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Charities question councils' treatment of teenagers presenting as homeless

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.

Review highlights safeguarding failures in case of girl convicted of manslaughter

News

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

| CYP Now

A safeguarding practice review into the case of a teenage girl who admitted the manslaughter of her mother’s partner has found a raft of failures in the girl's care which led to a lack of protection for both her and the victim.

‘Structural challenges’ impeding positive children’s services work, says LGA

News

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

| CYP Now

Children’s services improvements are being impeded by structural challenges around recruitment, retention and finding suitable placements for children with complex needs, a report has found.

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.

Applications open for local authority pilot to reduce family court delays

News

Friday, October 6, 2023

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has opened applications for local authorities to take part in a pilot designed to reduce delays and backlogs in the family court.

More than 55 councils back protected characteristic campaign

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Friday, October 6, 2023

| CYP Now

Dozens of local authorities across England and Scotland have agreed to consider the impact of their policies on children in care and care leavers after passing a motion to recognise care experience as a protected characteristic.

Safeguarding review launches into death of Sara Sharif

News

Thursday, October 5, 2023

| CYP Now

A safeguarding review has been launched into the death of 10-year-old Sara Sharif, whose body was found at her home in Woking in August.

Children’s charities facing long term supporter exodus, researchers find

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

| CYP Now

Children’s charities are facing a long-term decline in popularity among their traditional supporters, leaving them battling to attract donations and support, researchers are warning.

Cafcass boss: 'Enhanced employment package needed to drive down staff turnover'

News

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

| CYP Now

The boss of family court body Cafcass says the organisation needs to offer enhanced terms and conditions to retain social workers and compete with employment packages offered by local authorities.

Government taskforce set up to tackle rise in DoL orders

News

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

| CYP Now

A cross-government group of experts has been set up to tackle the recent sharp rise in the use of deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders amid concerns that they fail to provide the support vulnerable children need, CYP Now understands.

Breaking the family cycle of intergenerational trauma and addiction

Features

Monday, October 2, 2023

| CYP Now

It is recognised that many adults accessing drug and alcohol support have witnessed substance use and experienced trauma in their own childhood.

CYP Now Early Help Conference 2023: Key debates and sector reaction

News

Monday, October 2, 2023

| CYP Now

Professionals working with vulnerable children and young people across the sector have come together to hear from experts on key reforms to early help policy in England.

Kinship carers 'consider giving up role' amid financial challenges

News

Monday, October 2, 2023

| CYP Now

Dozens of unsupported kinship carers say they may have to stop caring for their kinship child within the next year unless their circumstances change.

Boost financial support for families to reduce ‘bed poverty’, government urged

News

Friday, September 29, 2023

| CYP Now

The government should renew funding for the Household Support Fund and end the two-child benefits cap to reduce the number of families unable to afford suitable beds for their children, Barnardo’s has said.

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.

Mental health fund for migrant children launches

News

Thursday, September 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Councils and charities are being invited to apply for a £2.5m mental health fund to support refugee children from Ukraine, Afghanistan and Hong Kong.

Home’s therapeutic provision helps to foster independence

Best Practice

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Children’s home specialist support jointly funded by health and social care agencies enables young people to successfully transition to community placements.

Homes for young people with complex needs

Best Practice

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Innovative partnership with providers in Berkshire offers homes to young people with complex needs.

Voluntary agencies publish sibling adoption guide

News

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Voluntary adoption agencies (VAAs) have joined forces to reduce levels of separation among sibling groups who are adopted.

The dos and don’ts of case recording

Features

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Care records can help make sense of difficult childhood experiences but vary widely in quality. Drawing on her own experiences, Rebekah Pierre provides key pointers on sensitive case recording.

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.

Residential Care Special Report 2023

Features

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

A new government policy paper puts forward plans to change the way residential care placements are commissioned but the measures fall short of solving a shortage of children’s homes places, say experts.

Hull invests so children in care stay connected

Best Practice

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Yorkshire council opens its own homes on “nice estates” to enable more children in care to live and thrive in the city of Hull.

Residential Care: Key policy developments

Other

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Latest Department for Education statistics show that there were 2,880 children’s homes operating on 31 March 2023, an increase of nine per cent from the previous year (238 homes).