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Successful support for young carers at risk from council cuts

Thursday, February 24, 2011

| CYP Now

Public sector cutbacks are threatening to derail successful efforts by councils to support young carers, according to latest research.

Government bows to pressure on young carers' rights

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Young carers are to get new rights after the government accepted calls for an amendment to the Children and Families Bill.

Ofsted unveils tougher child protection inspections

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Friday, June 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Child protection and looked-after children's services will be deemed ‘inadequate' even if just part of their work is failing, under plans unveiled by Ofsted to toughen up inspections.

Young carers to be given new rights to support

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Young carers are to be given new rights to help and support after the government tabled an amendment to legislation going through parliament.

NCAS Conference: Experts push for investment in marketing strategy to improve adopter recruitment

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

| CYP Now

The government must invest in a national marketing strategy to boost attempts to recruit more potential adopters, experts have said.

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.

Death in custody report highlights 'systemic failures'

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and young people who have died in custody in recent years haven been let down by "systemic failures", a study has found.

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.

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.

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".

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.

ADCS president Alan Wood backs councils to drive social care improvement

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

| CYP Now

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said local authorities need to be at the centre of driving improvement in children's services.

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Concerns about controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services will get serious consideration, children's minister Edward Timpson has pledged.

European human rights body calls for urgent action on youth custody safety

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

| CYP Now

The Council of Europe has called on the British government to take urgent action to improve the safety of young people held in custody.

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Thousands of children living in the UK without legal immigration status are at risk of destitution and exploitation because of contradictory rules and regulations, a report by the University of Oxford has claimed.

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.

Young people with terminal illnesses deprived of support, report warns

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Teenagers with terminal illnesses are missing out on support because of a lack of coordination between children's and adult services, a report into palliative care for young people has warned.

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

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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.

TUC says majority of children face 'unacceptable' living standards

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Low wages, welfare changes and taxes will push down living standards for 690,000 more children in the next two years, the union federation claims.

Children 'intimidated' by family returns process

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Monday, December 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Changes to the deportation process introduced by the coalition government can be "distressing" and "intimidating" for children and families, a report has found.

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.

Children and Families Act receives royal assent

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The Children and Families Act has received royal assent, ushering in a raft of changes including adoption reforms, greater protection for vulnerable children and shared parental leave.

Social care fails to act quickly enough over neglect

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils, local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) and social work training are failing to prioritise child neglect, according to an Ofsted report.

ADCS president dismisses 'links' with government

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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has dismissed the idea that he is too close to government to lead the organisation.

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.

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Successful support for young carers at risk from council cuts

Government bows to pressure on young carers' rights

Ofsted unveils tougher child protection inspections

Young carers to be given new rights to support

NCAS Conference: Experts push for investment in marketing strategy to improve adopter recruitment

Specialist youth work roles under threat, claims NYA

Death in custody report highlights 'systemic failures'

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

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

Benefits cap ‘will undo work to tackle child poverty'

ADCS president Alan Wood backs councils to drive social care improvement

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

European human rights body calls for urgent action on youth custody safety

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow

Young people with terminal illnesses deprived of support, report warns

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

TUC says majority of children face 'unacceptable' living standards

Children 'intimidated' by family returns process

Cost of living focus for new child poverty strategy

Children and Families Act receives royal assent

Social care fails to act quickly enough over neglect

ADCS president dismisses 'links' with government

Riots panel calls for extension of troubled families programme

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