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DfE faces legal action over 'misleading' safeguarding guidance

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

| CYP Now

The Department for Education could face legal action for publishing guidance that might lead local authorities to break laws protecting vulnerable children, a charity has claimed.

Councils give backing to care leavers' charter

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

| CYP Now

More than two-thirds of councils have signed up to the government's care leavers' charter, care minister Edward Timpson has said.

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

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Monday, September 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Three out of four schools now judged as good or outstanding; former children's minister to step down as MP; and foster care myths exposed, all in the news today.

Ask the Expert: Involving children in care

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Monday, October 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Inspectors praise improvements to 'front door' social work in Liverpool

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Tuesday, July 3, 2018

| CYP Now

Ofsted has praised improvements to the quality of "front door" social work in Liverpool, following an inspection of children's services, although provision overall has been rated as "requires improvement".

Council leaders challenge government on adoption

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils should be allowed to work together to improve the adoption system rather than being removed from it, local authority leaders have claimed.

Councils face £25,000 per child shortfall under refugee scheme

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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils involved in a Home Office scheme to take in unaccompanied asylum seeking children from other areas are facing an average £25,000 shortfall in funding for every child they support, research suggests.

Daily roundup: Praise for Lambeth Council, sports coaching and primary school places

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Monday, July 23, 2012

| CYP Now

A letter from the children's minister to Lambeth, the effect of child protection on sports coaching and plans to deal with the population boom, all in today's news roundup.

Longfield to examine Muslim fostering case

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

The Children's Commissioner for England will examine reports that a five-year-old Christian girl was left distressed after being placed in foster care with a Muslim family.

Birmingham children's home closure proposals 'will save £3m'

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

| CYP Now

Birmingham Council is planning to close five of its 17 children's homes with a view to saving £3m by increasing the use of foster care and adoption.

Experts urge training drive to boost mental health support for children in care

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Monday, November 6, 2017

| CYP Now

All carers and professionals who work directly with looked-after children should receive mental health training as part of a range of efforts to boost support for them, a government-appointed group of experts has recommended.

Daily roundup: Pupils 'go hungry', whooping cough and missing children

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Friday, September 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Teachers warn that pupils are suffering the impact of recession, pregnant women to be given the whooping cough jab, and an online campaign to find missing children, all in the news today.

Social work leaders sceptical over call for more third-party provider input

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Social work and local government leaders have warned that government ambitions to allow independent sector providers to deliver children's social services must not be at the expense of councils losing their statutory powers.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Support for foster children up to age 21

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

The DfE proposes a legal duty on councils to provide financial support for young people who want to stay with foster families until they are 21.

Welsh care reforms place post-18 duty on councils

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Monday, February 3, 2014

| CYP Now

The Welsh government has defended proposed care reforms that it says will place new duties on local authorities to provide funding for post-18 foster care.

Call for whistleblowing protection for foster carers

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Government has been called on to protect foster carers after it was claimed they are too scared to blow the whistle on suspected cases of child abuse because of fears they could be struck off.

Daily roundup: Child abuse, leadership and government funding

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

| CYP Now

MPs warned female genital mutilation still happening; new chief executive at social impact charity The Challenge; and research highlights hole in DfE finances, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Early years, adoption support and foster care

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham Council delays childcare business charter plans; post-adoption support tops Martin Narey's priority list; and "Staying Put" duty comes in, all in the news today.

Extend Staying Put rights to children's homes, say MPs

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Staying Put legislation should be extended into children's homes as part of sweeping changes needed to improve post-16 support for looked-after young people, MPs have said.

Councils receive Staying Put funding allocations

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Friday, August 8, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has announced how much each council will receive this year to extend support up to age 21 for young people in foster care, but concerns remain that the money is not enough.

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DfE faces legal action over 'misleading' safeguarding guidance

Councils give backing to care leavers' charter

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

Ask the Expert: Involving children in care

Inspectors praise improvements to 'front door' social work in Liverpool

Council leaders challenge government on adoption

Councils face £25,000 per child shortfall under refugee scheme

Daily roundup: Praise for Lambeth Council, sports coaching and primary school places

Longfield to examine Muslim fostering case

Birmingham children's home closure proposals 'will save £3m'

Experts urge training drive to boost mental health support for children in care

Daily roundup: Pupils 'go hungry', whooping cough and missing children

Social work leaders sceptical over call for more third-party provider input

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Support for foster children up to age 21

Welsh care reforms place post-18 duty on councils

Call for whistleblowing protection for foster carers

Daily roundup: Child abuse, leadership and government funding

Daily roundup: Early years, adoption support and foster care

Extend Staying Put rights to children's homes, say MPs

Councils receive Staying Put funding allocations

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