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Steps for homeless young people

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Step by Step is a charity providing accommodation and support for homeless young people across Hampshire and beyond. The support on offer includes a training and development programme.

Reducing stigma can prevent youth homelessness, says charity

News

Friday, April 22, 2016

| CYP Now

Policymakers and commissioners must reduce the stigma of youth homelessness so that young people are more willing to seek help for housing problems, a charity has said. ??

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

News

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been rated as "requires improvement" by Ofsted after inspectors found a number of areas that need to be addressed.

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

News

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Two local authorities have become the first to be awarded "outstanding" judgments under Ofsted's controversial inspection framework for children's services.

Peer landlords: Helping others to feel at home

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

The Peer Landlord scheme sees young people supporting others to live independently. Emily Rogers visited the south London housing initiative to find out how it works.

Big jump in B&B use for homeless families

News

Friday, December 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of homeless families with children being placed in emergency bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation has rocketed by 45 per cent over the last year.

Ombudsman criticises council's failure to support homeless 16-year-old

News

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been rebuked for the second time in two years by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) for its treatment of homeless young people.

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

News

Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

An independent children's services trust that was established on government orders has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

News

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is struggling to complete inspections of all local authority children's services departments to schedule because it is "significantly under-resourced against agreed budgets", it has emerged.

Cuts 'fuel rise in homelessness'

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Cuts in prevention services see more vulnerable young people experiencing housing crisis, say charities.

We can't let 'generation rent' turn into 'generation tent'

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Kids Company chief defends failure to pass all cases to councils

News

Thursday, October 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Collapsed children's charity Kids Company has failed to hand over to local authorities all the cases of vulnerable children and young people it was dealing with, its founder Camila Batmanghelidjh has told MPs.

Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the UK government's response to the refugee crisis and foster care provision for refugee children.

Lack of support to blame for care leaver housing problems, report finds

News

Monday, September 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services departments are not doing enough to secure good quality housing support for care leavers and other vulnerable teenagers, The Children's Society has said.

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

News

Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Lucy Powell shadow education secretary.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Vulnerable young people in B&Bs

Other

Monday, August 31, 2015

| CYP Now

The Local Government Ombudsman has reiterated that B&B accommodation is not suitable to house homeless young people.

Government 'failing migrant children', charity claims

News

Friday, August 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Thousands of migrant children entering the UK on their own are being failed by government because they are not getting long-term support, it has been claimed.

BASW to take on College of Social Work functions

News

Thursday, August 20, 2015

| CYP Now

The British Association of Social Work (BASW) is to take on the majority of functions performed by The College of Social Work (TCSW) from next month, it has been announced.

Watchdog tells councils not to use B&Bs for young homeless people

News

Thursday, August 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Bed and breakfast accommodation is not a suitable place to house young homeless people, the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has warned councils.

Housing benefit axe could drive up youth homelessness, warns YMCA

News

Friday, June 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to withdraw housing benefit for 18- to 21-year-olds threatens to decimate efforts to tackle youth homelessness and unemployment, YMCA England has warned.

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Steps for homeless young people

Reducing stigma can prevent youth homelessness, says charity

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

Peer landlords: Helping others to feel at home

Big jump in B&B use for homeless families

Ombudsman criticises council's failure to support homeless 16-year-old

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

Cuts 'fuel rise in homelessness'

We can't let 'generation rent' turn into 'generation tent'

Kids Company chief defends failure to pass all cases to councils

Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

Lack of support to blame for care leaver housing problems, report finds

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Vulnerable young people in B&Bs

Government 'failing migrant children', charity claims

BASW to take on College of Social Work functions

Watchdog tells councils not to use B&Bs for young homeless people

Housing benefit axe could drive up youth homelessness, warns YMCA

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