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Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

Friday, February 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Efforts to create an independent trust to run children's services in Doncaster are weeks behind schedule, it has emerged.

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.

Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

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Friday, January 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Parenting support programmes significantly cut the risk of children developing behavioural problems and becoming offenders in adolescence and adulthood, a new study suggests.

Daily roundup: Spending cuts, childcare reforms and drug mules

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Monday, January 6, 2014

| CYP Now

George Osborne warns of further spending cuts; government advisers urge ministers to rethink childcare reforms; and gangs use children to carry drugs out of London, all in the news today.

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.

Call for better co-ordinated support for disadvantaged families

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Support services need to be better co-ordinated in order to ensure government programmes to ‘turn around' the lives of struggling families reach their full potential, the chief executive of 4Children has said.

Daniel Pelka SCR: Four-year-old "invisible" to professionals

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

| CYP Now

A four-year-old who was murdered after months of starvation and beatings was effectively "invisible" to professionals as a result of language barriers, a probe has found.

Sandwell creates network of early intervention local hubs

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Friday, August 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Sandwell Council is to create a network of local multidisciplinary hubs to act as an "early warning system" for identifying troubled families.

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Parents could be forced to pay as much as £900-a-month if their children are taken into care, under plans announced by Worcestershire County Council.

Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Family Action has developed a tool to help councils track their performance in supporting families through the Troubled Families programme.

Government to pump £200m more into Troubled Families programme

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Monday, June 24, 2013

| CYP Now

The government is to spend £200m to expand the Troubled Families programme to a further 400,000 families.

Call for social workers to have greater role in early intervention

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Social workers should be routinely involved in early intervention work that goes beyond their legal responsibilities, the College of Social Work has said.

Daily roundup: Early intervention, emotional health, and troubled families

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Friday, March 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Sector calls for an "early intervention Budget", emotional support for primary school children, and troubled families research announced, all in the news today.

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.

Specialist youth work roles under threat, claims NYA

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Friday, October 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Cuts to budgets and restructuring of provision have resulted in fewer specialist youth work roles, with staff being asked to carry out functions outside their area of expertise, it has been claimed.

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.

Riots panel calls for extension of troubled families programme

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

| CYP Now

An independent panel, set up following last summer's riots, has called for the government to give young unemployed people a guarantee of work and significantly expand its programme for troubled families.

Sixty per cent of families report serious conflict in the home

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Monday, March 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Six out of 10 UK families with children experience serious or frequent conflict, according to a survey by 4Children.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

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Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

Payment-by-results outreach service to further bolster support for troubled families

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has invested 200m in a payment-by-results scheme offering outreach support to the UK's most troubled families.

Cameron backs Early Intervention Foundation

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Friday, September 16, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has offered his support to the concept of an Early Intervention Foundation to promote effective practice, suggesting government funding could be available.

Social impact bonds to raise 40m investment in early intervention

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Friday, August 26, 2011

| CYP Now

The government is hoping to raise 40m from private investors as part of a trial into the use of social impact bonds to fund family intervention projects.

Older children miss out on early intervention, says Catch22

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's vision for supporting families through early interventions is short-sighted as it only focuses on the youngest children, a charity has claimed.

DfE offers funding for development of intensive interventions for vulnerable children

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Friday, March 18, 2011

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is inviting councils and partner agencies to bid for up to 200,000 of funding to develop intensive interventions for looked-after children or children on the edge of care or custody.

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Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

Daily roundup: Spending cuts, childcare reforms and drug mules

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Call for better co-ordinated support for disadvantaged families

Daniel Pelka SCR: Four-year-old "invisible" to professionals

Sandwell creates network of early intervention local hubs

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

Government to pump £200m more into Troubled Families programme

Call for social workers to have greater role in early intervention

Daily roundup: Early intervention, emotional health, and troubled families

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

Specialist youth work roles under threat, claims NYA

Tax evasion crackdown 'threatens early intervention'

Riots panel calls for extension of troubled families programme

Sixty per cent of families report serious conflict in the home

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

Payment-by-results outreach service to further bolster support for troubled families

Cameron backs Early Intervention Foundation

Social impact bonds to raise 40m investment in early intervention

Older children miss out on early intervention, says Catch22

DfE offers funding for development of intensive interventions for vulnerable children

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