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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

The NSPCC has made fresh calls for a law on emotional neglect to be introduced following a surge in reports to its helpline about the issue.

Volunteers offer vital support to families

Monday, July 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Community Service Volunteers schemes have helped more than 1,000 children and their families since first launched 10 years ago.

More health visitors needed to hit government target

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 1,800 health visitors must be recruited within 12 months in order for the government to achieve its five-year pledge to boost numbers within the profession, new figures show.

Daily roundup: Child exploitation, A-levels and home repossessions

Thursday, August 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Labour MP warns that a legal loophole puts children at risk of grooming; new figures show rise in students taking A-levels in maths and the sciences; and charity warns that South Tyneside is a blackspot for home repossessions, all in the news today.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

Councils get to grips with payment-by-results for troubled families

Monday, April 16, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has revealed plans to pay councils for improving school attendance, reducing antisocial behaviour and getting parents into work, in its bid to transform the lives of 120,000 of the most troubled families in England

ADCS calls for Ofsted workforce shake-up

Friday, October 31, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted must recruit existing children's services professionals to inspect local authority social care arrangements if it is to boost confidence in its judgments, the head of the Association of Directors of children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has been handed new responsibilities for boosting the ‘character and resilience' of young people and tackling bullying, the Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed.

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is struggling to complete inspections of all local authority children's services departments to schedule because it is "significantly under-resourced against agreed budgets", it has emerged.

DfE gives council more time to improve after ‘inadequate' Ofsted rating

Monday, November 9, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been given more time to turn services around in the wake of Ofsted judging its children's services department ‘inadequate' twice in two years.

Spending on early intervention faces 71 per cent cut

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Government funding for early help services is expected to be cut by 71 per cent, between 2010 and 2020, a study has found.

Ask the Expert: Adolescent-to-parent abuse

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

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

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

| CYP Now

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

Hampshire consortium supports victims of domestic abuse

Monday, April 29, 2019

| CYP Now

Partnership developed between voluntary sector providers and public sector commissioners led by charity Stop Domestic Abuse.

Daily roundup: Breakfast clubs, Gove-levels and a sexual health campaign

Monday, September 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Breakfast clubs fall victim to school budget cuts, the government prepares to unveil its new exam system proposals, and a campaign to improve access to contraception, all in the news today.

Sheffield City Council

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Intrafamilial sexual abuse case review highlighted poor practice on sharing information between agencies.

Brexit effect on vulnerable children and families begins to unravel

Analysis

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

| CYP Now

Meeting of charity leaders to discuss the impact of Brexit on vulnerable children and families warns that the UK leaving the European Union could put children's rights, safeguarding and economic welfare at risk.

Major crackdown on FGM to launch in London

Friday, April 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Women who are victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) are to be referred to children's social services and police as part of a pioneering project intended to prevent a further generation of girls being subjected to the abuse.

Eight out of ten fast-track social workers secure jobs

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Around eighty per cent of students taking the fast-track Step Up to Social Work postgraduate course have secured jobs as children's social workers.

Campaign aims to challenge misconceptions over who can foster

Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly three quarters of people believe they would not be accepted as foster carers, with gay, lesbian, retired, young adults and single people among the most pessimistic about their chances, according to a survey.

A day with the Pre-Birth Intervention Service

Monday, May 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Durham's multiple award-winning Pre-Birth Intervention Service aims to ensure the best possible start in life for babies born to high-risk families. Gabriella Jozwiak went to meet the team to find out how it works.

How informative DVD helps new parents cope with crying babies

Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

DVD helps parents to cope with their baby's crying and reduce incidents of non-accidental head injuries to babies.

Legal Update: Impact of forced marriage law

Monday, August 18, 2014

| CYP Now

In a follow-up to a recent piece on new legislation that criminalises forced marriage, Coram Children's Legal Centre researcher Catrin Gosby explores its potential impact, as well as some of its limitations.

Daily roundup: Parental rights, exam performance and age ratings