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Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on growing vegetables, telling stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and help for Eastern European children.

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

News

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has been handed new responsibilities for boosting the ‘character and resilience' of young people and tackling bullying, the Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed.

Vulnerable missing children exploited by drug gangs, report finds

News

Thursday, July 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Runaway and missing children are being exploited by criminal gangs in order to expand inner city drug networks into county towns, a study has found.

Legal Update: Review of special guardianship

Other

Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Kirsten Anderson, research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a government consultation that will review the use of special guardianship, first introduced in 2005.

Legal Update: Age assessment guidance

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines how long-awaited guidance could help social workers assess the age of children seeking asylum.

DfE gives council more time to improve after ‘inadequate' Ofsted rating

News

Monday, November 9, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been given more time to turn services around in the wake of Ofsted judging its children's services department ‘inadequate' twice in two years.

MPs call for police discretion in child 'sexting' cases

News

Monday, November 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Police must be given greater discretion when dealing with children who share explicit pictures of themselves so that their future life chances are not harmed, a group of MPs and peers has said.

Government action needs more money to succeed, warn children's leaders

News

Monday, December 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs have warned that government plans to intervene earlier in poorly performing councils will need extra funding in order to work.

Children's commissioner calls for review of children's services cuts

News

Thursday, January 7, 2016

| CYP Now

There is an urgent need to review how funding cuts to children's services are affecting children, the children's commissioner for England has told MPs.

Government set to boost mental health services for children in care

News

Thursday, February 4, 2016

| CYP Now

Support for children and young people in care who are experiencing mental health problems is set to be boosted after the government pledged to set out exactly what services they can expect to receive.

Spending on early intervention faces 71 per cent cut

News

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Government funding for early help services is expected to be cut by 71 per cent, between 2010 and 2020, a study has found.

Children's home providers call for fee increases

News

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Placement fees paid by local authorities to children's homes providers must be increased if the sector is to cope with rising costs, it has been claimed.

Police forces ‘failing' missing children

News

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Police are failing to properly protect missing children from potential abuse, a report has found.

First multi-agency child protection inspection criticises health services

News

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Health services have come in for criticism for failing to properly assess risks to children following the first joint inspection of child protection across health, social care and criminal justice services.

Labour backs mandatory reporting

News

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Mandatory reporting should be introduced in order to protect children from abuse, Labour has said.

Ask the Expert: Dealing with explicit online imagery

Other

Monday, May 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Ask the Expert: Adolescent-to-parent abuse

Best Practice

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Effective Working with Neglected Children and their Families: Linking Interventions to Long-term Outcomes

Other

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Authors Elaine Farmer and Eleanor Lutman; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 978-1-84905-288-7; £25; 240pp

Children's services need clarity of accountability

Other

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's proposals to transfer responsibility for children's social services in Doncaster from the local council to an independent trust have come under attack from Doncaster Mayor Ros Jones in her detailed response to the plans.

How sharing boosts support in school

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Information sharing between police and schools improves the support available to young people affected by domestic violence.

Brexit effect on vulnerable children and families begins to unravel

Analysis

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

| CYP Now

Meeting of charity leaders to discuss the impact of Brexit on vulnerable children and families warns that the UK leaving the European Union could put children's rights, safeguarding and economic welfare at risk.

Major crackdown on FGM to launch in London

News

Friday, April 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Women who are victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) are to be referred to children's social services and police as part of a pioneering project intended to prevent a further generation of girls being subjected to the abuse.

Campaign aims to challenge misconceptions over who can foster

News

Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly three quarters of people believe they would not be accepted as foster carers, with gay, lesbian, retired, young adults and single people among the most pessimistic about their chances, according to a survey.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

News

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

News

Friday, September 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's homes will be required to show how they support young people and respond to their wishes as part of ongoing government efforts to improve standards.

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Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

Vulnerable missing children exploited by drug gangs, report finds

Legal Update: Review of special guardianship

Legal Update: Age assessment guidance

DfE gives council more time to improve after ‘inadequate' Ofsted rating

MPs call for police discretion in child 'sexting' cases

Government action needs more money to succeed, warn children's leaders

Children's commissioner calls for review of children's services cuts

Government set to boost mental health services for children in care

Spending on early intervention faces 71 per cent cut

Children's home providers call for fee increases

Police forces ‘failing' missing children

First multi-agency child protection inspection criticises health services

Labour backs mandatory reporting

Ask the Expert: Dealing with explicit online imagery

Ask the Expert: Adolescent-to-parent abuse

Effective Working with Neglected Children and their Families: Linking Interventions to Long-term Outcomes

Children's services need clarity of accountability

How sharing boosts support in school

Brexit effect on vulnerable children and families begins to unravel

Major crackdown on FGM to launch in London

Campaign aims to challenge misconceptions over who can foster

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

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