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Housing and support gap faced by vulnerable 16- and 17-year-olds without care status

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

| CYP Now

Local authorities have a duty to provide accommodation for children unable to live with family, but not all get the support they need, says Scarlett Cowling, 16+ specialist advocate at Coram Voice’s Always Heard service.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

News

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated as "requires improvement" by Ofsted after inspectors found a number of areas that need to be addressed.

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

News

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Two local authorities have become the first to be awarded "outstanding" judgments under Ofsted's controversial inspection framework for children's services.

Peer landlords: Helping others to feel at home

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

The Peer Landlord scheme sees young people supporting others to live independently. Emily Rogers visited the south London housing initiative to find out how it works.

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

News

Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

An independent children's services trust that was established on government orders has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Cuts 'fuel rise in homelessness'

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Cuts in prevention services see more vulnerable young people experiencing housing crisis, say charities.

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

News

Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Lucy Powell shadow education secretary.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Vulnerable young people in B&Bs

Other

Monday, August 31, 2015

| CYP Now

The Local Government Ombudsman has reiterated that B&B accommodation is not suitable to house homeless young people.

LGBT young people ‘more likely to be homeless'

News

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) young people are more likely to be homeless compared with their non-LGBT peers, a report has claimed.?

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.

Benefit cap fuels housing problems for London councils

News

Monday, December 15, 2014

| CYP Now

The benefit cap is hampering local authorities in London in their attempts to move families out of temporary accommodation and into a permanent home, a report has found.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

News

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

Passion for positive thinking

Other

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Laura McCardle meets Jane Slowey, chief executive of the Foyer Federation.

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

News

Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Up to 25 local authorities will be judged on their multi-agency child protection arrangements under new inspections being introduced in April 2015, it has been announced.

Councils must build on youth housing solutions

Other

Monday, May 26, 2014

| CYP Now

The 10 per cent rise in house prices in England reported last week was widely seen as another sign that the economy is recovering from the deepest recession in living memory. Good news for home owners certainly, but soaring property prices are making it harder for young people to not just get on the housing ladder, but branch out into independent living generally.

The house that Daniel built

Other

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Homeless young people renovate empty homes and then move in under a scheme launched by charity Centrepoint. Jo Stephenson visits the first property and meets the lads who will live there.

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

News

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: Youth unemployment, benefits and child poverty

Other

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.

Daily roundup: Primary classes, social care and spare rooms

Other

Friday, March 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Study calls for primary children to be grouped by ability not age, Peterborough improves its social care, and a charity launches a drive to help young homeless people, all in today's news.