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Calls for virtual health centre

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  • Tuesday, March 18, 2008
  • | CYP Now
The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) is calling for the virtual school model proposed in the government's Children's Plan to be adapted to cover health.

Short breaks provision saves 174m

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  • Monday, February 8, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Savings of 174m a year can be made if the government maintains short break funding for disabled children and their families beyond 2011, a report has claimed.

National network to assist workers

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  • Tuesday, April 8, 2008
  • | CYP Now
An Oxford project is working to set up a national network for mental health professionals who work with refugee and asylum-seeking children.

Restraint training needed for entire workforce

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  • Tuesday, April 21, 2009
  • | CYP Now
The whole of the children's workforce would benefit from basic training on the law relating to the use of restraint, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Funding foundations feel the squeeze

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  • Tuesday, April 28, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Many children's and youth organisations rely heavily on charitable foundations to help fund their work. As the recession takes hold, Mathew Little investigates to what extent this financial support will be cut back.

Joint working - Arise, the next children's commissioner

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  • Tuesday, June 16, 2009
  • | CYP Now
England's first children's commissioner is preparing to step down as recruitment for his successor gets under way. Joe Lepper considers Sir Al Aynsley-Green's achievements, the remit of the role and some of the potential candidates to take his place.

Think Big Society

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  • Monday, September 13, 2010
  • | CYP Now
David Cameron has pledged to scale back state-run public services and give citizens the power to "build the Britain they want". Here, six leading figures from the sector explore what the Prime Minister's vision will mean.

Former DCS to manage quango cuts

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  • Monday, October 4, 2010
  • | CYP Now
An influential former director of children's services (DCS) has been tasked with overseeing the abolition of quangos within the Department for Education (DfE).

Election 2010: Party Policy Guide

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  • Friday, April 23, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The general election will have a huge influence on how we improve young lives. CYP Now has scrutinised the manifestos and other policy commitments to bring you the definitive guide to what the main parties pledge on the key issues for children, young people and their families.

Information sharing

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  • Tuesday, November 11, 2008
  • | CYP Now
While England will be launching a nationwide information-sharing system for most children's services in 2009, Ross Watson and Lauren Higgs look at different approaches across the UK to sharing sensitive information.

Young mums see rosy future

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  • Monday, April 29, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Family nurse partnerships originated in the US in the 1970s to support first-time teenage parents. Imported to England six years ago, the government is continuing to fund their expansion. Joe Lepper finds out why

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