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Trauma-informed practice in residential child care settings

Thursday, February 1, 2024

| CYP Now

Drawing on 75 years’ experience, the Mulberry Bush Organisation has developed a range of training programmes for staff working with children who have, or are, experiencing early life trauma.

Special Report: Trauma-Informed Care

Features

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| CYP Now

Trauma-informed care is a way of working with vulnerable children and families that seeks to recognise and respond to traumatic experiences and which is now being widely adopted across a range of settings

Research reveals trends in child social care demand and outcomes

Analysis

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| CYP Now

An analysis of more than three million social care assessments in England has uncovered trends in demand and links to outcomes for vulnerable children which, researchers say, could help councils to better understand local population challenges and adapt service provision accordingly.

Councils still face ‘difficult decisions’ despite children’s services funding boost

News

Thursday, January 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Local authority and children's services leaders have welcomed a £600m government funding boost to relieve pressure for support services but say it "does not negate the need for a sufficient long term funding settlement for children".

Ofsted criticises council over 'unsuitable' placements for care leavers

News

Monday, January 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Staffordshire County Council’s children’s services have been downgraded by Ofsted due in part to concerns over its care leaver offer, including the placement of young people in "unsuitable short-term accommodation".

Workforce pressures contribute to lack of joint early help for families, Ofsted finds

News

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

| CYP Now

Workforce and resource pressure is hampering multi-agency help for families, a report from inspectorates behind joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) warns.

Children in need numbers fall but still higher than pre-pandemic levels

News

Thursday, October 26, 2023

| CYP Now

The number of children in need of support and protection has fallen over the last year but is still higher than pre-pandemic levels, latest data shows.

Supporting families affected by online sexual offending

Features

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

When a parent is found to have viewed child sexual abuse images online, the impact on families is devastating. New guidance aims to help professionals give a considered and supportive response.

Legal Update: Care – A protected characteristic?

Features

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Ellen Broome, managing director of CoramBAAF, explains how making care a protected characteristic would place a duty on organisations to take the needs of care-experienced people into account.

Charities question councils' treatment of teenagers presenting as homeless

News

Thursday, October 12, 2023

| CYP Now

Children’s charity leaders have raised concerns over reports that children treated as homeless by local authorities rather than as in need of care are not being offered adequate information about their entitlements.

Young care leavers offered half price bus travel in London

News

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

| CYP Now

Young care leavers in London will benefit from half price travel on buses and trams from early next year, the Mayor of London has announced.

North East launches foster care recruitment partnership

News

Friday, September 29, 2023

| CYP Now

A government-backed foster care initiative has been launched in a bid to tackle a carer recruitment crisis in the North East of England.

How artists help children to explore their life stories

Best Practice

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Creative Life Story Work sees care-experienced children work with artists to process their experiences in ways that improve their wellbeing and relationships.

Council’s children’s services receives uplifted Ofsted rating

News

Monday, September 25, 2023

| CYP Now

A local authority no longer requires government intervention to improve its children’s services after Ofsted uplifted its rating from “inadequate” to “good”.

Children England: Sector pays tribute as charity announces closure

News

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

| CYP Now

Organisations and professionals supporting children and young people have paid tribute to the work of Children England, the collective body for children’s charities, after it announced its closure due to “financial challenges”.

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training 2023/24

Features

Friday, September 1, 2023

| CYP Now

With many parts of the sector facing recruitment challenges, Joe Lepper identifies developments in entry-level requirements and ongoing professional development for children's services practitioners.

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

News

Thursday, August 31, 2023

| CYP Now

The September edition of Children & Young People Now has all the latest news, views and analysis on the key issues affecting services for children, young people and families.

Children with a parent in prison get timely help

Best Practice

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Project speeds up process of identifying children affected by parental imprisonment to boost wellbeing and reduce the risk of intergenerational offending.

Disparity between the discharge of care orders in England and Wales

Analysis

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Researchers investigate the benefits and pitfalls of different ways in which care orders are discharged, asking what needs to change in policy and practice to better meet the needs of children and families.

Three trailblazer councils to pilot MacAlister's ‘families first’ plan

Analysis

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Council leaders share early proposals on delivery of the government's Families First for Children scheme designed to ‘test new ways to reform every part of children's social care’ in response to the Care Review.

‘Outstanding’ council launches social worker recruitment campaign

News

Friday, August 25, 2023

| CYP Now

A local authority has launched a recruitment campaign to attract social workers after being awarded its second consecutive “outstanding” rating by Ofsted.

Essex council praised for ‘outstanding’ children’s services

News

Monday, August 14, 2023

| CYP Now

Essex County Council's children's services have been rated “outstanding” by Ofsted, with inspectors praising improvements in the quality of planning for disabled children and those in private foster care.

Ofsted praises Lambeth’s in house review of children’s services

News

Thursday, August 10, 2023

| CYP Now

Lambeth council’s review of improvements needed to its children’s services is already “leading to positive” change, according to Ofsted inspectors.

Housing children in asylum hotels is 'unlawful’, judge rules

News

Friday, July 28, 2023

| CYP Now

The High Court has ruled that Kent County Council and the Home Secretary breached legal obligations to provide appropriate accommodation for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

Legal Update: The Carer’s Leave Act 2023

Features

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Augusta Itua, legal consultant at CoramBAAF, assesses the implications for carers of new legislation that gives employees the right to take leave in order to provide or arrange for long-term care needs.

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