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Short breaks provision saves 174m

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  • Monday, February 8, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Savings of 174m a year can be made if the government maintains short break funding for disabled children and their families beyond 2011, a report has claimed.

National network to assist workers

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  • Tuesday, April 8, 2008
  • | CYP Now
An Oxford project is working to set up a national network for mental health professionals who work with refugee and asylum-seeking children.

Restraint training needed for entire workforce

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  • Tuesday, April 21, 2009
  • | CYP Now
The whole of the children's workforce would benefit from basic training on the law relating to the use of restraint, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Funding foundations feel the squeeze

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  • Tuesday, April 28, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Many children's and youth organisations rely heavily on charitable foundations to help fund their work. As the recession takes hold, Mathew Little investigates to what extent this financial support will be cut back.

Family charities urge services to work together

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  • Tuesday, November 10, 2009
  • | CYP Now
A coalition of family charities has called for all forms of children and young people's services to consider ways of working together to prevent family breakdown during the recession.

Joint working - Arise, the next children's commissioner

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  • Tuesday, June 16, 2009
  • | CYP Now
England's first children's commissioner is preparing to step down as recruitment for his successor gets under way. Joe Lepper considers Sir Al Aynsley-Green's achievements, the remit of the role and some of the potential candidates to take his place.

Balls should recognise 'grown-up Baby Ps'

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  • Monday, January 4, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The director of the Howard League for Penal Reform has called on Children's Secretary Ed Balls to recognise that children in the criminal justice system are "grown-up Baby Ps" and treat them accordingly, as the sector gives its views on resolutions Balls should make this New Year.

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