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Children's professionals risk sack for failing to report FGM

Friday, February 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's social workers, teachers and health professionals face losing their job if they fail to report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM), under a new law for England and Wales.

Research Report: The Impact of Multiple Risk Factors on Young Children's Development

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Study aims to reveal the extent, and combinations, of multiple risk factors faced by young children in the UK.

GPs need to improve knowledge of FGM, say MPs

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Saturday, March 14, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs have criticised GPs and other health professionals for failing to report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM).

Sector demands early intervention commitment from next government

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 50 children's sector organisations have joined forces to call on the next government to significantly boost early intervention spending.

Legal Update: Queen's Speech - What's in it for children?

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Monday, June 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, Policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the new government's proposed policy and legislative agenda for children and young people.

Ofsted joint inspections delayed as councils shun pilots

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's plans to launch new joint inspections of health, social care and criminal justice services for children and young people have been delayed amid councils declining approaches to take part in trials, it has emerged.

Keep up the momentum on raising awareness of FGM

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been illegal in the UK since 1985, but it is clear that the practice has persisted.

Children face six-month wait for mental health assessments

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Thursday, November 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Children are waiting up to six months for a face-to-face assessment by specialist local mental health services, it has emerged.

Violence at home: When children abuse their parents

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Growing recognition of the problem of child-to-parent violence has prompted new government guidance. Eileen Fursland looks at a range of approaches designed to tackle this complex issue.

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on problem academies, whole-family assessments, supporting parents at nursery and a squatting protest.

Daily roundup: Girl Guide campaign, youth police and crime commissioner, and hospital staff suspended

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Girl Guides tell The Sun to drop Page 3, Paris Brown investigated over offensive tweets and arrests at children's hospital following baby's death, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Heart surgery U-turn, child poverty figures, and female genital mutilation

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Child heart surgery restructure ditched, 2.3 million children live in poverty, and MPs criticise female genital mutilation failures, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Childcare funding, youth homelessness and school dinners

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Friday, June 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Survey shows free childcare funding gap, no referrals for 60 per cent of young claiming 'housing need', and closure threat for thousands of school canteens, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: healthy eating, teacher strikes and reading ability

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Friday, July 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Packed lunches for school pupils could be banned by the government; teachers' unions announce series of autumn strike dates; and huge gap between the reading ability of children from deprived and wealthy homes, all in the news today.

Standards on restraint set out for disabled children's holiday schemes

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Friday, August 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Residential holiday schemes for disabled children have been told they must have a clear policy on dealing with troubling behaviour to minimise the use of restraint.

Daily roundup: Care applications, sexual offence cases and cyberbullying

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Care application figures have dropped, the Crown Prosecution Service suspends a barrister from working on child sex abuse cases, and the Prime Minister calls for a boycott of websites that don't tackle cyberbullying, all in the news today.

Skills for the Job: How to spot victims of FGM

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Female genital mutilation often stays hidden within families, but there are warning signs that practitioners should look out for.

National child death database mooted

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Monday, October 14, 2013

| CYP Now

A national database recording all child deaths should be created so agencies can act quickly to spot trends and prevent further deaths, a government-commissioned report has said.

Daily roundup: Child protection warning, university attendance, and youth service cuts

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

| CYP Now

National Crime Agency urges more action on child abuse, regional disparities in university attendance and West Sussex youth cuts to be debated, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: homelessness, child abuse, and healthy eating

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Monday, November 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Long-term B&B use reaches decade-high; ex-DPP says professionals who fail to report child abuse should be prosecuted; and families cut back on healthy food due to cash shortage, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's professionals struggle to keep pace with child abusers' tactics; 23 campaign groups highlight need for child-friendly policies; and Bracknell Forest youth hub set to open by 2016, all in the news today.

Ask the Experts: Help a child suffering from OCD

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on coping with OCD, inducting a lead member, helping a child whose mother drinks and learning from weather.

Daily roundup: Playing fields, High Court ruling on social workers and Northamptonshire children in care

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Friday, August 17, 2012

| CYP Now

A government apology over inaccurate school playing fields figures, social workers breach mum and baby's rights, and children missing from care in Northamptonshire, all in the news today.

DfE plans 15-month transition period to replace LSCBs

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Wednesday, October 25, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils and their safeguarding partners will be given up to 15 months to replace outgoing local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) under plans that have gone out for consultation.

Daily round up: Blackburn DCS drafted into Rochdale, Ofsted complaints, and profit-making schools

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Rochdale appoints an interim head of children's social services, Ofsted is criticised over its new complaints framework, and a call for profit-making firms to take charge of the worst schools, all in the news today.

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Children's professionals risk sack for failing to report FGM

Research Report: The Impact of Multiple Risk Factors on Young Children's Development

GPs need to improve knowledge of FGM, say MPs

Sector demands early intervention commitment from next government

Legal Update: Queen's Speech - What's in it for children?

Ofsted joint inspections delayed as councils shun pilots

Keep up the momentum on raising awareness of FGM

Children face six-month wait for mental health assessments

Violence at home: When children abuse their parents

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

Daily roundup: Girl Guide campaign, youth police and crime commissioner, and hospital staff suspended

Daily roundup: Heart surgery U-turn, child poverty figures, and female genital mutilation

Daily roundup: Childcare funding, youth homelessness and school dinners

Daily roundup: healthy eating, teacher strikes and reading ability

Standards on restraint set out for disabled children's holiday schemes

Daily roundup: Care applications, sexual offence cases and cyberbullying

Skills for the Job: How to spot victims of FGM

National child death database mooted

Daily roundup: Child protection warning, university attendance, and youth service cuts

Daily roundup: homelessness, child abuse, and healthy eating

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

Ask the Experts: Help a child suffering from OCD

Daily roundup: Playing fields, High Court ruling on social workers and Northamptonshire children in care

DfE plans 15-month transition period to replace LSCBs

Daily round up: Blackburn DCS drafted into Rochdale, Ofsted complaints, and profit-making schools

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