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Foster care at a crossroads

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett talks to Robert Tapsfield, chief executive of the Fostering Network.

£19m fund to help adopted children access therapy

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Adoptive parents will be able to access a fund worth £19.3m to get help such as therapy for children who may have been abused or neglected, the government has announced.

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

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Monday, September 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Three out of four schools now judged as good or outstanding; former children's minister to step down as MP; and foster care myths exposed, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Looked-after children, ADHD drugs, and food banks

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Social workers want the College of Social Work to focus on looked-after children; ADHD drug prescribing rises 50 per cent in five years; and free food is offered to poor families in Birmingham, all in the news today.

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Parents could be forced to pay as much as £900-a-month if their children are taken into care, under plans announced by Worcestershire County Council.

Daily roundup: Carers allowances, Daniel Pelka, and safeguarding

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

| CYP Now

An investigation by the Local Government Ombudsman has found 340 carers in Liverpool were underpaid by the council; the serious case review into the death of four year old Daniel Pelka will be published shortly; and the SNP wants to bring in state-appointed guardians for all children, in the news today.

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, benefits and child poverty

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Clegg pledges government review of youth unemployment strategy; the Conservatives could introduce tougher penalties for unemployed young people; and a charity warns literacy levels must improve to tackle child poverty, all in the news today.

Effective Working with Neglected Children and their Families: Linking Interventions to Long-term Outcomes

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Authors Elaine Farmer and Eleanor Lutman; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 978-1-84905-288-7; £25; 240pp

LGA and Barnardo's warn of 'reckless' adoption changes

News

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

| CYP Now

The entire adoption system could be significantly damaged unless proposed reforms are reconsidered, Barnardo's and the Local Government Association (LGA) have warned.

Call for social workers to have greater role in early intervention

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Social workers should be routinely involved in early intervention work that goes beyond their legal responsibilities, the College of Social Work has said.

CYP Now Children in Care Supplement 2013

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Providing a chance to thrive: How to secure the best outcomes for looked-after children against the backdrop of reduced budgets and rising demand.

Daily roundup: School cuts, truancy and Ukip

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Call for school spending ringfence to be lifted, £120 fines for parents of truants, and council makes Ukip foster couple apology, all in today's news roundup.

Care Inquiry calls for relationship-focused system

News

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

| CYP Now

A greater emphasis must be placed on relationships for children in care rather than the type of placement option, an inquiry by eight charities has found.

Council leaders challenge government on adoption

News

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils should be allowed to work together to improve the adoption system rather than being removed from it, local authority leaders have claimed.

Revised Working Together guidance introduces checks on local safeguarding boards

News

Thursday, March 21, 2013

| CYP Now

An independent panel of experts will be created to vet the decisions of local safeguarding children board chairs under revised safeguarding guidance published today.

Daily roundup: Missing children, child protection, and youth unemployment

News

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Police change the definition of missing persons, Northamptonshire child protection rated inadequate, and youth unemployment up 48,000, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, child poverty and arrests of girls

News

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

NSPCC warning over FGM teacher training gaps, predictions of a nine per cent rise in child poverty, and police arrest fewer girls, all in the news today.

Social work training programme opens to new candidates

News

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Half of England's local authorities have signed up for a new round of a government social worker training programme.

Lords call for statutory post-adoption support

News

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils should have a legal obligation to provide post-adoption support, a group of peers has said.

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, What Works Network, and strip-searching

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Monday, March 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Disabled children start legal bid on room-sharing plans; policy advice network launches, and concerns over prevalence of strip-searching in youth custody, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Foster care legal challenge, clinical trials on children, and teacher training standards

Other

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

| CYP Now

A Welsh teenager in foster care fights for his rights in the Court of Appeal, high UK child mortality rate linked to lack of clinical trials, and government statistics on the calibre of trainee teachers, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Foster care, libraries, and child protection in the African community

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Timpson urges greater discretion for foster carers, automatic library card scheme launched, and concerns over the number of African children in the child protection system, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Care leavers' charter, missing children in Kent, and homeless families in B&B accommodation

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson launches a Charter for Care Leavers, concerns over missing children in Kent, and the number of homeless families in temporary accommodation in Westminster rises again, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Foster children's rights, SEN reforms, and the cost of sending a child to school

Other

Thursday, October 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Research says children in foster care are being "denied a proper childhood", concerns over the government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms, and the rising cost of sending children to school, all in the news today.

Early intervention 'reduces demand for child protection services'

News

Thursday, October 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Investment in early intervention is reducing demand for child protection services by up to 30 per cent in some local authorities, while other areas struggle to cope with huge increases in demand, research by the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has found.

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Foster care at a crossroads

£19m fund to help adopted children access therapy

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

Daily roundup: Looked-after children, ADHD drugs, and food banks

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

Daily roundup: Carers allowances, Daniel Pelka, and safeguarding

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, benefits and child poverty

Effective Working with Neglected Children and their Families: Linking Interventions to Long-term Outcomes

LGA and Barnardo's warn of 'reckless' adoption changes

Call for social workers to have greater role in early intervention

CYP Now Children in Care Supplement 2013

Daily roundup: School cuts, truancy and Ukip

Care Inquiry calls for relationship-focused system

Council leaders challenge government on adoption

Revised Working Together guidance introduces checks on local safeguarding boards

Daily roundup: Missing children, child protection, and youth unemployment

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, child poverty and arrests of girls

Social work training programme opens to new candidates

Lords call for statutory post-adoption support

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, What Works Network, and strip-searching

Daily roundup: Foster care legal challenge, clinical trials on children, and teacher training standards

Daily roundup: Foster care, libraries, and child protection in the African community

Daily roundup: Care leavers' charter, missing children in Kent, and homeless families in B&B accommodation

Daily roundup: Foster children's rights, SEN reforms, and the cost of sending a child to school

Early intervention 'reduces demand for child protection services'

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