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Daily roundup: Out-of-work benefits, school preparedness, and legal system

Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

New sanctions introduced for long-term unemployed; schoolchildren still wearing nappies study finds; and children to give evidence away from court through pilot study, all in the news today.

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

News

Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Inquiries into child deaths must be reformed so frontline practice can be improved to prevent further tragedies, a major study has concluded.

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.

Cameron extends Troubled Families programme to 500,000

News

Monday, August 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of troubled families receiving intensive government support to turn their lives around is to be increased from 120,000 to 500,000.

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

News

Thursday, August 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authority spending on children's social care has increased by more than five per cent in a single year, government figures show.

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

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Friday, September 12, 2014

| CYP Now

A group of local authorities will face Ofsted inspections on the way they deal with child sexual exploitation (CSE) in a bid to ensure services are up to scratch in the wake of the Rotherham scandal, CYP Now can reveal.

Ask the Experts: Parents' contact concerns

Other

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Senior Tories call for cabinet-level families post

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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

| CYP Now

More than 50 Tory MPs and peers are calling on the government to create a cabinet-level families minister post to better co-ordinate family policy across departments.

Daily roundup: Child protection, a charity merger, and the Fair4Families campaign

Other

Monday, January 28, 2013

| CYP Now

A shake-up of child protection training rumoured to be on the cards, The Private Equity Foundation and Impetus Trust announce plans to merge, and a campaign to protect families from cuts, all in the news today.

Probation reforms threaten support for prisoners' families

News

Thursday, February 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Government proposals to reform probation services will damage the quality of work to improve the lives of children that have a parent in prison, it has been claimed.

How couples' sessions lift stress from families

Other

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

A programme to halt a damaging decline in parental relationships has been a success in the US and is now being launched in the UK

Daily roundup: 400 primary academies, 'secret' database, and school exclusions

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Monday, November 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Plans to turn 400 primary schools into academies announced, concerns over "secret" database of children's details, and the number of special educational needs exclusions rises in Wales, all in the news roundup today.

Daily roundup: Public health, free schools, and a briefing for lead members on sexual exploitation

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

| CYP Now

Birmingham council calls on government to properly fund public health, the National Union of Teachers blasts Michael Gove over free school expansion, and a briefing on child sexual exploitation for lead members of children's services, all in the news today.

Families suffer as mothers struggle to speak out about postnatal depression

News

Sunday, October 2, 2011

| CYP Now

Half of mothers with postnatal depression are going without the support they need to avert long-term problems for their families, according to a report by the charity 4Children.

Overstretched support services unable to meet rise in demand

News

Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Rising unemployment, growing substance misuse, neglect and mental health problems are leaving already vulnerable families at breaking point as frontline support services struggle to cope with demand, Action for Children has warned.

PM under fire over his 'family test' pledge

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Friday, October 14, 2011

| CYP Now

David Cameron comes in for criticism after restating his vow to make his government the most "family-friendly the country has ever seen".

Family groups awarded 11m to deliver support services

News

Friday, October 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Eleven family organisations are to receive a share of 11m from the Department for Education to deliver national online and telephone support services.

Leading businesses pledge to make services family friendly

News

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

| CYP Now

Businesses are being encouraged to guarantee to make services family friendly under a scheme launched by the Family and Parenting Institute.

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

News

Friday, February 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Safeguards to protect children from "intrusive and stressful" bailiffs are to be introduced by the government.

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

News

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's charities have criticised the government for failing to prioritise the needs of children in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.

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Daily roundup: Out-of-work benefits, school preparedness, and legal system

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

Integrated care service vital to help support troubled families

Cameron extends Troubled Families programme to 500,000

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

Ask the Experts: Parents' contact concerns

Senior Tories call for cabinet-level families post

Daily roundup: Child protection, a charity merger, and the Fair4Families campaign

Probation reforms threaten support for prisoners' families

How couples' sessions lift stress from families

Daily roundup: 400 primary academies, 'secret' database, and school exclusions

Daily roundup: Public health, free schools, and a briefing for lead members on sexual exploitation

Families suffer as mothers struggle to speak out about postnatal depression

Overstretched support services unable to meet rise in demand

PM under fire over his 'family test' pledge

Family groups awarded 11m to deliver support services

Leading businesses pledge to make services family friendly

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

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