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Early help and crisis support services hit by draft council funding settlement

Friday, December 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authority early intervention and crisis support services look set to bear the brunt of cuts to the funding that councils receive from government.

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.

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.

Ofsted rates third council ‘inadequate' in space of week

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Monday, May 18, 2015

| CYP Now

West Berkshire Council has become the third local authority in the space of a week to have its children's services department rated "inadequate" after Ofsted inspectors found serious failures in services.

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

| CYP Now

More local authority children's services departments will be taken out of council control in order to tackle failure, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Quarter of councils fail to monitor mental health of children in care

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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

| CYP Now

One in four local authorities are failing to adequately assess and monitor the mental health needs of looked-after children, a study by the NSPCC has found.

Nearly 200,000 babies at risk of harm in the UK

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Nearly 200,000 babies in the UK are at risk of serious harm, according to figures released by the NSPCC as it launched its campaign to highlight the vulnerability of children aged under one.

Early intervention: Experts call for 25-year government strategy

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

| CYP Now

A long-term strategy must be drawn up by government if successful early intervention services for vulnerable children and families are going to be successfully established across the country.

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.

Children's services company making 'steady progress' on early help

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Thursday, February 15, 2018

| CYP Now

Efforts to improve standards at a children's services department rated "inadequate" in 2015 are making steady progress on early help provision, Ofsted has found.

Children's centres in Wirral set for major overhaul

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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Wirral Borough Council is considering a major shake-up of the region's children's centres in an effort to save money and reduce the number of child social care referrals.

Schools to compete for £10,000 pupil premium award

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Monday, May 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Schools will be asked to compete to find the best ways of spending the pupil premium, with those using the money most effectively winning £10,000, Deputy Prime minister Nick Clegg has said.

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow

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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Agencies across the London borough of Hounslow have been praised for their work to support children who have experienced domestic abuse.

Sure Start committee chair outlines children's centres vision

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Placing children's centres on a statutory footing and making them the hub of support services from conception to the age of two would help protect them from local authority funding cuts, an influential MP has said.

MPs call for greater clarity on role and performance of children's centres

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

The government must provide greater clarity about the role of children's centres and make councils more accountable to children and families for their performance, MPs have said.

Charities set to take over youth services in Croydon

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Croydon Council wants charities to deliver some of its early intervention and youth services in a bid to stave off having to close provision.

Cost of living focus for new child poverty strategy

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Government efforts to tackle child poverty over the next three years will focus on getting parents into work, decreasing living costs and boosting educational attainment for the poorest children.

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.

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

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Friday, December 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Bristol and Rochdale have been told to improve the quality of services for children and young people following inspections by Ofsted.

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Nearly six months since professor Alexis Jay's report revealed the extent of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, the government's troubled families tsar Louise Casey's has pulled no punches in her assessment of how the authority has fared since.

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Early help and crisis support services hit by draft council funding settlement

ADCS backs early intervention drive for next government

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

Ofsted rates third council ‘inadequate' in space of week

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

Quarter of councils fail to monitor mental health of children in care

Nearly 200,000 babies at risk of harm in the UK

Early intervention: Experts call for 25-year government strategy

Specialist youth work roles under threat, claims NYA

Children's services company making 'steady progress' on early help

Children's centres in Wirral set for major overhaul

Schools to compete for £10,000 pupil premium award

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow

Sure Start committee chair outlines children's centres vision

MPs call for greater clarity on role and performance of children's centres

Charities set to take over youth services in Croydon

Cost of living focus for new child poverty strategy

Riots panel calls for extension of troubled families programme

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

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