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Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

Friday, January 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The government intends to change the law to make reporting suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory prior to May's general election.

Whitehall unit to reform child protection systems under a Labour government

News

Monday, February 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Labour will create a cross-government child protection unit to "revolutionise" safeguarding systems and practice if the party is elected in May.

Legal Update: Ending age-disputed detention

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre's Migrant Children's Project, examines the findings of a recent inquiry on immigration detention.

Government admits 26-week care proceedings target 'unlikely' to be met

News

Friday, March 27, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has admitted the 26-week target to decide whether a child is taken into care is "highly unlikely" to ever be met for all cases.

Research Report: Child Neglect is Everyone's Business: Achieving a Sense of Shared Responsibility

Other

Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Researchers investigate how local authorities identify and intervene in child neglect cases.

Rotherham yet to launch new taxi rules to combat CSE

News

Thursday, May 7, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to combat child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Rotherham by toughening up rules for taxi drivers are yet to be implemented seven months after they were first drawn up, it has emerged.

Children with disabilities more susceptible to CSE

Other

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Child sexual exploitation (CSE) revelations uncover many uncomfortable truths about the daily experiences of young children, yet there remains a dearth of support available for victims of this heinous form of abuse.

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Private fostering

Other

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Q: What is private fostering and when is a private foster carer required to notify the local authority?

How support stops children from going into care

Other

Monday, June 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Project breaks the cycle of children being taken into care.

Home Office unveils statutory FGM guidance

News

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Statutory guidance for how children's social workers, doctors, police and teachers should deal with suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) has been published by government as part of attempts to protect potential victims.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - New court order to combat FGM

Other

Monday, August 3, 2015

| CYP Now

This month, a new provision came into effect, which provides for the imposition of Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders.

Children ‘find ways to cope' with domestic violence

News

Thursday, September 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Children are often more resilient than they seem in dealing with the impact of domestic violence in their home, researchers have found.

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

News

Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Lucy Powell shadow education secretary.

Children's services chiefs hit out at youth justice cuts

News

Thursday, September 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to make emergency in-year cuts of £13.5m to youth justice work have been blasted by children's services chiefs and youth justice managers.

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on the dangers of legal highs, child protection changes, building a bug hotel and holding a winter bazaar.

Early help must stem the flow of neglect cases to social care

Other

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

With the number of children on child protection plans due to neglect on the rise, research by the NSPCC suggests a lack of understanding is resulting in universal services referring some cases that could be managed with early help.