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Councils receive help to improve care leaver support

Monday, September 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Innovative ways to support vulnerable young people leaving care are to be trialled as part of a government-funded project.

Cross-government strategy to support care leavers unveiled

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Staff in children's homes will receive better training to help young people leaving their placement as part of government plans to improve outcomes for care leavers.

Government considers extending children's home leaving age to 21

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to explore the possibility of allowing young people to stay in residential care up to the age of 21, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Only non-profit organisations will be allowed to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans to give councils more freedom in the way they work with vulnerable children, it has been announced.

Government advisers call for boost to care leaver support

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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

| CYP Now

Support for care leavers must be improved and the process for receiving benefits simplified to ensure they do not become homeless or have to share accommodation with troubled adults, a report by a government advisory body has concluded.

Administration frustrates personal advisers' work with care leavers, study finds

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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

| CYP Now

Professionals tasked with providing support for care leavers are frustrated that they cannot offer more help, with nearly a quarter of their time taken up by administration, a study has found.

Independent children's services trust failing to protect children, Ofsted finds

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Friday, July 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Ofsted has criticised failures to protect vulnerable young people and the slow pace of improvement at an "inadequate" children's services department that was taken over by an independent trust last year.

'Two-tier' care for children in custody criticised

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people given looked-after status on being remanded in custody will not have the same rights as those who are already looked after, a campaign group has claimed.

ADCS launches inquiry into the care system

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services have launched an inquiry into the purpose of the care system, as part of plans to radically improve provision for looked-after children across the country.

One in six councils exempt care leavers from council tax

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Wednesday, August 2, 2017

| CYP Now

One in six councils have moved to exempt care leavers from council tax charges, according to figures compiled by The Children's Society.

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Councils receive help to improve care leaver support

Cross-government strategy to support care leavers unveiled

Government considers extending children's home leaving age to 21

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

Government advisers call for boost to care leaver support

Administration frustrates personal advisers' work with care leavers, study finds

Independent children's services trust failing to protect children, Ofsted finds

'Two-tier' care for children in custody criticised

ADCS launches inquiry into the care system

One in six councils exempt care leavers from council tax

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