vulnerable children, a report commissioned by Action for Children has found.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Parental involvement law comes into effect

Other

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Courts must presume that, unless otherwise shown, involvement of both separating parents in a child's life will further the child's welfare.

Skills for the Job: Foetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Other

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Alcohol consumed during pregnancy can affect a child's development and cause disorders that require patient support.

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Children's commissioner to investigate impact of family immigration rules

Daily roundup: Child exploitation, A-levels and home repossessions

Labour Party Conference: Shadow justice secretary backs support for children of prisoners

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

Lib Dem Conference 2011: Government to pilot classes for parents of under-fives

Internet providers offer parents opportunity to block adult sites

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Intervention projects help to cut care figures, DfE research suggests

Councils get to grips with payment-by-results for troubled families

Leeds City Council

Special Report: Social Work With Children and Families

Olympics could provide ‘watershed' for family-friendly workplaces

Job title: Parenting worker

DfE-funded care initiative 'provides low-cost support for vulnerable families'

Charities urge more support for separating couples sharing care of a child

Special Report: Preventing care proceedings - Research evidence

Benefit cuts to be challenged in High Court

The Team Around the Relationship, Brighton & Hove

Young people unite to air their views on riots

Cameron's 'social fightback' does not go far enough, says 4Children chief

Pensioners 'could help young people by paying National Insurance'

How girls and parents build bridges

Action for Children gets results through 'assertive' approach to parents

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Parental involvement law comes into effect

Skills for the Job: Foetal alcohol spectrum disorders

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