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Concurrent planning reduces problems for adopted children, finds study

Friday, March 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children adopted through concurrent planning are less likely to experience problems, such as school exclusion, behaviour difficulties and depression, than those who are placed with families at a later stage.

Cafcass study highlights CSE learning from case reviews

News

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE) may be so influenced by abusers that they are unable to provide full or accurate accounts of their experiences to safeguarding professionals, analysis has concluded.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Special guardianship order cases

Other

Monday, May 11, 2015

| CYP Now

The Court of Appeal highlights the importance of substantive and procedural protections in special guardianship order cases.

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.

Trafficked girl wins age dispute case against council

News

Thursday, June 16, 2011

| CYP Now

A Nigerian girl has won a legal battle against a London borough that claimed she was an adult following an age assessment.

Unlawful force contributed to Adam Rickwood's death, inquest finds

News

Thursday, January 27, 2011

| CYP Now

The jury in the second inquest into the death of young offender Adam Rickwood has ruled that an unlawful use of force by professionals contributed to his death.

Daily roundup: Library closures, free childcare, and DNA swabs

Other

Monday, September 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's laureate criticises government failure to stop library closures; Labour outlines free childcare plans; and Welsh police have taken the DNA of 5,000 children, all in the news today.

NCAS Conference: Pre-court work cuts care cases, study finds

News

Monday, October 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Pre-proceedings case work in six councils piloting new ways of dealing with care applications cut the number of cases going to court by a quarter, analysis has shown.

In a Nutshell: Plans to scale back vetting and barring

Features

Monday, July 9, 2012

| CYP Now

The government plans to change the scheme intended to ?prevent inappropriate people from working with children

Daily roundup: Praise for Lambeth Council, sports coaching and primary school places

Other

Monday, July 23, 2012

| CYP Now

A letter from the children's minister to Lambeth, the effect of child protection on sports coaching and plans to deal with the population boom, all in today's news roundup.

Daily roundup: Care proceedings, teacher training, and physical education

Other

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Social workers to get help understanding care proceedings legislation; teacher training on SEN insufficient; and most pupils "not bothered" by loss of competitive school sport, all in the news today.

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

News

Thursday, May 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The effectiveness of a specialist court to tackle parental substance misuse could be undermined as a result of the introduction of the 26-week care proceedings target, academics have warned.

Grooming case highlights failings

Other

Monday, June 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Following the conviction of a child grooming ring in Rochdale, Jo-Anne Prud'homme, legal researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, asks what more agencies could have done to protect the victims

Court Report: Appeal against an assessment refusal

Other

Monday, September 5, 2011

| CYP Now

Case name: S (A Child); Case number: [2011] EWCA Civ 812; Judge: Sir Nicholas Wall (president of the Family Division); Location: High Court of Justice Court of Appeal

No evidence of Home Office abuse cover up, inquiry finds

News

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

A review led by NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless has found no evidence that Home Office officials covered up allegations of child sexual abuse over a 20-year period.

Legal Update: Tackling child sexual exploitation

Other

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Jen Roest, research and projects officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a call to address child sexual exploitation in Manchester through attitudinal change of public agencies and the legal system.

Legal Update: Review of special guardianship

Other

Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Kirsten Anderson, research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a government consultation that will review the use of special guardianship, first introduced in 2005.

Legal Update: Age assessment guidance

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines how long-awaited guidance could help social workers assess the age of children seeking asylum.

Court Report: Baby boy suffered fractured ribs

Other

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| CYP Now

Case name: RE A (A Child); Case number: [2011] EWHC 517 (Fam); Judge: Mr Justice Hedley; Location: High Court of Justice

Senior police officer questions age of criminal responsibility

News

Thursday, May 19, 2011

| CYP Now

One of the country's most senior police officers has suggested the age of criminal responsibility should be treated with more flexibility and greater weight be placed on the maturity of young offenders.

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Concurrent planning reduces problems for adopted children, finds study

Cafcass study highlights CSE learning from case reviews

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Special guardianship order cases

Legal Update: Trafficking victims and families

Trafficked girl wins age dispute case against council

Unlawful force contributed to Adam Rickwood's death, inquest finds

Daily roundup: Library closures, free childcare, and DNA swabs

NCAS Conference: Pre-court work cuts care cases, study finds

In a Nutshell: Plans to scale back vetting and barring

Daily roundup: Praise for Lambeth Council, sports coaching and primary school places

Daily roundup: Care proceedings, teacher training, and physical education

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

Grooming case highlights failings

Court Report: Appeal against an assessment refusal

No evidence of Home Office abuse cover up, inquiry finds

Legal Update: Tackling child sexual exploitation

Legal Update: Review of special guardianship

Legal Update: Age assessment guidance

Court Report: Baby boy suffered fractured ribs

Senior police officer questions age of criminal responsibility

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