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Cameron extends Troubled Families programme to 500,000

Monday, August 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of troubled families receiving intensive government support to turn their lives around is to be increased from 120,000 to 500,000.

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.

Daily roundup: Healthy eating, parental fines and mental health

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Friday, August 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Oldham teenager's poster design to front youth healthy eating campaign; huge rise in fines for parents who take children out of school; and grant made to develop outcomes-based mental health services, all in the news today.

Children's commissioner to investigate impact of family immigration rules

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

| CYP Now

The Office of the Children's Commissioner for England has launched an investigation into the harm family immigration rule changes are causing to children.

Children in hospital to get greater voice in health service inspections

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has pledged to overhaul the way it inspects hospital services for children and young people, including giving parents and children a greater say.

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

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Friday, August 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The quality of child death reviews are "disturbingly variable" with far too many failing to find out what went wrong, a damning report by a government appointed panel has found.

Children's social workers face knowledge test

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

| CYP Now

New children's social workers will have to pass a test of their knowledge in order to become an approved practitioner as part of government attempts to improve the quality of the profession, it has been announced.

More health visitors needed to hit government target

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 1,800 health visitors must be recruited within 12 months in order for the government to achieve its five-year pledge to boost numbers within the profession, new figures show.

Council data reveals extent of troubled families' problems

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Families involved in the government's Troubled Families initiative have an average of nine social problems when they enter the programme, latest research shows.

Faster court process cuts residential parenting assessments

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Social workers are scaling back their use of residential parenting assessments due to Children and Families Act changes to the length of care proceedings, latest government research has found.

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Inquiries into child deaths must be reformed so frontline practice can be improved to prevent further tragedies, a major study has concluded.

Turn children's centres into 'family hubs', says think-tank

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's centres should be scrapped and replaced with ‘family hubs' that also offer advice on relationships support, according to the think-tank The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ).

Wood calls for sector to emulate other public services in use of volunteers

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Friday, July 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Volunteers could be used to a greater degree by children's services to support the work of social workers, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has suggested.

Call to boost GP safeguarding and child support role

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

| CYP Now

GPs should become an early warning system for child maltreatment, and play a greater role in the care and support of vulnerable families, a report concludes.

First 'innovation' funds handed to tri-borough councils

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

London's tri-borough children's services are to receive £4m from the government's innovation fund, the first award to be made under the initiative.

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities that keep hold of their directors of children's services (DCS) perform better in Ofsted inspections than those that change regularly, exclusive analysis by CYP Now has found.

More children bullied online than face to face, says study

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Friday, July 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Online bullying is now more prevalent than face-to-face bullying, a study has found.

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Children in Knowsley are being left at risk of harm due to serious failures in child protection services, a damning Ofsted report which labelled the authority "inadequate" has found.

Children's charities attack government child poverty plans

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Friday, June 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has been criticised by children's charities for failing to make any significant changes to its revised child poverty strategy.

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Cameron extends Troubled Families programme to 500,000

Numbers of families in hostels on the rise

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

Daily roundup: Healthy eating, parental fines and mental health

Children's commissioner to investigate impact of family immigration rules

Children in hospital to get greater voice in health service inspections

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

Children's social workers face knowledge test

More health visitors needed to hit government target

Council data reveals extent of troubled families' problems

Faster court process cuts residential parenting assessments

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

Turn children's centres into 'family hubs', says think-tank

Wood calls for sector to emulate other public services in use of volunteers

Call to boost GP safeguarding and child support role

First 'innovation' funds handed to tri-borough councils

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

More children bullied online than face to face, says study

Ofsted criticises Knowsley's 'inadequate' child protection services

Children's charities attack government child poverty plans

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