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Intensive intervention helps families reduce poor parenting and antisocial behaviour

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Family intervention projects have helped to reduce the proportion of families involved in crime and antisocial behaviour by 50 per cent, government statistics have revealed.

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

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Friday, December 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Bristol and Rochdale have been told to improve the quality of services for children and young people following inspections by Ofsted.

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Nearly six months since professor Alexis Jay's report revealed the extent of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, the government's troubled families tsar Louise Casey's has pulled no punches in her assessment of how the authority has fared since.

Specialist support set to benefit 3,000 adopter families

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Monday, February 23, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 3,000 families that have adopted a child are set to benefit from the government's £19.3m Adoption Support Fund, latest figures suggest.

Half of homeless teenagers turned away by councils

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Friday, March 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils are flouting the law by turning away half of the homeless teenagers who ask them for help, according to damning latest research.

Children's services in Lambeth judged 'inadequate'

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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Standards at Lambeth Council's children's services department have nosedived from "outstanding" to "inadequate" in the space of just three years.

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

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Monday, June 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Charities working with children and young people have lost more than £150m of government funding in the past year, it has emerged.

Exclusive: Batmanghelidjh speaks out on Kids Company closure

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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh has hit out at civil servants and sections of the media after confirming that the charity is to close with immediate effect due to insolvency.

Cameron earmarks children's services as priority reform area

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Friday, September 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services have been identified by Prime Minister David Cameron as a "standout area" for reform ahead of the autumn Spending Review.

Use of special guardianship orders continues to rise

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of children being made subject to special guardianship orders (SGOs) is continuing to rise, government figures have shown.

Troubled Families programme ‘wastes millions of pounds'

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

| CYP Now

The government's flagship Troubled Families initiative is working with the wrong families in the wrong way and is likely to be wasting millions of pounds, a report has claimed.

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

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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

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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).

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

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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.

Parents fear modern world puts pressure on children

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Monday, April 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Parents believe children are under pressure to grow up too quickly, a survey has found, with celebrity culture, adult-style clothes and music videos encouraging them to act older than they are.

UK investment in family benefits is failing to improve outcomes

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

| CYP Now

The UK government is failing to improve outcomes for families despite being one of the biggest spenders on family support, latest research has found.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

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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.

CYP Now 2016 Awards revealed on night of huge celebration and pride

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Friday, November 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Twenty-two inspirational and deserving winners were last night revealed at the 2016 CYP Now Awards on an evening of celebration for the children's sector.

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

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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

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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.

'Unacceptable' numbers of parents at breaking point

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Monday, November 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Four out of 10 parents with children under five have felt at "breaking point'" because of the stress and strains of family life, a survey by charity Home-Start UK has found.

4Children chief criticises children's centres consultation delay

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

| CYP Now

The chief of collapsed charity 4Children has criticised the government for its failure to deliver on its pledge to hold a consultation on the future of children's centres.

Trowler calls for greater early help role for social workers

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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

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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.

Fear of being a 'bad parent' rife among families

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Monday, April 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Almost seven out of 10 mothers and fathers fear being called "bad parents", according to research.

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Intensive intervention helps families reduce poor parenting and antisocial behaviour

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

Specialist support set to benefit 3,000 adopter families

Half of homeless teenagers turned away by councils

Children's services in Lambeth judged 'inadequate'

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

Exclusive: Batmanghelidjh speaks out on Kids Company closure

Cameron earmarks children's services as priority reform area

Use of special guardianship orders continues to rise

Troubled Families programme ‘wastes millions of pounds'

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

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

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

Parents fear modern world puts pressure on children

UK investment in family benefits is failing to improve outcomes

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

CYP Now 2016 Awards revealed on night of huge celebration and pride

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

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

'Unacceptable' numbers of parents at breaking point

4Children chief criticises children's centres consultation delay

Trowler calls for greater early help role for social workers

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

Fear of being a 'bad parent' rife among families

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