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Daily roundup: Benefits cap, female genital mutilation, and smoking in cars

Friday, February 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Latest figures on households affected by the benefits cap published; government makes FGM declaration, and health experts call on politicians to ban smoking in cars, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Wilshaw reveals he called for Ofsted chair to remain; leaving foster care age for young people in Wales raised; and £500,000 fund set up to help male victims of rape, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Discrimination, adoption advertising, and children's hospital review

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Monday, February 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Staff survey reveals apparent increase in discrimination at Department for Education; council launches cinema advertising campaign; and probe ordered into deaths at Bristol children's hospital, all in the news today.

Practical skills no panacea for social worker training

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Fresh Pelka review has lessons for all

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The College of Social Work's Annie Hudson says analysis into Daniel Pelka's death reveals mistakes that should be recognised and learned from.

Daily roundup: Benefit sanctions, early years, and childcare support

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Monday, March 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Young people struggle for basics after benefits wrongly stopped; early years bodies create policy guidance for party leaders; and poor working families miss out on childcare support, all in the news today.

Children and Families Act 2014

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The Children and Families Act 2014 has wide-ranging implications for children's services, from the creation of childminder agencies to better support for young people in care.

Child's needs key to sibling adoption

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

| CYP Now

When placing siblings for adoption, social workers must no longer assume they should be kept together.

Your guide to the Children and Families Act

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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

| CYP Now

What the act means for everyday practice across the children's workforce.

Study to put outsourcing on a plate for struggling children's services

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Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

The government-commissioned review of outsourcing of children's services aims to identify best practice improvement models involving voluntary and commercial providers that councils can turn to quickly when problems are entrenched.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Revised statutory guidance on adoptions

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Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

The Children and Families Act includes further provisions with the aim of reducing delays for children waiting to be adopted.

Ask the Experts: Encourage youth participation

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Monday, May 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on young people on interview panels, difficult conversations with parents, summer trips and dealing with bad press.

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: Inspections, financial management and mental health

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| CYP Now

East Sussex children's social care judged "good" by Ofsted; spend on agency staff triples at Windsor children's services; and new chair announced for mental health body, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Adoption, youth commissioner, and sexting

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Wales to get National Adoption Service; youth commissioner probe launched in Kent; and concerns over "sexting" in Devon, all in the news today.

Added incentive

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

More money is now available to support the educational needs of looked-after children through the Pupil Premium Plus. Joe Lepper looks at how the cash can be spent effectively.

Innovation in residential care

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Children and young people in residential care can have a variety of difficulties and needs. Charlotte Goddard looks at some striking initiatives to boost their life chances.

Councils face up to young carer duties

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities face much work to be ready to deliver the "whole-family" approach to assessing carers' needs.

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.

Daily roundup: Child abuse, mental health beds and legal aid risk

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Friday, July 11, 2014

| CYP Now

PM's child abuse adviser warns of 1980s "chumocracy"; NHS England plans extra mental health beds for children and young people; and the Children's Society criticises government legal aid bid, all in the news today.

Nicky Morgan replaces Michael Gove as Education Secretary

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Nicky Morgan has replaced Michael Gove as Education Secretary as part of a surprisingly sweeping Cabinet reshuffle that has seen a number of children's sector ministerial posts change hands.

Tough task awaits new ministers

Other

Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Leaders across early years, youth services and youth justice outline the main challenges facing new ministers.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Culture of positive thinking pays off

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Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

The Linden Family Unit in Stockport wins praise for the warmth staff show the children they look after.

Integrated care service vital to help support troubled families

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Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Integrated care is an idea with legs. It is gaining currency among the major political parties, as they realise that the segregation of health and social care, for example, leads to waste, duplication and gaps through which service users easily fall.

Research Report: Capturing the Scale and Pattern of Recurrent Care Proceedings

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Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Researchers examine data relating to mothers repeatedly involved in care proceedings, with multiple children being taken into care.

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Daily roundup: Benefits cap, female genital mutilation, and smoking in cars

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Daily roundup: Discrimination, adoption advertising, and children's hospital review

Practical skills no panacea for social worker training

Fresh Pelka review has lessons for all

Daily roundup: Benefit sanctions, early years, and childcare support

Children and Families Act 2014

Child's needs key to sibling adoption

Your guide to the Children and Families Act

Study to put outsourcing on a plate for struggling children's services

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Revised statutory guidance on adoptions

Ask the Experts: Encourage youth participation

CYP Now Children in Care Supplement 2014

Daily roundup: Inspections, financial management and mental health

Daily roundup: Adoption, youth commissioner, and sexting

Added incentive

Innovation in residential care

Councils face up to young carer duties

Daily roundup: Childcare training, education outcomes and Ofsted inspections

Daily roundup: Child abuse, mental health beds and legal aid risk

Nicky Morgan replaces Michael Gove as Education Secretary

Tough task awaits new ministers

Behind the Inspection Rating: Culture of positive thinking pays off

Integrated care service vital to help support troubled families

Research Report: Capturing the Scale and Pattern of Recurrent Care Proceedings

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