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Skills for the Job: Social media and social work

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Social media can present difficult challenges for people working in the family courts, so how can practitioners use it securely?

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

News

Thursday, January 14, 2016

| CYP Now

A new social work organisation to drive up standards and put social workers on a par with high-status professions such as surgeons or lawyers will be established, government has announced.

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

News

Thursday, January 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils yet to have their children's services inspected by Ofsted are to be given additional support as part of a local government bid to prevent them being rated "inadequate" and facing intervention from the Department for Education (DfE).

More cash to support SEN plans

Other

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Extra funding alone will not improve the transfer of SEN children to integrated care plans, warn campaigners.

Legal Update: Trafficking victims and families

Other

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Frances Trevena, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the gaps in service provision for families and child victims of trafficking and how this group can be better supported.

Council guide to short breaks

Other

Monday, March 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Charities develop a toolkit to help councils deliver effective short breaks for families with disabled children.

Making best use of guardianships

Other

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Revised regulations on the use of special guardianship orders tighten criteria for assessing carers' suitability.

Children to be removed from families as part of ‘randomised adoption trial'

Other

Friday, April 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Scores of children will be removed from their birth parents under controversial government plans to prove the value of adoption, it has emerged.

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

News

Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first year target for numbers of families they worked with in the first year of the government's high profile troubled families initiative, it has emerged.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

News

Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

Top judge Sir Nicholas Wall calls for better rights for unmarried couples

News

Thursday, February 3, 2011

| CYP Now

England's top family judge has called for unmarried couples to get new rights to share property and money if they break up.

Tory Party Conference: MP advocates Troubled Families approach to boost life chances

News

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

| CYP Now

The work of the Troubled Families initiative should form the basis of government attempts to boost life chances, a Conservative MP has said.

Trowler calls for greater early help role for social workers

News

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

| CYP Now

Chief children's social worker for England Isabelle Trowler wants to see social workers more involved in supporting families in early help settings.

Fears for low-income families as DWP plans to abolish Social Fund

News

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| CYP Now

A fund that helps low-income families with living costs that are not covered by weekly benefits is set to be scrapped under the government's benefit reforms, it has emerged.

Ask the Experts: Precautions to ensure staff safety

Other

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Struggling council outlines major cuts to early help and youth services

News

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

| CYP Now

A financially troubled council is considering cutting funding for young people and families in need of early help by £2.5m in a bid to balance its books.

Young mums see rosy future

Other

Monday, April 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Family nurse partnerships originated in the US in the 1970s to support first-time teenage parents. Imported to England six years ago, the government is continuing to fund their expansion. Joe Lepper finds out why

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, advertising ban and childhood obesity

Other

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Barnardo's calls for more action to be taken against paedophiles, Labour suggests banning advertising for under-12s, and a study finds children as young as four are prejudiced towards obese peers, all in the news today.

Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

News

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Family Action has developed a tool to help councils track their performance in supporting families through the Troubled Families programme.

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

Other

Monday, September 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Three out of four schools now judged as good or outstanding; former children's minister to step down as MP; and foster care myths exposed, all in the news today.

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Skills for the Job: Social media and social work

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

More cash to support SEN plans

Legal Update: Trafficking victims and families

Council guide to short breaks

Making best use of guardianships

Children to be removed from families as part of ‘randomised adoption trial'

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

Top judge Sir Nicholas Wall calls for better rights for unmarried couples

Tory Party Conference: MP advocates Troubled Families approach to boost life chances

Trowler calls for greater early help role for social workers

Fears for low-income families as DWP plans to abolish Social Fund

Ask the Experts: Precautions to ensure staff safety

Struggling council outlines major cuts to early help and youth services

Young mums see rosy future

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, advertising ban and childhood obesity

Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

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