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Study highlights positive impact of lockdown for foster children

Monday, December 7, 2020

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Lockdown measures introduced as part of efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus has had a positive impact for many fostered children, research has found.

'Serious shortage' of secure children’s home places concerns Ofsted

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Thursday, December 3, 2020

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Ofsted has raised concerns over a “serious shortage” of placements in secure children’s homes.

Free school meals scheme prompted thousands of helpline calls in first weeks, investigation finds

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Wednesday, December 2, 2020

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Schools and disadvantaged families faced “difficulties and delays” accessing free school meals during the first few weeks of the initial Covid-19 lockdown, the National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed.

Children can meet potential kinship carers amid new Covid-19 restrictions

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Wednesday, December 2, 2020

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Children’s rights activists have welcomed a government decision to allow looked-after children to meet potential kinship carers, including grandparents, amid new Covid-19 restrictions that come into force today (December 2).

Pandemic a ‘pressure cooker’ for issues facing vulnerable children, Ofsted chief warns

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Tuesday, December 1, 2020

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The Covid-19 pandemic has acted as a “pressure cooker”, exacerbating concerns already surrounding vulnerable children in England, Ofsted’s national director of regulation and social care has warned.

Prospect of Covid Christmas heightening anxiety for children, study finds

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Monday, November 30, 2020

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More than half of children fear a difficult family Christmas, saying their parents will be worried about making it a happy time, a study has found.

Councils report influx of referrals to children’s services

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Friday, November 27, 2020

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More than 600 young people a day were referred to local authority children’s services in the months following the first national lockdown, research from the County Council’s Network shows.

Spending Review: What has Rishi Sunak pledged for children and young people?

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced his one-year spending review with a focus on helping the UK’s economy recover from Covid-19.

Sector ‘disappointed’ over Spending Review’s failure to do more for disadvantaged children

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

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Sector leaders have expressed “disappointment” over a lack of investment to support the most vulnerable children and young people following the announcement of Rishi Sunak’s Spending Review.

Public sector pay freeze ‘a body blow’ to frontline workers, unions say

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

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Education and social care unions have criticised the government’s decision to freeze pay for public sector workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Spending Review: Sector bodies set out key asks

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is today set to announce a one-year spending review focussed solely on helping the UK to recover from Covid-19.

Gavin Williamson acted unlawfully over children’s social care exemptions, Court of Appeal rules

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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Education Secretary Gavin Wiliamson acted unlawfully in not consulting the children’s commissioner for England before making a raft of changes to children’s social care legislation during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Ofsted registers most children’s homes on record ‘to cope with pandemic’

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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More than 170 children’s homes opened across England between April and September this year “possibly to cope with the additional demand caused by Covid-19”, Ofsted has said.

Children’s commissioner calls for social care reform in stark warning to ‘negligent’ government

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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The children’s commissioner for England will warn politicians that local authority children’s services “are on the edge of a precipice” due to a lack of funding to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic and delays to long-awaited reforms.

CYP Now Early Help Conference: Local authorities hit by increase in demand for early intervention services

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Monday, November 23, 2020

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Local authority children’s services department’s did not experience the expected surge in demand for referrals when schools reopened in September but have seen an increase in requests for early help services, experts have said.

Home education rise leaving children’s services ‘stretched’, ADCS warns

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Monday, November 23, 2020

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The number of children being electively home educated has jumped by more than a third compared with last year due to health fears sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic, new figures from the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) shows.

Covid-19 ‘having a devastating impact on children’s rights’

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Friday, November 20, 2020

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The Covid-19 pandemic is having a “devastating impact on children’s rights, wellbeing and futures”, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has warned.

Government lays out plan to support care leavers

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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

| CYP Now

A major new government report details the level of support care leavers should receive from councils.

Services for children with SEND ‘seriously affected’ by Covid-19 pandemic

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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

| CYP Now

Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have regressed in their development due to lack of available services during the Covid-19 pandemic, Ofsted has said.

Sector leaders welcome government U-turn on free school meals

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Monday, November 9, 2020

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Sector leaders have welcomed the government's new winter support package which includes rolling-out free school meals across the Christmas holidays and until summer 2021.

Increasing numbers of children’s home staff forced to self-isolate, sector leaders warn

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Wednesday, November 4, 2020

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Children’s home providers are experiencing an increase in staff members forced to self-isolate due to Covid-19, warns the Independent Children’s Home Association (ICHA).

Staying Put scheme 'must be funded beyond 2021'

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Tuesday, November 3, 2020

| CYP Now

The government must commit to funding ‘Staying Put’ arrangements for young people in foster care beyond 2021 to stop them being “unfairly” impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, Action for Children has said.

Mapped: Councils providing free school meals over half term and Christmas holidays

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Friday, October 30, 2020

| CYP Now

Local authorities have been forced to step-in over the October half term to provide free school meals for vulnerable children.

MPs removed from anti-poverty charity’s board over free school meals vote

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Thursday, October 29, 2020

| CYP Now

Feeding Britain has removed MPs from its board after one of its trustees voted against extending free school meals to children from low-income families out of term time.

Remote family court hearings amid Covid-19 challenge fairness, say campaigners

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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Families have questioned the fairness of remote family court hearings being used to ensure proceedings adhere to social distancing guidelines amid the Covid-19 health crisis.

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Study highlights positive impact of lockdown for foster children

'Serious shortage' of secure children’s home places concerns Ofsted

Free school meals scheme prompted thousands of helpline calls in first weeks, investigation finds

Children can meet potential kinship carers amid new Covid-19 restrictions

Pandemic a ‘pressure cooker’ for issues facing vulnerable children, Ofsted chief warns

Prospect of Covid Christmas heightening anxiety for children, study finds

Councils report influx of referrals to children’s services

Spending Review: What has Rishi Sunak pledged for children and young people?

Sector ‘disappointed’ over Spending Review’s failure to do more for disadvantaged children

Public sector pay freeze ‘a body blow’ to frontline workers, unions say

Spending Review: Sector bodies set out key asks

Gavin Williamson acted unlawfully over children’s social care exemptions, Court of Appeal rules

Ofsted registers most children’s homes on record ‘to cope with pandemic’

Children’s commissioner calls for social care reform in stark warning to ‘negligent’ government

CYP Now Early Help Conference: Local authorities hit by increase in demand for early intervention services

Home education rise leaving children’s services ‘stretched’, ADCS warns

Covid-19 ‘having a devastating impact on children’s rights’

Government lays out plan to support care leavers

Services for children with SEND ‘seriously affected’ by Covid-19 pandemic

Sector leaders welcome government U-turn on free school meals

Increasing numbers of children’s home staff forced to self-isolate, sector leaders warn

Staying Put scheme 'must be funded beyond 2021'

Mapped: Councils providing free school meals over half term and Christmas holidays

MPs removed from anti-poverty charity’s board over free school meals vote

Remote family court hearings amid Covid-19 challenge fairness, say campaigners

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