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Home Office unveils statutory FGM guidance

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Statutory guidance for how children's social workers, doctors, police and teachers should deal with suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) has been published by government as part of attempts to protect potential victims.

Children ‘find ways to cope' with domestic violence

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Children are often more resilient than they seem in dealing with the impact of domestic violence in their home, researchers have found.

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Lucy Powell shadow education secretary.

Child benefit to be docked if parents fail to pay truancy fines

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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

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Parents will have their child benefit payments docked if they fail to pay truancy fines Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

North-south divide apparent by age five, report finds

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

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Poor children in the north of England are faring worse by the age of five than their counterparts in London, a study has found.

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

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Friday, November 27, 2015

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An independent children's services trust that was established on government orders has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Government-ordered children's trust services rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted

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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

| CYP Now

The quality of children's services provided by a government-ordered independent trust have been rated as "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Children's social workers 'undermined' by government reform plans

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

| CYP Now

Social workers in England feel "patronised" and "sidelined" by the government's approach to social work reform, it has been claimed.

DfE-funded care initiative to recruit 100,000 volunteers to expand nationwide

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

| CYP Now

A government-funded social care initiative that supports families in crisis has announced plans to recruit 100,000 volunteers as part of a major nationwide expansion.

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

| CYP Now

Social workers who fail new accreditation tests being introduced by government will not lose their registration, the chief social worker for children has said.

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first year target for the numbers of families to be worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

Rise in demand for Barnardo's emergency grant sparks calls for Budget shake-up

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's charity Barnardo's has revealed demand for its emergency grants has risen by 19 per cent since the beginning of the economic crisis in 2007, sparking calls for vulnerable families to be afforded more protection in next week's Budget.

Employers are unprepared for changes to paternity leave law

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Four in 10 employers are not ready to meet additional paternity leave (APL) arrangements due to come into force next month.

Weekend working has negative impact on children, charity warns

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Friday, May 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Three quarters of working families are affected by a parent working at the weekend, research from the Relationships Foundation has found.

Parents who are problem drinkers should be first in line for support

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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Services to support problem drinkers should prioritise parents for treatment, to prevent thousands of children succumbing to an "inter-generational cycle" of alcohol misuse, according to a report by charity Turning Point.

Child maintenance changes threaten children's wellbeing, warns charity

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

| CYP Now

The welfare of children whose parents have separated could be put at risk if proposed changes to how child maintenance payments are monitored go ahead, a charity has warned.

£19m fund to help adopted children access therapy

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Adoptive parents will be able to access a fund worth £19.3m to get help such as therapy for children who may have been abused or neglected, the government has announced.

England urged to follow Scotland's lead in extending parenting support

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Friday, October 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Ministers are being urged to boost support for parents of teenagers in England after the Scottish government pledged to provide information and advice services to all families as part of its new parenting strategy.

Conservative conference: £10bn in welfare cuts 'disastrous' for families

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Monday, October 8, 2012

| CYP Now

Government plans to make an additional £10bn in cuts to the welfare budget risk having a disastrous impact on children and families, a charity has warned.

Family finances boosted by volunteer support

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Monday, February 27, 2012

| CYP Now

Volunteers can lift families above the poverty line by enabling them to accurately calculate the benefits they are entitled to, a pilot project has found.

Cameron called upon to accelerate reforms for working parents

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Friday, October 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Charity leaders have written to Prime Minister David Cameron demanding that he push forward plans to improve flexible working, amid reports that government plans to improve work environments for parents have stalled.

Clegg admits flaws in child benefit plans

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Monday, March 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has confirmed that the government is considering altering the detail of its plans to take child benefit away from higher earners.

Government awards 240,000 to child mental health charity

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

| CYP Now

A charity providing mental health services in schools is to use a government grant of more than 240,000 to test and develop approaches to improving children and families' health and wellbeing.

One in four troubled families 'not satisfied' with access to services

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

| CYP Now

A quarter of people receiving support through the government's flagship Troubled Families programme have said they were "dissatisfied" with how easy it was to access support.

Tax evasion crackdown 'threatens early intervention'

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Attempts to fund early intervention work through social finance would be compromised by a government bid to crack down on tax evasion through charitable donations, it has been claimed.

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Home Office unveils statutory FGM guidance

Children ‘find ways to cope' with domestic violence

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

Child benefit to be docked if parents fail to pay truancy fines

North-south divide apparent by age five, report finds

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

Government-ordered children's trust services rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted

Children's social workers 'undermined' by government reform plans

DfE-funded care initiative to recruit 100,000 volunteers to expand nationwide

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

Rise in demand for Barnardo's emergency grant sparks calls for Budget shake-up

Employers are unprepared for changes to paternity leave law

Weekend working has negative impact on children, charity warns

Parents who are problem drinkers should be first in line for support

Child maintenance changes threaten children's wellbeing, warns charity

£19m fund to help adopted children access therapy

England urged to follow Scotland's lead in extending parenting support

Conservative conference: £10bn in welfare cuts 'disastrous' for families

Family finances boosted by volunteer support

Cameron called upon to accelerate reforms for working parents

Clegg admits flaws in child benefit plans

Government awards 240,000 to child mental health charity

One in four troubled families 'not satisfied' with access to services

Tax evasion crackdown 'threatens early intervention'

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