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Participation in Action: Adopted young people offer advice to workers and carers

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The Adoptables, a group of adopted young people, have helped design a First4Adoption webpage with tips and advice for people who are considering adoption.

Rise in missing-from-care cases

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Experts express concerns over a surge in the number of children going missing from foster care.

Placement order decline puts adoption drive under threat

Other

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

| CYP Now

A halving of the number of children approved for adoption looks set to have far-reaching consequences for how local authorities and voluntary adoption agencies work, despite government efforts to stem the fall.

Adoptions are too complex for politicians' quick fixes

Other

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

| CYP Now

John Freeman on the importance of matching adoptive parents to children to prevent breakdown.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Tailored support brings success

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Integrate Families, Huddersfield, adoption support agency, inspection - August 2014

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Improving permanence for looked-after children

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has outlined the measures it will take following a consultation on improving permanence for looked-after children.

Meeting the children who need a home

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Adoption activity days give prospective adopters the chance to meet and interact with children needing new parents. Eileen Fursland attends an event in East Anglia to see how they work.

Cost of foster care recruitment explored: agencies vs in-house

Other

Monday, October 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Public sector consultant Impower has calculated that local authorities could save £150m by placing more fostered children with their own carers, but independent providers say its analysis of the costs and benefits is flawed.

Daily roundup: Charity chief, care system, and mosque vandalism

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Andy Elvin appointed new chief executive of Tact; NSPCC study reveals cost of children returning home from care; and mosque vandalised in wake of child sexual exploitation scandal, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Care leavers, free school meals, and Rotherham

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Monday, September 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Many councils use B&Bs to accommodate care leavers; free school meals problems in Dorset; and Rotherham Council chief executive to leave post in wake of abuse scandal, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Haringey told to improve children's social care, major early intervention guide launched, and Nicky Morgan pledges to continue tough stance on term-time holidays, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Free school meals, bedroom tax, and early education

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Clegg admits some schools may struggle to meet free meals deadline; Labour set to call fresh vote on the bedroom tax; and think-tank wants better measure of how to narrow attainment gap, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Childcare training, education outcomes and Ofsted inspections

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Monday, June 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years bursary scheme funds a handful of applicants; gifted poor children less likely than affluent peers to attend top universities; and Bournemouth children's services requires improvement says Ofsted, all in the news today.

The skills to foster

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Fostering requires dedication, resilience and compassion - qualities abundant in the children and young people's workforce. Charlotte Goddard examines what role the sector might play in the future of foster care.

Extended stay

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils have a legal duty to provide financial support for young people who want to stay put with their foster families until they are aged 21. Joe Lepper asks how it will work and whether it can be extended to young people in residential care.

Daily roundup: Care figures, inspections row and education funding

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Care applications continuing to fall; Wilshaw appears to back down in no-notice school inspection row; and fair-funding formula for education authorities unlikely before next election, all in the news today.

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.

CYP Now Children in Care Supplement 2014

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Policy and practice: How to support looked-after children to lead healthy, fulfilling lives, and implement recent policy reforms.

Daily roundup: Asylum, free school meals and early intervention

Other

Thursday, May 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Report warns of "disgraceful" conditions for child asylum seekers at Heathrow Airport; head teachers criticise insufficient free school meals funding; and charity calls for greater early intervention support, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Mental health, adoption and cancer awareness

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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Study to assess whether extent of mobile phone use affects child brain development; number of children adopted by gay couples in Nottinghamshire rises; and video aims to raise awareness of childhood eye cancer, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Early years, adoption support and foster care

Other

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham Council delays childcare business charter plans; post-adoption support tops Martin Narey's priority list; and "Staying Put" duty comes in, all in the news today.

Help to cut adoption breakdowns

Other

Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Voluntary organisations are at the forefront of improving post-adoption support for parents and children.

Joining forces to find foster carers

Other

Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Three consortia of local authorities and independent fostering agencies are working on innovative ways to help meet the demand for more foster carers. Joe Lepper finds out how they are getting on.

Daily roundup: Child abuse, leadership and government funding

Other

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

| CYP Now

MPs warned female genital mutilation still happening; new chief executive at social impact charity The Challenge; and research highlights hole in DfE finances, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Drug treatment, Doncaster children's services, and foster care

Other

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Four-year-olds referred for drug and alcohol treatment; launch date for independent children's services trust in Doncaster delayed a month; and call for long-term foster care to be used more, all in the news today.

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Participation in Action: Adopted young people offer advice to workers and carers

Rise in missing-from-care cases

Placement order decline puts adoption drive under threat

Adoptions are too complex for politicians' quick fixes

Behind the Inspection Rating: Tailored support brings success

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Improving permanence for looked-after children

Meeting the children who need a home

Cost of foster care recruitment explored: agencies vs in-house

Daily roundup: Charity chief, care system, and mosque vandalism

Daily roundup: Care leavers, free school meals, and Rotherham

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

Daily roundup: Free school meals, bedroom tax, and early education

Daily roundup: Childcare training, education outcomes and Ofsted inspections

The skills to foster

Extended stay

Daily roundup: Care figures, inspections row and education funding

Daily roundup: Missing babies, nurture groups, and play

CYP Now Children in Care Supplement 2014

Daily roundup: Asylum, free school meals and early intervention

Daily roundup: Mental health, adoption and cancer awareness

Daily roundup: Early years, adoption support and foster care

Help to cut adoption breakdowns

Joining forces to find foster carers

Daily roundup: Child abuse, leadership and government funding

Daily roundup: Drug treatment, Doncaster children's services, and foster care

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