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Legal Update: Age assessment guidance

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  • Tuesday, October 27, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines how long-awaited guidance could help social workers assess the age of children seeking asylum.

Tackling radicalisation must not deter radical thinking

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  • Monday, September 28, 2015
  • | CYP Now
At election time, I wrote about the lack of inspiration, radicalisation or excitement among young people in Britain. Well, at least that is changing. Whatever you might feel about Jeremy Corbyn, you can't deny that there is a different mood about today. Social media is lively and bubbling about politics, and young people are in the middle of real debates about real issues. It feels like Scotland did last year.

Legal Update: Review of special guardianship

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  • Monday, September 14, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Kirsten Anderson, research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a government consultation that will review the use of special guardianship, first introduced in 2005.

How health services are tackling child sexual exploitation

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  • Tuesday, August 18, 2015
  • | CYP Now
The government's action plan on child sexual exploitation stresses the need for health professionals to play a more active role in identification and prevention. Charlotte Goddard investigates why health services have struggled to tackle the problem and what is being done about it.

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