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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Young people in residential care will soon have the right to 'stay close' to their placement when they leave, helping smooth the transition to adulthood. Joe Lepper investigates how this is likely to work.

Care Leavers' Foundation Trust Fund

Funding

Thursday, February 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Financial assistance for care leavers

Councils receive help to improve care leaver support

News

Monday, September 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Innovative ways to support vulnerable young people leaving care are to be trialled as part of a government-funded project.

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, youth unemployment and children's centres

Other

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Government's response on child sexual exploitation criticised; small rise in youth unemployment; and minister plays down significance of children's centre closures, all in the news today.

Cross-government strategy to support care leavers unveiled

News

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Staff in children's homes will receive better training to help young people leaving their placement as part of government plans to improve outcomes for care leavers.

Government considers extending children's home leaving age to 21

News

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to explore the possibility of allowing young people to stay in residential care up to the age of 21, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

CYP Now Children in Care Supplement 2014

Other

Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Policy and practice: How to support looked-after children to lead healthy, fulfilling lives, and implement recent policy reforms.

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

News

Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Only non-profit organisations will be allowed to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans to give councils more freedom in the way they work with vulnerable children, it has been announced.

Daily roundup: Childcare training, education outcomes and Ofsted inspections

Other

Monday, June 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years bursary scheme funds a handful of applicants; gifted poor children less likely than affluent peers to attend top universities; and Bournemouth children's services requires improvement says Ofsted, all in the news today.

Government advisers call for boost to care leaver support

News

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

| CYP Now

Support for care leavers must be improved and the process for receiving benefits simplified to ensure they do not become homeless or have to share accommodation with troubled adults, a report by a government advisory body has concluded.

Consultation: Delegation of social services functions for looked-after children and care leavers

Other

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Administration frustrates personal advisers' work with care leavers, study finds

News

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

| CYP Now

Professionals tasked with providing support for care leavers are frustrated that they cannot offer more help, with nearly a quarter of their time taken up by administration, a study has found.

Independent children's services trust failing to protect children, Ofsted finds

News

Friday, July 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Ofsted has criticised failures to protect vulnerable young people and the slow pace of improvement at an "inadequate" children's services department that was taken over by an independent trust last year.

'Two-tier' care for children in custody criticised

News

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people given looked-after status on being remanded in custody will not have the same rights as those who are already looked after, a campaign group has claimed.

ADCS launches inquiry into the care system

News

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services have launched an inquiry into the purpose of the care system, as part of plans to radically improve provision for looked-after children across the country.

Vox Pop: Should there be a minimum care leavers' grant?

Other

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has proposed a minimum grant if local support does not improve

One in six councils exempt care leavers from council tax

News

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

| CYP Now

One in six councils have moved to exempt care leavers from council tax charges, according to figures compiled by The Children's Society.

Care leaves most looked-after children better off, study finds

News

Friday, March 9, 2012

| CYP Now

The majority of care leavers believe they are better off for having been taken into care, according to the latest report from the children's rights director for England.

Three councils receive 'good' ratings for children's services

News

Friday, March 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's services at three councils have been rated as "good" following inspections by Ofsted.

Leaving Care Diaries

Features

Friday, September 2, 2011

| CYP Now

Edited by Katy Taylor; Akamas Care & Education Limited; ISBN 9780956597861; £12; 81pp

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Around the corner

Care Leavers' Foundation Trust Fund

Councils receive help to improve care leaver support

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, youth unemployment and children's centres

Cross-government strategy to support care leavers unveiled

Government considers extending children's home leaving age to 21

CYP Now Children in Care Supplement 2014

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

Daily roundup: Childcare training, education outcomes and Ofsted inspections

Government advisers call for boost to care leaver support

Consultation: Delegation of social services functions for looked-after children and care leavers

Administration frustrates personal advisers' work with care leavers, study finds

Independent children's services trust failing to protect children, Ofsted finds

'Two-tier' care for children in custody criticised

ADCS launches inquiry into the care system

Vox Pop: Should there be a minimum care leavers' grant?

One in six councils exempt care leavers from council tax

Care leaves most looked-after children better off, study finds

Three councils receive 'good' ratings for children's services

Leaving Care Diaries

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