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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

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Monday, December 10, 2012

| CYP Now

England's children's commissioner should be given stronger powers, while the title of the role should be changed to include "young people", an influential group of MPs and peers has said.

Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

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Friday, November 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and families minister Edward Timpson has praised the efforts of people working to improve children, young people and families' lives, at the 2012 CYP Now Awards.

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2012 announced

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Friday, November 30, 2012

| CYP Now

A literature festival for children in the care system, a film and live performance featuring poetry composed by young deaf children, and a scheme to take cricket from the village green to the inner cities, were just some of the inspiring winners of the 2012 Children & Young People Now Awards.

Major inquiry to create 'new social policy blueprint'

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

| CYP Now

The Centre for Social Justice has launched a major inquiry into the root causes of poverty and crime, intended to influence politicians' thinking ahead of the next general election.

Adult wards 'traumatise' young people with life-limiting conditions

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Young people with life-limiting health conditions feel frightened and isolated by their treatment on adult in-patient wards, a report has warned.

Inquiry identifies thousands of young victims of sexual exploitation

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

| CYP Now

More than 2,400 children have been identified as victims of sexual exploitation, while a further 16,500 are at risk of abuse, a report by the Children's Commissioner for England has found.

Government urged to put special educational needs reforms on hold

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has been urged to delay legislation to overhaul support for children with special educational needs (SEN), over concerns that the law could be changed before the proposed reforms have been properly tested.

Inspections expose 'unacceptable' safeguarding failures, Gove warns

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Friday, November 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Too many local authorities are failing to keep children safe, with almost half of councils subject to Ofsted's new-style child protection checks rated "inadequate", the Education Secretary Michael Gove has warned.

Edlington torture case review proposes wide-ranging children's services reforms

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Friday, November 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Government should develop national guidance on child protection thresholds, while a family judge should be involved in every serious case review, an independent report into the Edlington torture case has claimed.

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

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

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'

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

Redirect funding to fight obesity, argues union

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2012 announced

Major inquiry to create 'new social policy blueprint'

Adult wards 'traumatise' young people with life-limiting conditions

Inquiry identifies thousands of young victims of sexual exploitation

Government urged to put special educational needs reforms on hold

Inspections expose 'unacceptable' safeguarding failures, Gove warns

Edlington torture case review proposes wide-ranging children's services reforms

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