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Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

Friday, September 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's homes will be required to show how they support young people and respond to their wishes as part of ongoing government efforts to improve standards.

Daily roundup: Mental health, youth unemployment, and deaf education

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Health select committee to investigate child mental health services, latest youth unemployment figures published, and study finds education system failing deaf children, all in the news today.

Charity makes official complaint against damning CQC inspection

News

Friday, March 23, 2012

| CYP Now

Scope has complained to the Care Quality Commission after their inspectors delivered a damning report into standards at one of the charity's care homes for young disabled people.

Daily roundup: Children in care, sex education, council spending

Other

Thursday, January 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Commissioner calls for change in public attitude towards child neglect; survey highlights need to teach children about consent; and Devon Council reports an overspend in social services, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: 'Conflicts of interest' at the DfE; child poverty measurements, and safeguarding in Medway

Other

Friday, February 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Fresh warnings over potential conflicts of interest at the Department for Education, experts criticise proposals for a new child poverty measure, and Ofsted rates Medway's child protection services 'inadequate', all in the news today.

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

News

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| CYP Now

It is now one week since an independent report by Professor Alexis Jay estimated that approximately 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. CYP Now looks at what has happened since publication last Tuesday.

Daily roundup: Child benefit, children's homes, and LSCB appointment

Other

Monday, September 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Ed Balls reveals Labour plans for child benefit cap; Two Birmingham children's homes close permanently; and Redbridge Local Safeguarding Children Board appoints former Ofsted deputy inspector, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, GCSEs and Wokingham cuts

Other

Thursday, August 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth minister says unemployed youth lack 'grit', study finds behavioural issues result in lower GCSE grades and Wokingham to cut youth services, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child benefit cuts, heart surgery in Bristol, and a ban on two 'legal highs'

Other

Thursday, November 1, 2012

| CYP Now

Report says child benefit changes will cost some families £50,000, warning over child heart operations at "inadequately staffed" hospital, and the government outlaws two more "legal highs", all in the news today.

Daily roundup: School sports, exam results and the riots one year on

Other

Monday, August 6, 2012

| CYP Now

School sports provision labelled "patchy" by minister, London pupils top exam results, and a film to mark the riots anniversary, all make the headlines today.

Inspections Clinic: Homes for Disabled Children

Features

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Recommendations from a review of residential provision for children with disabilities include changes to regulation to prevent safeguarding concerns being missed, reports Jo Stephenson.

Government vows to launch mental health check pilots later this year

News

Friday, June 1, 2018

| CYP Now

Delayed trials of mental health assessments for children entering the care system will launch later this year, the government has pledged.

Daily roundup: Child benefit changes, care proceedings pilot, and how childcare can 'make work pay'

Other

Monday, October 29, 2012

| CYP Now

A million letters sent to warn parents of child benefit changes, a pilot project reduces the length of care proceedings, and a call for government investment in childcare, all in the news today.

Birmingham criticised for failing to meet autistic boy's needs

News

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham City Council has been rebuked by the Local Government Ombudsman for failing to provide support to the mother of an autistic boy whose violent behaviour was deemed to be of "considerable risk" to others.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

News

Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

News

Thursday, January 9, 2014

| CYP Now

There is an "unhelpful" misperception among the media and public about the nature of out-of-authority placements for looked-after children, council care managers have said.

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

News

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| CYP Now

New quality standards for children's homes should be scrapped by the next government, an organisation representing residential care providers has said.

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

News

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The chief inspectors of Ofsted and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) have launched a scathing attack on councils' failure to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Therapeutic Care Special Report: Research evidence

Other

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Among the mass of research, studies on therapeutic child care can be hard to find, especially when they are not necessarily identified as being primarily about “therapeutic” approaches.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Staff ensure quality short breaks

Other

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Ade Adepitan Short Break Centre, London - short break centre inspection - September 2015.

Therapeutic Care: Policy context

Other

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

| CYP Now

Therapeutic care has its roots in the post-war psychoanalytic movement that sought to understand the impact trauma has on children and young people and what support needs to be put in place to give them the best chance of recovering.

Children's commissioner for England calls for urgent improvements to care system

News

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

| CYP Now

Investment in residential care, increased mental health support and more benefits for care leavers are paramount to improving provision for children in care, according to the children’s commissioner for England.

Daily roundup: Children's homes, Birmingham DCS and school places

Other

Friday, July 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Education committee launches inquiry into children's residential care, Birmingham's DCS leaves the council, and the government announces which schools will receive funding for new places, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Adoption figures, Doncaster and anti-gay school rules

Other

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Adoptions increase at fastest rate for 15 years, Hackney DCS to lead Doncaster changes, and DfE to probe policies banning 'promotion' of homosexuality, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Social work practice pilots, sexual exploitation in Derby and mental health in schools

Other

Thursday, September 27, 2012

| CYP Now

An evaluation of social work practices, the British Association of Social Workers gives its views on sexual exploitation in Derby, and a new mental health guide for schools, all in the news today.

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Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

Daily roundup: Mental health, youth unemployment, and deaf education

Charity makes official complaint against damning CQC inspection

Daily roundup: Children in care, sex education, council spending

Daily roundup: 'Conflicts of interest' at the DfE; child poverty measurements, and safeguarding in Medway

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

Daily roundup: Child benefit, children's homes, and LSCB appointment

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, GCSEs and Wokingham cuts

Daily roundup: Child benefit cuts, heart surgery in Bristol, and a ban on two 'legal highs'

Daily roundup: School sports, exam results and the riots one year on

Inspections Clinic: Homes for Disabled Children

Government vows to launch mental health check pilots later this year

Daily roundup: Child benefit changes, care proceedings pilot, and how childcare can 'make work pay'

Birmingham criticised for failing to meet autistic boy's needs

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

Children's homes providers demand scrapping of new quality standards

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

Therapeutic Care Special Report: Research evidence

Behind the Inspection Rating: Staff ensure quality short breaks

Therapeutic Care: Policy context

Children's commissioner for England calls for urgent improvements to care system

Daily roundup: Children's homes, Birmingham DCS and school places

Daily roundup: Adoption figures, Doncaster and anti-gay school rules

Daily roundup: Social work practice pilots, sexual exploitation in Derby and mental health in schools

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