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Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Schools and long-term medical conditions

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

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Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

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The government has issued updated advice on crisis mental health care that states police cells should never be used to hold children and young people.

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

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Central government must urgently consult local authorities on how new "social value" laws could impact on children's services, it has been has warned.

Daily roundup: Job support, family courts and child poverty

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

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Intensive support trialled for jobless 16- and 17-year-olds not receiving benefits; adoption hearing cancelled due to lack of translators; and report reveals impact of recession on child poverty, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Disability discrimination at school

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

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Q: A young person I work with wishes to make a complaint about disability discrimination in relation to an experience she had at her school. How should she go about doing this?

Children's Rights Bill

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

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Family of severely autistic teenager wins three-year legal battle against council

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

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The family of a severely autistic teenager has won a High Court appeal to force East Riding of Yorkshire Council to provide support for him once he turns 18.

Services urged to build relations with PCCs

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

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New police and crime commissioners will make decisions affecting services for young people across health, education and social care

Birmingham criticised for failing to meet autistic boy's needs

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

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Birmingham City Council has been rebuked by the Local Government Ombudsman for failing to provide support to the mother of an autistic boy whose violent behaviour was deemed to be of "considerable risk" to others.

Daily roundup: School safeguarding, children's services and child injuries

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Friday, April 11, 2014

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Gove highlights FGM risk in letter to school head teachers; Coventry councillors work together to improve children's services; and Nottinghamshire councils develop plan to cut child injuries, all in the news today.

Professionals to get practice guidance on young carer duties

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

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Children & Young People Now has joined forces with Carers Trust to stage a one-day Young Carers Summit as local authorities prepare to meet new responsibilities towards young people aged 14 to 25 who are carers.

Mental health service deficiencies ‘undermine penal support pilot'

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

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Mental health and penal reform campaigners are concerned a government scheme that will see mental health professionals assess young people's needs soon after arrest could be undermined by a lack of specialist local support.

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

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There is an "unhelpful" misperception among the media and public about the nature of out-of-authority placements for looked-after children, council care managers have said.

Cells used to hold mentally ill children

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

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Dozens of children in South West England, some as young as 11, have been held in police cells after being detained under the Mental Health Act, it has been revealed.

FGM helpline makes dozens of referrals to agencies

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Friday, February 7, 2014

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The NSPCC's helpline for reporting suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) has referred dozens of cases to police and children's services since being set up last year.

Social work leaders oppose mandatory FGM reporting

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Friday, January 16, 2015

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The College of Social Work (TCSW) is urging the Home Office to back down on plans to bring in mandatory reporting of female genital mutilation (FGM).

Fewer than two per cent of new FGM cases involve children

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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

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Only 60 child victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) have been identified by authorities out of thousands of new cases since last September, prompting fears parents are adopting new tactics to evade detection.

Legal Update: Government rights failings exposed

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Monday, July 6, 2015

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Children's charities have launched a damning report highlighting the government's failure to prioritise children, reports Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Blackburn with Darwen council faces judicial review over cuts to short breaks service

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

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A High Court challenge has been launched against Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council following its decision to withdraw funding for a short breaks service that supports more than 20 disabled children.