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Daily roundup: Foster care legal challenge, clinical trials on children, and teacher training standards

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

| CYP Now

A Welsh teenager in foster care fights for his rights in the Court of Appeal, high UK child mortality rate linked to lack of clinical trials, and government statistics on the calibre of trainee teachers, all in the news today.

Inspectors praise children's centre support at 'inadequate' council

News

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

| CYP Now

Effective use of children's centres to offer early support to vulnerable families is helping an "inadequate" council turn around its performance, Ofsted has found.

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

News

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils could save more than £32,000 for each troubled family they work with by providing services in a more effective way, a government report has claimed.

Daily roundup: Funding for young offenders; Birmingham protests, and violence against parents

Other

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authority funding for young offenders is cut; protests over the future of children's services in Birmingham, and European Commission cash for a UK study on violence against parents, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Early intervention, emotional health, and troubled families

News

Friday, March 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Sector calls for an "early intervention Budget", emotional support for primary school children, and troubled families research announced, all in the news today.

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

News

Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils will be handed powers to outsource a whole range of children's social care services including child protection under proposals announced by the government.

Seeking the way out of child poverty

Other

Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Despite government promises to eliminate child poverty, figures show it is on the rise. Charlotte Goddard examines some of the key proposals for tackling poverty and explores what is working on the ground.

Daily roundup: School league tables, apprenticeships, and serious case review apology

Other

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Plans for alternative school league tables announced, survey highlights popularity of apprenticeships, and Oxfordshire's Safeguarding Children Board issues serious case review apology, all in the news today.

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

News

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services in Blackpool are improving but problems remain with support for care leavers and planning for looked-after children, inspectors have found.

Daily roundup: Child benefit, children's homes, and LSCB appointment

Other

Monday, September 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Ed Balls reveals Labour plans for child benefit cap; Two Birmingham children's homes close permanently; and Redbridge Local Safeguarding Children Board appoints former Ofsted deputy inspector, all in the news today.

Researching Social Work Practice Close Up: Using Ethnographic and Mobile Methods to Understand Encounters between Social Workers, Children and Families

Other

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Ferguson looks at social work practice with families subject to child protection processes to increase understanding of what goes on during home visits.

Emergency Essentials

Other

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

| CYP Now

Grants to help struggling families with items that meet children's most basic needs

How a scheme prevents adoption breakdown

Other

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

| CYP Now

Placement stability has been improved thanks to a programme that offers families a chance to see their relationships in a different light

DfE innovation project 'saves councils up to £2m a year'

News

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

| CYP Now

An early intervention project that received funding through the Department for Education's social care innovation programme saves councils up to £2.1m a year, an evaluation report has found.

Legal aid reforms will leave children exposed to domestic violence, campaigners warn

News

Monday, March 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Women and children will be placed in danger if planned changes to legal aid are rubberstamped, campaigners have warned.

Sixty per cent of families report serious conflict in the home

News

Monday, March 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Six out of 10 UK families with children experience serious or frequent conflict, according to a survey by 4Children.

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

News

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.

Labour 'to boost kinship care support'

News

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Labour wants to see more children at risk of being taken into care instead be given the chance to live with extended family members.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

News

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

For all children: Imelda Redmond, 4Children chief executive

Other

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Imelda Redmond, chief executive of 4Children.

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.

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.

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Daily roundup: Foster care legal challenge, clinical trials on children, and teacher training standards

Inspectors praise children's centre support at 'inadequate' council

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

Daily roundup: Funding for young offenders; Birmingham protests, and violence against parents

Daily roundup: Early intervention, emotional health, and troubled families

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

Seeking the way out of child poverty

Daily roundup: School league tables, apprenticeships, and serious case review apology

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

Daily roundup: Child benefit, children's homes, and LSCB appointment

Researching Social Work Practice Close Up: Using Ethnographic and Mobile Methods to Understand Encounters between Social Workers, Children and Families

Emergency Essentials

How a scheme prevents adoption breakdown

DfE innovation project 'saves councils up to £2m a year'

Legal aid reforms will leave children exposed to domestic violence, campaigners warn

Sixty per cent of families report serious conflict in the home

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

Labour 'to boost kinship care support'

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

For all children: Imelda Redmond, 4Children chief executive

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Private fostering

How support stops children from going into care

Home Office unveils statutory FGM guidance

Children ‘find ways to cope' with domestic violence

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

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