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The dos and don’ts of case recording

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  • Tuesday, September 26, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Care records can help make sense of difficult childhood experiences but vary widely in quality. Drawing on her own experiences, Rebekah Pierre provides key pointers on sensitive case recording.

Leaving Care Special Report

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  • Tuesday, September 27, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Care-experienced young people can face greater challenges than their peers when living independently. Local authorities must work to prepare care leavers and put in place the right support for them to flourish.

Employing care leavers

Care-experienced young people can find looking for a job more difficult than their peers, but there are a number of measures employers can put in place to support care leavers entering the world of work.

Inspections Clinic: Leaving care services

Evidence from Ofsted shows support to help care leavers transition to independence is still lacking. The inspectorate tells Jo Stephenson of its plans to sharpen councils’ focus on improving provision.

University challenge: help for care leavers

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  • Tuesday, September 28, 2021
    • | CYP Now
Care-experienced young people are significantly less likely to attend university than their peers. Experts explore what support needs to be in place for them to access the benefits of higher education.

Early Help: Special Report

    Features
  • Wednesday, August 28, 2019
    • | CYP Now
Amid rising knife crime, youth homelessness and care referrals, the case for spending on early help has never been so important, yet investment in prevention services has been falling, fuelling late interventions.

Around the corner

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  • Tuesday, October 25, 2016
    • | CYP Now
Young people in residential care will soon have the right to 'stay close' to their placement when they leave, helping smooth the transition to adulthood. Joe Lepper investigates how this is likely to work.

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