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- Childcare ratings website will be free from malicious comments, pledges director
- YJB to seek views on long-term plan for youth secure estate
- Changes offer hope for Hackney's 'disappointing' youth offending work
- Leveson inquiry urged to consider portrayal of young people
- Childcare allowance 'fails to address regional differences'
- Families of disabled children lack access to support and information
- Payment-by-results must not jeopardise key services, charities warned
- One in three schools has no plan to deliver careers advice
- Organisations offered £2,200 to support teenagers into work
- Energy bills force families to cut back on food and fuel
- Croydon council blasted for changes to childminder support
- Improved remand practices 'set to slash' youth prison numbers
- Sandwell makes progress on safeguarding children
- Asylum-seeking children win compensation after being unlawfully detained
- Hackney domestic violence review proposes more help for teenagers
- Violence against teachers in Wales soars
- Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action
- Paediatricians call on government to scrap health bill
- Use of force 'extremely high' at Ashfield YOI
- Ad restrictions fail to protect children from junk food marketing
News analysis
Childminders integral to boost free childcare for two-year-olds
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With just one year to prepare for a massive expansion in the number of two-year-olds entitled to free childcare, childminders have the potential to plug a significant gap, but there are still barriers to overcome
Ministers ignite debate on shared parenting
Working group considers legislation to "emphasise the importance of children having a relationship with both parents after separation"
Probation watchdog to lighten the inspection burden on YOTs
A revised inspection framework for youth offending teams aims to free up YOT staff to allow them to spend more time working with vulnerable service users
Columnists & Comment
Army of childminders can help bridge the gap
Social mobility is thankfully all the rage these days, and the free childcare entitlement is a crucial policy to help all children get the best start in life regardless of background.
Have we gone too far in putting the child first?
"The child must come first" is the mantra we all try to use when coming to a view on policy and practice. Social workers must assess a child's safety as the paramount consideration.
A very tall order with a short deadline
Across the country, newly formed local teams are embarking on a colossal exercise. In every area, local authorities have until next month to quantify how many troubled families live in each area and set out how they are going to help them turn their ...
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Advice and Guidance RSS
- One in three schools has no plan to deliver careers advice
- Organisations offered £2,200 to support teenagers into work
- Young people praise councils' efforts to tackle unemployment
- Savings 'gap' leaves young people exposed
- Liverpool council takes reins on Youth Contract delivery
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Careers RSS
- Violence against teachers in Wales soars
- College of Social Work sets out its stall at inaugural event
- Scotland unveils plan to tackle youth unemployment
- Birmingham recruits Lincolnshire children's services chief
- Call for tighter regulation of early years training providers
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Childcare and Early Years RSS
- Childcare ratings website will be free from malicious comments, pledges director
- Childcare allowance 'fails to address regional differences'
- Energy bills force families to cut back on food and fuel
- Croydon council blasted for changes to childminder support
- Seven in 10 families on financial brink
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Education RSS
- One in three schools has no plan to deliver careers advice
- Organisations offered £2,200 to support teenagers into work
- Violence against teachers in Wales soars
- Liverpool council takes reins on Youth Contract delivery
- Ofsted to raise the bar for outstanding schools
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Health RSS
- Families of disabled children lack access to support and information
- Paediatricians call on government to scrap health bill
- Austerity measures threaten to exacerbate health inequality, ministers warned
- Government commits £1m to address underage and problem drinking
- Children in care struggle to talk about emotional needs
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Joint working RSS
- Energy bills force families to cut back on food and fuel
- Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action
- Seven in 10 families on financial brink
- Austerity measures threaten to exacerbate health inequality, ministers warned
- Next Children's Society chief announced
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Management RSS
- Payment-by-results must not jeopardise key services, charities warned
- Children's services bear the brunt of grant cuts
- Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'
- Small youth charities to bear the brunt of funding cuts
- Distribution of early intervention grant sparks concerns
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Play RSS
- Government allocates funds to encourage outdoor play
- Camden scraps universal play provision
- Play recognised by government as integral to early learning
- Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2011 announced
- Ofsted reports increase in 'excellent' children's services
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Social Care RSS
- Asylum-seeking children win compensation after being unlawfully detained
- Hackney domestic violence review proposes more help for teenagers
- Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action
- Support for trafficked children to go under the spotlight
- Austerity measures threaten to exacerbate health inequality, ministers warned
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Youth Justice RSS
- YJB to seek views on long-term plan for youth secure estate
- Changes offer hope for Hackney's 'disappointing' youth offending work
- Improved remand practices 'set to slash' youth prison numbers
- Use of force 'extremely high' at Ashfield YOI
- Call for witness protection review after teenager's identity revealed
Additional Information
Latest jobs Jobs web feed
- Improving Futures - Project Manager Wolverhampton Voluntary Sector Council £27,052 - £29,236 pa, Wolverhampton
- Community Sibling Support Worker Acorns Circa £20k pro rata + allowences, Walsall
- Admin Officer Action for Children £16,830 - £19,620 pa, Wiltshire
- Sessional Contact Assessor DVIP £15-30 per hour, London
- Baby & Toddler Co-ordinator Pre School Learning Alliance £18,143 per annum plus £2,570 London Weighting., Fulham Central
Most read
- Seven in 10 families on financial brink
- One in three schools has no plan to deliver careers advice
- Support for trafficked children to go under the spotlight
- Organisations offered £2,200 to support teenagers into work
- Paediatricians call on government to scrap health bill
- Violence against teachers in Wales soars
Most commented
- Organisations offered £2,200 to support teenagers into work
- Families of disabled children lack access to support and information
- One in three schools has no plan to deliver careers advice
- Childminders integral to boost free childcare for two-year-olds
- Childcare ratings website will be free from malicious comments, pledges director
- YJB to seek views on long-term plan for youth secure estate
