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Legal Update: The Children and Families Bill
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- Tuesday, February 19, 2013 | CYP Now
The Children and Families Bill includes a number of proposed reforms to existing legislation. Christopher Sykes, legal officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the principal changes
A fresh workforce strategy is vital
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- Tuesday, February 19, 2013 | CYP Now
The ability to make a difference to children's lives is critically affected by the quality and training of the professionals and practitioners who work with them.
Mutual benefits
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- Tuesday, February 19, 2013 | CYP Now
Public sector employees are being encouraged to take control of the services they provide and run them as mutuals. Joe Lepper looks at the experiences of those pioneering the approach in children's services
Daily roundup: Child sexual exploitation; ‘punishment room' claims, and action on junk food
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- Monday, February 18, 2013 | CYP Now
A campaign to break the taboo of child sexual exploitation, claims of autistic children being ‘locked up' for bad behaviour, and a call for a ban on junk food advertising, all in the news today.
Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect
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- Wednesday, February 6, 2013 | CYP Now
Nine out of ten teachers, police officers and social workers are regularly coming into contact with children they suspect to be suffering from neglect, but up to 40 per cent feel powerless to intervene, a report has warned.
Central intelligence
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- Tuesday, February 5, 2013 | CYP Now
Multi-agency safeguarding hubs bring together different professionals to share intelligence about children at risk. As they spring up nationwide, Joe Lepper examines what impact they are having
Daily roundup: HPV, hospital data sharing, and whistleblowing row in Kingston
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- Friday, February 1, 2013 | CYP Now
Call for the HPV vaccine to be given to boys, hospitals fail to share data on gun and knife crime, and Kingston's former director of children's services under fire over 'cover-up' allegations, all in the news today.
Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning
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- Thursday, January 31, 2013 | CYP Now
Central government must urgently consult local authorities on how new "social value" laws could impact on children's services, it has been has warned.
Daily roundup: The Children's Food Trust, Welsh exams, and 'annoying' young people
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- Wednesday, January 30, 2013 | CYP Now
The Department for Education cuts funding for the Children's Food Trust, the Welsh government decides to retain GCSEs and A levels, and concerns that the replacement for Asbos could be used "inappropriately", all in the news today.
Adoption reforms ‘risk undermining support for vulnerable children'
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- Thursday, January 24, 2013 | CYP Now
Plans to redirect £150m of early intervention funding into adoption reform risk reducing frontline services for vulnerable children, the chair of the Local Government Association's (LGA) children and young people board has warned.
Government raids Early Intervention Grant to fund adoption reform
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- Thursday, January 24, 2013 | CYP Now
The government has slashed £150m from the Early Intervention Grant to plough into attempts to increase the number of adoptions in England, children's minister Edward Timpson has confirmed.
Daily roundup: Legislation to cap benefits, 'pornification', and fast food in Wales
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- Tuesday, January 22, 2013 | CYP Now
A law to introduce a new cap on benefits is passed in the House of Commons, Labour MP Diane Abbott warns about the danger of hardcore porn, and calls for a ban on fast food chains near schools in Wales, all in the news today.
DfE must serve children, not our sitcom writers
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- Tuesday, January 22, 2013 | CYP Now
In what ended up as an explosive exit interview, Tim Loughton lifted the lid on the inner workings of the Department for Education at a select committee hearing last week with the department's former ministers.
Do we need more men?
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- Tuesday, January 22, 2013 | CYP Now
Women outnumber men across the children's workforce, particularly in work with young children. Charlotte Goddard investigates whether it matters and what employers could do to redress the balance
Councils aim to share burden of reform
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- Tuesday, January 22, 2013 | CYP Now
A Children's Improvement Board scheme is allowing councils to learn from each other's experiences
Labour plots vision for youth
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- Tuesday, January 22, 2013 | CYP Now
Neil Puffett talks to Karen Buck MP, opposition spokeswoman for youth services
Early intervention under threat as biggest cuts strike deprived areas
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- Tuesday, January 22, 2013 | CYP Now
Exclusive analysis by CYP Now reveals that councils in the most disadvantaged areas are suffering most as a result of cuts outlined in the local government finance settlement for the coming year
Daily roundup: Benefit cuts, Whitehall wrangling over childcare, and snow hits schools across the UK
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- Friday, January 18, 2013 | CYP Now
Government minister reveals that benefits plans will push 200,000 more children into poverty, the Treasury and the Department for Education at loggerheads over childcare policy, and snow forces more than 2,000 schools to close across the UK, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Electronic tags, 'train surfing', and a new training agency for teachers
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- Thursday, January 17, 2013 | CYP Now
Figures show two-thirds of young people fitted with electronic tags go on to break their court order, warning over 'train surfing' craze in Wales, and plans to merge the Teaching Agency and the National College for School Leadership, all in the news today.
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