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Councils cut back on short breaks for disabled children

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

| CYP Now

More than 60 per cent of councils cut spending on short breaks for disabled children last year, while 40 per cent intend to cut provision this year, an investigation by the charity Mencap has revealed.

Child protection guidance for health professionals set for reform

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Friday, February 8, 2013

| CYP Now

The government is to overhaul "confusing" information sharing and child protection guidance for health professionals, CYP Now has learned. ?

Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Nine out of ten teachers, police officers and social workers are regularly coming into contact with children they suspect to be suffering from neglect, but up to 40 per cent feel powerless to intervene, a report has warned.

YOTs told to make case for mental health investment

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams must work closely with new health and wellbeing boards to drive down high numbers of vulnerable young people with mental health needs in the justice system, a charity has said.

Children and Families Bill SEN reforms branded a ‘lost opportunity'

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms will create a two-tier system of support for children with disabilities, campaigners have warned.

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Central government must urgently consult local authorities on how new "social value" laws could impact on children's services, it has been has warned.

Sexual health service cuts could cost taxpayers £10bn, report warns

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Cuts to sexual health services could saddle taxpayers with an additional £10bn bill to deal with increases in unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, charities have warned.

Drop in deaf children's educational achievement blamed on cuts

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Cuts to local authority support for children with special educational needs (SEN) have been blamed for the first fall in the proportion of deaf children achieving five good GCSE grades for five years.

Adoption reforms ‘risk undermining support for vulnerable children'

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Plans to redirect £150m of early intervention funding into adoption reform risk reducing frontline services for vulnerable children, the chair of the Local Government Association's (LGA) children and young people board has warned.

Government raids Early Intervention Grant to fund adoption reform

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has slashed £150m from the Early Intervention Grant to plough into attempts to increase the number of adoptions in England, children's minister Edward Timpson has confirmed.

Professionals to receive training to spot child trafficking

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Professionals working with children and young people will receive specialist training to spot and help victims of child trafficking as part of a Home Office scheme.

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils could save more than £32,000 for each troubled family they work with by providing services in a more effective way, a government report has claimed.

Scotland faces rising youth unemployment and growing health inequalities

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of unemployed under-25s in Scotland has almost doubled in the past five years, while health inequalities between children continue to grow, research has found.

Children ‘sold down the river' by poor PE support

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Friday, January 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Young children who have been encouraged to take part in sport following the 2012 Olympics are being "sold down the river" by a lack of adequate training for PE teaching in primary schools, campaigners have warned.

Restrictions on independence jeopardise children's health

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

| CYP Now

The health and wellbeing of today's children is suffering as a result of increasing restrictions on their freedom to walk to and from school and play outside, a 40-year research programme has found.

Children's health services at risk despite funding increase, warn professionals

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Monday, January 14, 2013

| CYP Now

A ten per cent increase in public health funding over the next two years may still fall short of the sum needed to protect many children and young people's services at risk of closure, professionals have warned.

Benefits cap ‘will undo work to tackle child poverty'

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Monday, January 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Government plans to cap benefit payments until 2015 will reverse efforts to reduce child poverty and plunder the income of low- to middle-earning families, charities have warned.

Social workers urged to re-register with regulator

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Monday, January 7, 2013

| CYP Now

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) has issued a plea to thousands of social workers to re-register by the end of the month.

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

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Friday, January 4, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's decision to compel local authorities to reveal their early intervention expenditure by publishing a funding profile has been attacked as a "meaningless exercise".

Martin Narey receives knighthood as New Year honours recognise sector's work

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

| CYP Now

The government adoption adviser Martin Narey received a knighthood in the New Year's honors list, among more than 150 people recognised for their work with children and young people.

Health services neglected under SEN reforms, government warned

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

| CYP Now

Government proposals to reform the special educational needs (SEN) system will fail unless health services are placed under a legal duty to support children, MPs have warned.

Support services sideline teenage dads, charities warn

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

| CYP Now

Teenage fathers are being ignored by "mother-centred" support services that treat young men as "invisible", a report by a consortium of charities has warned.

Councils challenged to improve support for troubled families

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Monday, December 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Troubled families tsar Louise Casey is stepping up pressure on councils to implement government plans to support 120,000 families whose lives are blighted by crime, antisocial behaviour and truancy.

Call to extend free school meals to all children in poverty

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Friday, December 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Nearly three quarters of teachers say children they teach have arrived at school without lunch or any money to buy food, a study by The Children's Society has found.

Redirect funding to fight obesity, argues union

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

| CYP Now

Government should redirect funding from its national child measurement programme into frontline school nursing posts to stem rising childhood obesity, the union Unite has claimed.

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Councils cut back on short breaks for disabled children

Child protection guidance for health professionals set for reform

Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

YOTs told to make case for mental health investment

Children and Families Bill SEN reforms branded a ‘lost opportunity'

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

Sexual health service cuts could cost taxpayers £10bn, report warns

Drop in deaf children's educational achievement blamed on cuts

Adoption reforms ‘risk undermining support for vulnerable children'

Government raids Early Intervention Grant to fund adoption reform

Professionals to receive training to spot child trafficking

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

Scotland faces rising youth unemployment and growing health inequalities

Children ‘sold down the river' by poor PE support

Restrictions on independence jeopardise children's health

Children's health services at risk despite funding increase, warn professionals

Benefits cap ‘will undo work to tackle child poverty'

Social workers urged to re-register with regulator

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

Martin Narey receives knighthood as New Year honours recognise sector's work

Health services neglected under SEN reforms, government warned

Support services sideline teenage dads, charities warn

Councils challenged to improve support for troubled families

Call to extend free school meals to all children in poverty

Redirect funding to fight obesity, argues union

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