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How group work boosts skills of foster carers

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

| CYP Now

Foster carers are trained in how to look after vulnerable children.

How service helps clients' families stay together

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

A community approach to addressing adults' drug and alcohol problems reduces the chances of their children being taken into care.

Independent visitors: Volunteers help children in care

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Monday, June 24, 2019

| CYP Now

Independent visitors provide vital support to children in care. Catherine Pestano, who helps co-ordinate a network of nearly 80 volunteers in Croydon, south London, describes a typical week for the service.

How councils unite to sign up adoptive parents

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Four local authorities in the North West pool their resources in effort to find new adoptive families.

How young carers influence policy

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Monday, October 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Young Carers in Focus raises awareness of the needs of young carers and helps them influence policy.

Digital toolkit helps young children grasp the building blocks of online safety

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Internet safety charity develops Project Evolve, which offers free access to online safeguarding resources.

Foster care for adolescents with complex needs in Sweden

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

| CYP Now

Laurelle Brown visited Sweden in 2018 to assess how child protection services cater for the needs of older children coming into care and what the UK could learn in terms of support for foster carers.

Worcestershire County Council

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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Long-time struggling West Midlands council is the latest to transfer a range of children’s services to a council-owned company.

Art therapy helps girls affected by youth violence

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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

A south London-based project is using creative expression as a therapeutic tool to support young girls affected by the aftermath of youth violence.

How parents take action to end cycle of care

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Programme of support for parents that have had children taken into care helps reduce the chance of further pregnancies and proceedings.

Good Practice: How the CoreKids project is helping families affected by substance misuse

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Friday, April 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Since its creation in 2003, CoreKids has proven to be an invaluable resource for parents struggling with substance misuse.

Good Practice: How a pilot scheme has led to a reduction in parental substance misuse and children taken into care

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Friday, May 27, 2011

| CYP Now

The Family Drug and Alcohol Court initiative boasts impressive trial results, including a 48 per cent success rate in mothers who stopped misusing substances

Multi-agency Panel: Running away from care to be with mum

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Thursday, November 25, 2010

| CYP Now

Commissioning: Infants in care proceedings

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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Toni Badnall-Neill explains how commissioning can support better outcomes for very young children taken into care.

SOS Children's Villages, India

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Monday, April 29, 2019

| CYP Now

Research in 2011 estimated that up to 20 million children were living as orphans in India, four per cent of the country's total child population.

Implementing systemic models of social work

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Tuesday, January 30, 2018

| CYP Now

Projects in the first phase of the DfE's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme have been evaluated to identify common themes. This briefing summarises learning on implementing systemic social work models.

Care leaver support in Romania

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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

| CYP Now

Romania has a chequered past when it comes to the state looking after children.

Good Practice: How a unified approach is helping Blackburn agencies to fight child sexual exploitation

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Friday, August 5, 2011

| CYP Now

The work of the multi-agency Engage team has led to a 30 per cent drop in the number of children missing between 2005/06 and 2010/11

Ask The Experts: Nursery medicine, CSE concerns, council help for academies and youth film nights

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on drugs in nursery settings, addressing CSE concerns, council help for academies and youth club film nights.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Integration pays for Trafford Council

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Monday, July 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council - local authority inspection - January-February 2015

How I Got Here: Christopher Heseltine-James, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Christopher Heseltine-James, interim service manager, Edge of Care, Evidence Based Hub and Outdoor Learning at Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council on his career journey.

Liverpool on journey to sustainable children’s home sector

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

| CYP Now

Liverpool, like many areas, has seen rising demand for, and costs of, children’s residential care placements.

How I Got Here: Geraldine Roseberry, foster carer

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Geraldine Roseberry reflects on 25 years as a foster carer.

Hull invests so children in care stay connected

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Yorkshire council opens its own homes on “nice estates” to enable more children in care to live and thrive in the city of Hull.

Ofsted Report: 'Outstanding' home strives to maintain Ofsted rating

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Monday, March 21, 2011

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A council-run children's home in Nottinghamshire has been identified by Ofsted as one of the best in the country. Jo Stephenson finds out how it works with children with severe learning problems.

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How group work boosts skills of foster carers

How service helps clients' families stay together

Independent visitors: Volunteers help children in care

How councils unite to sign up adoptive parents

How young carers influence policy

Digital toolkit helps young children grasp the building blocks of online safety

Foster care for adolescents with complex needs in Sweden

Worcestershire County Council

Art therapy helps girls affected by youth violence

How parents take action to end cycle of care

Good Practice: How the CoreKids project is helping families affected by substance misuse

Good Practice: How a pilot scheme has led to a reduction in parental substance misuse and children taken into care

Multi-agency Panel: Running away from care to be with mum

Commissioning: Infants in care proceedings

SOS Children's Villages, India

Implementing systemic models of social work

Care leaver support in Romania

Good Practice: How a unified approach is helping Blackburn agencies to fight child sexual exploitation

Ask The Experts: Nursery medicine, CSE concerns, council help for academies and youth film nights

Behind the Inspection Rating: Integration pays for Trafford Council

How I Got Here: Christopher Heseltine-James, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Liverpool on journey to sustainable children’s home sector

How I Got Here: Geraldine Roseberry, foster carer

Hull invests so children in care stay connected

Ofsted Report: 'Outstanding' home strives to maintain Ofsted rating

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