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In Focus: Fair4Families campaign

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

4Children examines the tough circumstances faced by families in 2013

Northern Ireland families at risk as charity runs out of cash

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Monday, February 18, 2013

| CYP Now

More than 850 low-income families with disabled or seriously ill children are at risk of missing out on financial support from the Northern Ireland branch of the Family Fund.

Health services reluctant to ask about childhood trauma, study finds

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Friday, June 1, 2018

| CYP Now

Health workers are reluctant to routinely ask young people who access their services if they have been affected by adverse childhood experiences such as abuse or exploitation, a pilot study has found.

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, What Works Network, and strip-searching

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Monday, March 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Disabled children start legal bid on room-sharing plans; policy advice network launches, and concerns over prevalence of strip-searching in youth custody, all in the news today.

TUC says majority of children face 'unacceptable' living standards

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Low wages, welfare changes and taxes will push down living standards for 690,000 more children in the next two years, the union federation claims.

Medical leaders warn of 'extreme shortage' of community child health doctors

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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

| CYP Now

Vulnerable children in need of support from community paediatric services are at risk of "falling through the gaps" unless a recruitment crisis is addressed, medical leaders have warned.

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, joint working, and College of Social Work

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

| CYP Now

200 sexually exploited children are on care waiting lists, MSPs say care systems must work better, and College of Social Work boss named, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, palliative care and youth offending

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Friday, December 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Report blames sexual grooming of young girls on police failings; MPs call for fairer children's palliative care funding; and a youth offending service in Teeside wins praise, all in the news today.

Seven key steps to ensure best interests of children

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Wales children's commissioner Keith Towler shares his golden rules for promoting children's rights.

Daily roundup: School discipline, child protection, and academy criticism

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Friday, February 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Primary school behaviour getting worse; Rochdale Council takes steps to improve safeguarding; and Gove criticised over academy plans, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Obesity, child protection and mental health

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Friday, February 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Morbidly obese children taken into care; Northamptonshire struggles with unnecessary safeguarding referrals; and bullying is main cause of self-harm study finds, all in the news today.

Children and Families Act receives royal assent

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The Children and Families Act has received royal assent, ushering in a raft of changes including adoption reforms, greater protection for vulnerable children and shared parental leave.

Lack of joined-up mental health support fails young offenders

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Friday, March 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Young offenders are failing to get adequate mental health support when they move into the adult system, an independent review of the criminal justice system has found.

ADCS brands plans to reduce child protection guidance 'detrimental'

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Thursday, August 30, 2012

| CYP Now

The Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned that government plans to reduce child protection guidance could be "detrimental" to professionals' ability to safeguard children.

In Focus: Poor housing puts children's lives at risk

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

| CYP Now

If families are unable to live in decent housing, the consequences can be severe.

Three North East councils consider children's services merger

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Friday, September 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Darlington, Hartlepool and Redcar & Cleveland councils are considering plans to merge the management of their social care and education departments.?

Communicating with Children When a Parent is at the End of Life

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

| CYP Now

Rachel Fearnley; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 9781849052344; £19.99; 192 pages

Co-location Fund

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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

| CYP Now

What is it? The Children's Plan One Year On: A Progress Report promised a co-location capital fund.

Ask the Experts: Listening to the voice of the child

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on listening to children's views, bereavement support, tackling sexual orientation and teaching empathy.

Rise in food bank use due to benefit changes, warns YMCA

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Delays in receiving benefits are forcing many vulnerable young people to turn to food banks to feed themselves, YMCA England has said.

Government hopes cash boost will transform children's mental health

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Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The government is to pump over £1bn into overhauling children's mental health services by 2020, but experts say this alone will not be enough to tackle deep-rooted problems with access to therapy and the commissioning system.

Scotland launches major drive to tackle child sexual exploitation

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Friday, April 24, 2015

| CYP Now

A pioneering initiative to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE) in the wake of the Rotherham scandal has been launched in Scotland.

Election Interviews: Political parties make distinct choices for children and families

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Monday, April 27, 2015

| CYP Now

With just over a week to go until the general election, Neil Puffett asks key Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat spokesmen to outline their visions for the children's sector should their party form the next government.

Ofsted heaps praise on care leaver support scheme

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Thursday, May 14, 2015

| CYP Now

A government-backed initiative to support care leavers has been singled out for praise by Ofsted which has awarded a council's children's services department the first "outstanding" rating for the service area.