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CSE victims to play central role improving services in Rotherham

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Rotherham Council is enlisting the help of victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE) to help it improve the way it tackles abuse in the town.

Jane Ellison confirmed as children's health minister

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Jane Ellison will take on additional responsibilities for children's health and health visiting following her reappointment as minister for public health, the Department of Health has confirmed.

Sector demands early intervention commitment from next government

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 50 children's sector organisations have joined forces to call on the next government to significantly boost early intervention spending.

Scores of children's charities benefit from £800,000 windfall

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 100 charities that support children and young people have been awarded grants from a pot worth more than £800,000.

Leading football clubs enlist for early intervention push

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Monday, April 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services departments and voluntary organisations are linking up with professional football clubs in an innovative attempt to boost outcomes for children.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Union urges health visitor recruitment drive to continue

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

| CYP Now

Health visitor numbers are at risk of falling off "a cliff edge" if the next government calls a halt to the current recruitment drive in the sector, children's health professionals have warned.

Government commits to overhaul of children's mental health services

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has pledged a "complete overhaul" for children and young people's mental health services to address poor access and support.

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's social workers, teachers and local councillors will face up to five years in jail for failing to protect children from sexual exploitation, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Children's professionals risk sack for failing to report FGM

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Friday, February 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's social workers, teachers and health professionals face losing their job if they fail to report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM), under a new law for England and Wales.

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

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Friday, January 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The government intends to change the law to make reporting suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory prior to May's general election.

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Government changes to tax and benefits have hit families with young children and poorer households the hardest, a major study has found.

Benefit cap fuels housing problems for London councils

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Monday, December 15, 2014

| CYP Now

The benefit cap is hampering local authorities in London in their attempts to move families out of temporary accommodation and into a permanent home, a report has found.

Government to push ahead with axing emergency support fund

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Thursday, November 6, 2014

| CYP Now

More than £170m in funding for support and emergency grants to help families in a crisis is to be axed by government.

Mothers' mental health problems take £5.5bn toll on children

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Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Mental health conditions in children and young people that are linked to their mothers' emotional problems in early parenthood costs society and the economy around £5.5bn annually, a study suggests.

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

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Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities have been ordered to undertake an audit of how they respond to child sexual exploitation (CSE) cases in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal.

Labour Party Conference: Call for maternity services to engage fathers

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Major reform of maternity services is necessary if fathers are to be encouraged to play a bigger role in the lives of young children, the head of the Royal College of Midwives has urged.

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

| CYP Now

A new director of children's services has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to turn around the troubled department.

Numbers of families in hostels on the rise

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Thursday, August 14, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of families living in hostels and women's refuges is at its highest level for six years, according to latest government figures.

Working families 'don't earn enough to live on'

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Low wages, benefits cuts and the rising cost of raising children are leaving full-time working families struggling to afford a basic standard of living, a report by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has found.

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CSE victims to play central role improving services in Rotherham

Jane Ellison confirmed as children's health minister

Sector demands early intervention commitment from next government

Scores of children's charities benefit from £800,000 windfall

Leading football clubs enlist for early intervention push

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Union urges health visitor recruitment drive to continue

Government commits to overhaul of children's mental health services

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

Children's professionals risk sack for failing to report FGM

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

Benefit cap fuels housing problems for London councils

Government to push ahead with axing emergency support fund

Mothers' mental health problems take £5.5bn toll on children

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

Labour Party Conference: Call for maternity services to engage fathers

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

Numbers of families in hostels on the rise

Working families 'don't earn enough to live on'

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