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Munby advises judges to limit involvement in serious case reviews

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Judges should avoid taking part in official probes into child deaths in order to maintain the independence of the judiciary, England's most senior family court judge has said.

Rise in special guardianship orders made by courts

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Thursday, March 31, 2016

| CYP Now

The number of children placed with special guardians each year has passed the 5,000 mark for the first time.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated as "requires improvement" by Ofsted after inspectors found a number of areas that need to be addressed.

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Two local authorities have become the first to be awarded "outstanding" judgments under Ofsted's controversial inspection framework for children's services.

DfE commits to fresh funding for social care innovation programme

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Thursday, March 17, 2016

| CYP Now

Local authorities and charities will be able to access a fresh round of government funding to test innovative ideas for children's social care, it has emerged.

Fresh drive to speed up care proceedings

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Monday, February 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders have unveiled a new tool to help social workers in their bid to speed up care proceedings.

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

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Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

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

Extremism strategy to put madrassas under closer scrutiny

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Monday, October 19, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) will develop a new system to intervene in unofficial Islamic schools where there are concerns about the way children are being taught, it has been announced.

Massive rise in number of children in care under coalition

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Monday, June 22, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of children being cared for by the state rose by more than 5,000 during the term of the coalition government, an investigation by CYP Now has found.

Scotland raises leaving care age to 21

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Young people in Scotland who are in residential care, foster care, or kinship care will be able to remain in their placement up until the age of 21 as a result of landmark legislation.

Government admits 26-week care proceedings target 'unlikely' to be met

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Friday, March 27, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has admitted the 26-week target to decide whether a child is taken into care is "highly unlikely" to ever be met for all cases.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The effectiveness of a specialist court to tackle parental substance misuse could be undermined as a result of the introduction of the 26-week care proceedings target, academics have warned.

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services are to be delivered outside of council control in Slough as part of government efforts to improve performance.

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services in Warrington has been appointed by Ofsted to spearhead attempts to improve social care across England.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

Report outlines how judges must adapt to improve the family courts

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

| CYP Now

A report by the judge in charge of reforming family justice in England has outlined proposals for how the judiciary must contribute to overhauling the system beset by "shocking" delays.

Families and Children Bill to reform SEN and adoption systems

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

| CYP Now

The Queen has outlined the details of a new Families and Children Bill in her first speech to parliament since the coalition was formed in 2010.

Parents struggle to cope with their children's bad behaviour

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Parents are increasingly concerned about children's aggressive behaviour, often leading to feelings of desperation and shame, charity Family Lives has warned.

Half of families will struggle to pay child maintenance fees

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Close to half (46 per cent) of single parents currently using the Child Support Agency (CSA) will not be able to afford proposed fees to access the new child maintenance service, a poll by charity Gingerbread has found.

Tens of thousands set to lose legal advice

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Close to 70,000 young people struggling with problems relating to issues such as homelessness and employment face losing access to free legal advice due to government plans to cut the legal aid budget by 350m, a report has warned.

Legal aid cuts would deny 6,000 vulnerable children, warns charity

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

| CYP Now

At least 6,000 children will be prevented from accessing legal support as a result of cuts to legal aid, The Children's Society has warned.

The Children's Legal Centre joins the Coram group

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Friday, September 2, 2011

| CYP Now

The Children's Legal Centre has become part of the Coram charity group.

MPs urged to oppose child support proposals

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

| CYP Now

MPs have been urged to oppose controversial changes to child support by a group of organisations including Gingerbread and the Children's Society.

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Munby advises judges to limit involvement in serious case reviews

Rise in special guardianship orders made by courts

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

DfE commits to fresh funding for social care innovation programme

Fresh drive to speed up care proceedings

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

Extremism strategy to put madrassas under closer scrutiny

Massive rise in number of children in care under coalition

Scotland raises leaving care age to 21

Government admits 26-week care proceedings target 'unlikely' to be met

Slough children's services to become independent trust

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Report outlines how judges must adapt to improve the family courts

Families and Children Bill to reform SEN and adoption systems

Parents struggle to cope with their children's bad behaviour

Half of families will struggle to pay child maintenance fees

Tens of thousands set to lose legal advice

Legal aid cuts would deny 6,000 vulnerable children, warns charity

The Children's Legal Centre joins the Coram group

MPs urged to oppose child support proposals

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