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More children are being adopted, but councils need to do more to recruit the "right" adopters, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Daily roundup: Underage drinking, Universal Credit concerns, children's diets

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Call for alcohol ban for under-18s; Universal Credit "will not help most families", and children recommended to eat adult meals, all in the news today.

Mental health checks for looked-after children to begin in June 2019

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

| CYP Now

Children will start receiving mental health assessments when they enter the care system from June 2019 as part of a delayed pilot project, it has emerged.

Daily roundup: Reading cash boost, Norfolk DCS appointed, and stop and search

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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

| CYP Now

The Reading Agency awarded £1m of funding, Sheila Lock named as interim DCS at Norfolk Council, and police stop and search practice criticised by inspectorate, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, benefits and child poverty

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Clegg pledges government review of youth unemployment strategy; the Conservatives could introduce tougher penalties for unemployed young people; and a charity warns literacy levels must improve to tackle child poverty, all in the news today.

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Parents could be forced to pay as much as £900-a-month if their children are taken into care, under plans announced by Worcestershire County Council.

Language guide challenges care system jargon

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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

| CYP Now

"What are peers?", "What are neets?" and "Why do social workers call my home a placement?" are among the questions flagged by young people who helped produce a new publication that challenges jargon used in the care system.

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, youth unemployment and children's centres

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Government's response on child sexual exploitation criticised; small rise in youth unemployment; and minister plays down significance of children's centre closures, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: child poverty, social work bonuses and apprenticeships

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Claims the government will miss its child poverty targets; Doncaster Council offers cash incentives to social workers; and the Sutton Trust calls for more apprenticeship places, all in the news today.

Report reveals gaps in council foster carer recruitment

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

| CYP Now

The first national picture of foster carer recruitment reveals a huge variation in performance between local authorities.

Panel of experts set out to get adoption sector's 'house in order'

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Members of the government's new Adoption Leadership Board explain how they will help ensure adoption reforms change local services on the ground and improve the system for children and adoptive parents.

Government considers extending children's home leaving age to 21

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to explore the possibility of allowing young people to stay in residential care up to the age of 21, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

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