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

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.

Legal Update: Care of unaccompanied children

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Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Draft proposals on the care of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and trafficked children are a welcome step but could go further, argues Rachel Hutchings, researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Daily roundup: Missing babies, nurture groups, and play

Other

Monday, June 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly 20 babies reported missing from council care; research backs value of nurture groups; and £1.9m boost for play in Scotland, all in the news today.

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

News

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Concerns about controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services will get serious consideration, children's minister Edward Timpson has pledged.

Legal Update: Call for action plan on FGM

Other

Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

The home affairs committee has published a report calling for a national action plan on female genital mutilation. Catrin Gosby, researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the report's proposals.

European human rights body calls for urgent action on youth custody safety

News

Thursday, April 20, 2017

| CYP Now

The Council of Europe has called on the British government to take urgent action to improve the safety of young people held in custody.

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

News

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Thousands of children living in the UK without legal immigration status are at risk of destitution and exploitation because of contradictory rules and regulations, a report by the University of Oxford has claimed.

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow

News

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Agencies across the London borough of Hounslow have been praised for their work to support children who have experienced domestic abuse.

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

Other

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: Sexual exploitation, joint working, and College of Social Work

Other

Thursday, March 28, 2013

| CYP Now

200 sexually exploited children are on care waiting lists, MSPs say care systems must work better, and College of Social Work boss named, all in the news today.

Children 'intimidated' by family returns process

News

Monday, December 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Changes to the deportation process introduced by the coalition government can be "distressing" and "intimidating" for children and families, a report has found.

Social care fails to act quickly enough over neglect

News

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils, local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) and social work training are failing to prioritise child neglect, according to an Ofsted report.

Analysing Repeated Referrals to Children's Services in England

Research

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

| CYP Now

This study set out to discover the factors behind children receiving multiple referrals to local authority children's services. The analysis focused on 498,867 children referred during the financial year 2010/11.

Tri-borough arrangement 'to continue for adoption and fostering services'

News

Monday, October 30, 2017

| CYP Now

Three London councils will continue to operate a shared service for adoption and fostering once partnership arrangements for children's services come to an end in six months' time, it has emerged.

Probe highlights systemic issues in case of seven-year-old abused by foster carer

News

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

| CYP Now

An investigation into the case of a seven-year-old girl who was sexually abused by her foster carer has flagged up a number of issues with systems and procedures that need to be addressed.

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

News

Friday, December 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Bristol and Rochdale have been told to improve the quality of services for children and young people following inspections by Ofsted.

Legal Update: Tackling child sexual exploitation

Other

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Jen Roest, research and projects officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a call to address child sexual exploitation in Manchester through attitudinal change of public agencies and the legal system.

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

News

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Nearly six months since professor Alexis Jay's report revealed the extent of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, the government's troubled families tsar Louise Casey's has pulled no punches in her assessment of how the authority has fared since.

Child trafficking victims to get legal guardians

News

Thursday, February 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's rights campaigners have welcomed last-minute changes to the Modern Slavery Bill to give advocates for child trafficking victims legal powers.

How children recover from past domestic abuse

Other

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Project helps children who have experienced domestic abuse recover and move on.

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

Legal Update: Care of unaccompanied children

Daily roundup: Missing babies, nurture groups, and play

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

Legal Update: Call for action plan on FGM

European human rights body calls for urgent action on youth custody safety

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow

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

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, joint working, and College of Social Work

Children 'intimidated' by family returns process

Social care fails to act quickly enough over neglect

Analysing Repeated Referrals to Children's Services in England

Tri-borough arrangement 'to continue for adoption and fostering services'

Probe highlights systemic issues in case of seven-year-old abused by foster carer

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

Legal Update: Tackling child sexual exploitation

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

Child trafficking victims to get legal guardians

How children recover from past domestic abuse

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