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Multi-agency response needed to tackle female genital mutilation

Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Guidance issued by the Department of Health outlines the type of issues commissioners need to take into account when setting up services across different parts of the country to treat and support FGM victims.

Children's commissioner sets out her priorities for improving young lives

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Monday, July 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Anne Longfield outlines her plans to shape the policy agenda in five key areas including children's use of the internet, tackling child abuse, overcoming inequalities, looked-after children and better cross-government working.

Ask The Experts: Tackling summer scheme cuts

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Monday, July 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on summer schemes, preventing terrorism, supporting young mums and promoting "deeper thinking"

Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the UK government's response to the refugee crisis and foster care provision for refugee children.

Skills for the Job: Understanding revenge porn

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Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Revenge porn can be a devastating experience for young people, with victims needing to receive specialist support and advice.

Commissioner calls for action to tackle in-family child sex abuse

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Analysis by the Children's Commissioner for England concludes that many cases of child sexual abuse go unreported because children's professionals struggle to recognise and act on the signs of in-family abuse.

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

At its best, technology speeds up laborious inputting of information, enabling children’s services practitioners to spend more time with their clients, helps commissioners to identify trends so they can prioritise resources, and enable leaders to make informed choices on how services are structured.

Daily roundup: Judge criticises social workers, female offenders, and home tuition

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Friday, October 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Social workers told to obey court orders, women prisoners to be kept closer to families, and funding cut for tuition of looked-after children, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Rochdale's social care chief steps down, primary admissions appeals and statistics on heroin addiction

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Friday, October 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Rochdale's head of children's social care to leave the troubled council, primary school admissions appeals on the rise and fewer young people seeking heroin treatment, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Foster children's rights, SEN reforms, and the cost of sending a child to school

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Research says children in foster care are being "denied a proper childhood", concerns over the government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms, and the rising cost of sending children to school, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Parental leave, free school breakfasts and North Yorkshire children's services

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

| CYP Now

Shared parental leave to be introduced, free breakfast trial for Blackpool children and Ofsted visits North Yorkshire council, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Foster care, libraries, and child protection in the African community

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Timpson urges greater discretion for foster carers, automatic library card scheme launched, and concerns over the number of African children in the child protection system, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Care of unaccompanied children

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Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Draft proposals on the care of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and trafficked children are a welcome step but could go further, argues Rachel Hutchings, researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Daily roundup: Missing babies, nurture groups, and play

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Monday, June 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly 20 babies reported missing from council care; research backs value of nurture groups; and £1.9m boost for play in Scotland, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Call for action plan on FGM

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

The home affairs committee has published a report calling for a national action plan on female genital mutilation. Catrin Gosby, researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the report's proposals.

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, What Works Network, and strip-searching

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Monday, March 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Disabled children start legal bid on room-sharing plans; policy advice network launches, and concerns over prevalence of strip-searching in youth custody, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, joint working, and College of Social Work

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

| CYP Now

200 sexually exploited children are on care waiting lists, MSPs say care systems must work better, and College of Social Work boss named, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Tackling child sexual exploitation

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Jen Roest, research and projects officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a call to address child sexual exploitation in Manchester through attitudinal change of public agencies and the legal system.

How children recover from past domestic abuse

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Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Project helps children who have experienced domestic abuse recover and move on.

Ask the Experts: Safeguarding migrant children

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Monday, May 25, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on migrant child protection, supporting young carers in school, child allergies and tackling discrimination.

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Multi-agency response needed to tackle female genital mutilation

Children's commissioner sets out her priorities for improving young lives

Ask The Experts: Tackling summer scheme cuts

Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

Skills for the Job: Understanding revenge porn

Commissioner calls for action to tackle in-family child sex abuse

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

Daily roundup: Judge criticises social workers, female offenders, and home tuition

Daily roundup: Rochdale's social care chief steps down, primary admissions appeals and statistics on heroin addiction

Daily roundup: Foster children's rights, SEN reforms, and the cost of sending a child to school

Daily roundup: Parental leave, free school breakfasts and North Yorkshire children's services

Daily roundup: Foster care, libraries, and child protection in the African community

Legal Update: Care of unaccompanied children

Daily roundup: Missing babies, nurture groups, and play

Legal Update: Call for action plan on FGM

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, What Works Network, and strip-searching

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, joint working, and College of Social Work

Legal Update: Tackling child sexual exploitation

How children recover from past domestic abuse

Ask the Experts: Safeguarding migrant children

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