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Charity urges extension of adoption support to special guardians

Friday, May 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Support services for children who have been adopted must be extended to those placed with families under special guardianship orders, a charity has said.

Leading football clubs enlist for early intervention push

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Monday, April 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services departments and voluntary organisations are linking up with professional football clubs in an innovative attempt to boost outcomes for children.

Doncaster sees four-fold decrease in children missing from care

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of looked-after children that go missing from care in Doncaster has fallen nearly four-fold over the past year following the introduction of a dedicated support worker.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Public services should be 'preventer of problems' say early help experts

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Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

A group of political analysts, including a former adviser to David Cameron, is calling on the next government to prioritise early intervention as a matter of urgency.

Union urges health visitor recruitment drive to continue

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

| CYP Now

Health visitor numbers are at risk of falling off "a cliff edge" if the next government calls a halt to the current recruitment drive in the sector, children's health professionals have warned.

Tories to include fox hunting in National Citizen Service

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Fox hunting will be legalised so that it can be added to the list of activities for David Cameron's flagship National Citizen Service (NCS) programme if the Conservatives win next month's general election, CYP Now has learned.

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

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Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education will consider intervening in the running of children's services in Somerset after the department was labelled "inadequate" by Ofsted for the second time in less than two years.

MPs call for national parenting support programme

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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

| CYP Now

There should be national co-ordination of parenting support with local authorities playing a more active role in evaluating provision in their area, a parliamentary inquiry has concluded.

Budget 2015: Children's mental health to benefit from £1.25bn investment

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The Chancellor has announced further details of how the £1.25bn of extra investment in mental health services for children and young people planned over the next five years will be spent.

Government commits to overhaul of children's mental health services

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has pledged a "complete overhaul" for children and young people's mental health services to address poor access and support.

MPs tell Ofsted to reinspect all councils on CSE

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted has been told to reinspect all councils in England to make sure work to tackle child sexual exploitation is up to scratch.

ADCS backs early intervention drive for next government

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Friday, March 6, 2015

| CYP Now

The next government must take action to ensure savings from early intervention work is ploughed back into children's services, the Association of Directors of Children's services (ADCS) has said.

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's social workers, teachers and local councillors will face up to five years in jail for failing to protect children from sexual exploitation, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Children's professionals risk sack for failing to report FGM

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Friday, February 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's social workers, teachers and health professionals face losing their job if they fail to report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM), under a new law for England and Wales.

Mental health projects get innovation fund backing

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Six projects including specialist programmes for mental health support, have been awarded a total of £11m through the government's Children's Social Care Innovation Fund.

Failure to tackle children's problems costs £17bn a year

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Social problems affecting young people are costing government close to £17bn a year, a major study by the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) has found.

Trafford looks to create a youth trust as cuts bite

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Monday, February 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Trafford Borough Council is seeking to establish a youth trust to run local youth services as it looks to slash £3.2m from its early help provision for children and young people.

FGM initiative and family support schemes receive innovation funding

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Friday, February 6, 2015

| CYP Now

A project that aims to end the practice of female genital mutilation within a generation has been handed £2m through the government's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme.

Peer accuses incoming commissioner of ‘pussyfooting' around government

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Thursday, February 5, 2015

| CYP Now

The incoming children's commissioner for England has been accused of "pussyfooting" around government after suggesting the coalition has made good progress on children's rights over the past five years.

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Charity urges extension of adoption support to special guardians

Leading football clubs enlist for early intervention push

Doncaster sees four-fold decrease in children missing from care

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Public services should be 'preventer of problems' say early help experts

Union urges health visitor recruitment drive to continue

Tories to include fox hunting in National Citizen Service

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

MPs call for national parenting support programme

Budget 2015: Children's mental health to benefit from £1.25bn investment

Government commits to overhaul of children's mental health services

MPs tell Ofsted to reinspect all councils on CSE

ADCS backs early intervention drive for next government

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

Children's professionals risk sack for failing to report FGM

Mental health projects get innovation fund backing

Failure to tackle children's problems costs £17bn a year

Trafford looks to create a youth trust as cuts bite

FGM initiative and family support schemes receive innovation funding

Peer accuses incoming commissioner of ‘pussyfooting' around government

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