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Large families worst hit by benefit cap

Friday, November 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Households with large numbers of children are being overwhelmingly worst hit by the government's benefit cap, latest figures show.

Children and Families Act: Parental support 'a missed opportunity'

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Friday, March 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Measures in the Children and Families Act to extend support for new parents should have been available to other types of carers, the Family Rights Group (FRG) has said.

Manchester receives DfE cash to cover terror attack costs

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Friday, March 16, 2018

| CYP Now

Children's services in Manchester have been given £451,000 from the Department for Education to cover additional costs incurred from supporting young people and families in the aftermath of last year's terror attack at Manchester Arena.

Conservative Conference 2011: Cameron reaffirms commitment to families

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has reaffirmed his pledge to make the coalition the most "family-friendly" government in history during his keynote speech at the Conservative Party Conference.

Timpson announces plans to improve young carer identification

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Thursday, March 9, 2017

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is drawing up plans to make it easier to identify children and young people who have caring responsibilities, with a cross-government strategy due to be published in the summer, children's minister Edward Timpson has confirmed.

Councils to receive £4,000 for success on troubled families

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has revealed the government will pay councils up to £4,000 of the estimated £10,000 cost of turning around a family's life.

Young carers missing out on support due to 'fear of social services'

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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

| CYP Now

Young carers continue to be fearful of being identified because of concerns about what action social services may take, a study commissioned by the Department for Education has found.

Five questions to form basis of family test for new policies

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Friday, October 31, 2014

| CYP Now

Proposed government policies will be checked against five questions to see if they are family friendly as part of efforts to strengthen support for families, it has been announced.

Huge surge in instances of children going missing from foster care

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Thursday, January 15, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 13,000 cases of children going missing from foster care were recorded last year, with more than 500 incidents linked to child sexual exploitation (CSE), latest figures show.

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two more English authorities have been told by Ofsted that their children's services are not up to scratch.

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.

Council to offer homes to social workers as part of £6m recruitment drive

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Thursday, May 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Social workers could be offered their own home if they agree to work for Somerset County Council, under plans being considered by the authority as it attempts to recruit 100 new members of staff.

Immigration Bill changes ‘put vulnerable children at risk'

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Thousands of the most vulnerable children in the UK could be left facing homelessness and at risk of exploitation and abuse as a result of changes in the Immigration Bill, a charity has claimed.

Haringey 'missed chances' to help young killer

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Haringey Council has been criticised for failing a teenage boy who is serving a life sentence for murdering a stranger in the street.

Public health chiefs urge infant death prevention training

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

| CYP Now

All professionals working with families should receive training to help prevent sudden unexpected death in infancy, Public Health England (PHE) has said.

Ombudsman criticises council over removal of baby

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

| CYP Now

A children's services department has been criticised by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) for its "disproportionate and misleading" removal of a baby from a mother suffering from postnatal depression.

Prime Minister announces child protection taskforce

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

| CYP Now

A child protection taskforce has been established to drive government reforms in the area, it has been announced.

Ofsted joint inspections 'will heap pressure' on children's services

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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to introduce joint inspections of child protection services will add greater pressure to already stretched services, it has been claimed.

Children's centres must innovate or face 'marginalisation', charity warns

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Thursday, November 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Government and local authorities must do more to find "innovative" ways to deliver a full range of children's centres services, a charity has warned.

Financial crisis has lowered children's wellbeing, finds Children's Society

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Thursday, March 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's wellbeing has taken a significant blow as a direct result of the financial crisis, according to the latest report by The Children's Society.

Prisoners' family relationships 'need better support'

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

| CYP Now

The government could be doing more to improve prisoners' relationships with their families and boost the wellbeing of around 160,000 children a year who have a parent in prison, a report has found.

Social impact bonds to fund intensive therapy in Essex

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Essex County Council has rubberstamped plans to use social impact bonds to fund intensive work with families and young people on the edge of care or custody.

Majority of five-year-olds struggle at school

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Friday, February 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Fewer than half of five-year-olds in England are considered to have a good level of understanding and behaviour in their first year of school, a review of inequality has found.

Labour calls for investigation into children's care charges

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Shadow children's minister Lisa Nandy is calling for an investigation into how many councils are planning to levy charges for taking children into care after Wakefield Council became the latest local authority to confirm it is considering such a move.

Private schooling boosts social mobility of less-advantaged children, study finds

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Friday, October 4, 2013

| CYP Now

A charity has called for improved access to private schooling for less-advantaged children after a major study highlighted lasting benefits.

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Large families worst hit by benefit cap

Children and Families Act: Parental support 'a missed opportunity'

Manchester receives DfE cash to cover terror attack costs

Conservative Conference 2011: Cameron reaffirms commitment to families

Timpson announces plans to improve young carer identification

Councils to receive £4,000 for success on troubled families

Young carers missing out on support due to 'fear of social services'

Five questions to form basis of family test for new policies

Huge surge in instances of children going missing from foster care

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

Government commits to overhaul of children's mental health services

Council to offer homes to social workers as part of £6m recruitment drive

Immigration Bill changes ‘put vulnerable children at risk'

Haringey 'missed chances' to help young killer

Public health chiefs urge infant death prevention training

Ombudsman criticises council over removal of baby

Prime Minister announces child protection taskforce

Ofsted joint inspections 'will heap pressure' on children's services

Children's centres must innovate or face 'marginalisation', charity warns

Financial crisis has lowered children's wellbeing, finds Children's Society

Prisoners' family relationships 'need better support'

Social impact bonds to fund intensive therapy in Essex

Majority of five-year-olds struggle at school

Labour calls for investigation into children's care charges

Private schooling boosts social mobility of less-advantaged children, study finds

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