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Four in 10 councils 'unwilling to take child refugees from other areas'

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

| CYP Now

Around 40 per cent of councils across England have not signed up to a voluntary scheme to take child refugees from other areas, amid concerns that central government is not providing enough funding to cover the true cost, a report has revealed.

Timpson takes up children's commissioner advisory role

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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

| CYP Now

Former Department for Education minister Edward Timpson has been appointed to advise children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield and could be in line for a future government role, it has emerged.

How to improve care, by those who have lived it

Features

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

| CYP Now

Those who have been in care are uniquely placed to identify how well services for looked-after children are working. Here five care leavers share their experiences and set out what needs to change.

Schools 'failing young carers', claims Barnardo's

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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's charity Barnardo's has claimed schools are failing young people who care for sick or disabled family members.

Asylum-seeking children funding rates set for review

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

| CYP Now

The amount of money councils receive from central government to cover the cost of looking after unaccompanied asylum-seeking children will be reviewed, it has been announced.

Longfield: Child vulnerability data is 'tip of the iceberg'

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Tuesday, July 4, 2017

| CYP Now

The government does not know how many children are vulnerable and agencies cannot agree on how to define and identify them, children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield has warned.

Concerns raised over welfare of undocumented children

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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

| CYP Now

Concerns have been raised about the welfare of tens of thousands of children and young people whose legal right to remain in the UK is uncertain.

Munby advises judges to limit involvement in serious case reviews

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Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Judges should avoid taking part in official probes into child deaths in order to maintain the independence of the judiciary, England's most senior family court judge has said.

Children and Social Work Bill receives Royal Assent

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Friday, April 28, 2017

| CYP Now

A raft of new measures designed to boost support for children and young people will become law after the Children and Social Work Bill received Royal Assent.

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

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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.

DfE hands care leaver project £3.7m innovation funding

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Friday, April 7, 2017

| CYP Now

A pioneering housing project where care leavers are involved with refurbishing empty properties that they then move into has been handed £3.7m in innovation funding from the Department for Education to expand it into five new areas.

Legal Update: Special guardianship orders

Features

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Serious case review highlights need for rigorous assessments when placing a child with a special guardian, writes Kamena Dorling, head of policy & programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

DfE urged to take action on 'hidden children' missing education

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Monday, March 27, 2017

| CYP Now

The Department for Education must update statutory guidance for local authorities as part of attempts to prevent thousands of children missing education, a children's charity has suggested.

Councils 'failing to support children in need of help', inquiry finds

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Monday, March 20, 2017

| CYP Now

Local authorities are too often failing to support children and families who need help because they are focusing all their resources on the most serious cases, a major year-long inquiry has found.

Police 'failing to deal appropriately' with children missing from care

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Friday, March 10, 2017

| CYP Now

A charity has called for police forces to improve their handling of missing children cases after it emerged some are inappropriately categorising those who are missing from care as "absent".

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Four in 10 councils 'unwilling to take child refugees from other areas'

Timpson takes up children's commissioner advisory role

How to improve care, by those who have lived it

Schools 'failing young carers', claims Barnardo's

Asylum-seeking children funding rates set for review

Longfield: Child vulnerability data is 'tip of the iceberg'

Concerns raised over welfare of undocumented children

Munby advises judges to limit involvement in serious case reviews

Children and Social Work Bill receives Royal Assent

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

DfE hands care leaver project £3.7m innovation funding

Legal Update: Special guardianship orders

DfE urged to take action on 'hidden children' missing education

Councils 'failing to support children in need of help', inquiry finds

Police 'failing to deal appropriately' with children missing from care

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