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Escaping the war in Ukraine: A new life for children in care

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| CYP Now

Children in care are among those who have faced danger and disruption due to the war in Ukraine. Gabriella Józwiak reports on the evacuation of more than 50 looked-after young people to the UK.

Alone in a new land

Features

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children represent a rising part of England's looked-after children population. Louise Hunt asks how they are cared for and how councils can best meet their needs.

Ask the Experts: Buying technology for children

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on devices for young children, trafficked children, night work and involving young people in interviews.

Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

News

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is holding discussions about the possibility of outsourcing elements of its children's social care work in order to help deal with an influx of asylum-seeking children, it has emerged.

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

News

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Government is considering forcing local authorities to take on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in order to ease pressure on Kent County Council, it has emerged.

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.

Councils call for clarity over refugee support arrangements

News

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Council and children's services leaders are calling on the government to clarify how they will be supported to resettle 20,000 refugees, including unaccompanied children, from Syria.

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.

Kent appeals for help to deal with surge in asylum-seeking children

News

Friday, July 31, 2015

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is in talks with the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) about finding foster places for asylum-seeking children after numbers arriving in Dover doubled in the space of three months.

Legal Update: Care of unaccompanied children

Other

Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Draft proposals on the care of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and trafficked children are a welcome step but could go further, argues Rachel Hutchings, researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Daily roundup: Asylum seekers, teaching workforce, and child exploitation

Other

Thursday, April 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's commissioner reveals plight of unaccompanied asylum seekers; teacher numbers on the rise; and Barnardo's to raise awareness of child exploitation in the North East, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

News

Monday, December 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposed anti-slavery legislation to be published; Cameron rejects child benefit cap; and consultation launched on children's homes inspection framework, all in the news today.

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

News

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted is to push ahead with the introduction of a tougher inspection regime for children's services, ignoring warnings from the sector that the system is too simplistic and will fail to deliver improvements.

Daily roundup: Asylum-seeking children, a mobile youth club and antisocial behaviour

Other

Friday, September 21, 2012

| CYP Now

The Children's Society warns that the asylum processes is frightening children, a mobile youth scheme expands, and a study into dealing with antisocial behaviour, all in the news today.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

News

Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

Court Report: Pathway plans were inadequate

Other

Monday, September 13, 2010

| CYP Now

Case name: R (Birara) v London Borough of Hounslow; Case number (2010) EWHC 2133; Judge: Mrs Justice Dobbs DBE; Location: High Court of Justice

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Escaping the war in Ukraine: A new life for children in care

Alone in a new land

Ask the Experts: Buying technology for children

Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

Councils call for clarity over refugee support arrangements

BASW to take on College of Social Work functions

Kent appeals for help to deal with surge in asylum-seeking children

Legal Update: Care of unaccompanied children

Daily roundup: Asylum seekers, teaching workforce, and child exploitation

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

Daily roundup: Asylum-seeking children, a mobile youth club and antisocial behaviour

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Court Report: Pathway plans were inadequate

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