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Daily roundup: Child exploitation, A-levels and home repossessions

Thursday, August 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Labour MP warns that a legal loophole puts children at risk of grooming; new figures show rise in students taking A-levels in maths and the sciences; and charity warns that South Tyneside is a blackspot for home repossessions, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: FGM awareness, outdoor play and safeguarding investigation

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Thursday, August 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Free FGM awareness training for professionals launched; parents too scarred to let children play outside; and safeguarding probe at school for disabled children, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Youth volunteers, social work, and safety campaign

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

| CYP Now

Initiative to highlight examples of youth volunteering; social worker suspended for falsifying records; and parents warn of the dangers of water to children, all in the news today.

Integrated care service vital to help support troubled families

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Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Integrated care is an idea with legs. It is gaining currency among the major political parties, as they realise that the segregation of health and social care, for example, leads to waste, duplication and gaps through which service users easily fall.

Government action plan ramps up efforts to protect children from FGM

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Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Additional funding and raft of legal changes will offer greater protection against female genital mutilation, but many of the measures could be hard to deliver and have unintended consequences, warn experts.

Daily roundup: Smoking rates, abuse investigation, and social workers

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Friday, July 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Number of children trying smoking falls; claims of child abuse 'cover-up' in Lambeth; and August is the best month to recruit social workers, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Call for action plan on FGM

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

The home affairs committee has published a report calling for a national action plan on female genital mutilation. Catrin Gosby, researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the report's proposals.

Daily roundup: Gove ‘demotion', child abuse, and maternity services

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Teachers' dislike of Gove behind "demotion"; National Crime Agency announces arrests of 600 suspected paedophiles; and guidelines published on mental health care for expectant mothers, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Violent crime, child health, and school absence

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Thousands of children avoid prosecution for violent crimes; smoking in cars with children to be banned in Wales; and London parents most likely to lie over term-time holidays, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Alcohol, child abuse inquiry, and unhealthy food

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Monday, July 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly 8,000 under-18s attended hospital for alcohol use last year; chair of historical child sex abuse inquiry steps down; and fizzy drinks blamed for rise in child tooth decay admissions, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child abuse, mental health beds and legal aid risk

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Friday, July 11, 2014

| CYP Now

PM's child abuse adviser warns of 1980s "chumocracy"; NHS England plans extra mental health beds for children and young people; and the Children's Society criticises government legal aid bid, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Care applications, school holidays and social care

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Thursday, July 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Data reveals increase in care applications; police chief urges leniency for school term-time leave requests from officers; and president of children's services directors criticised for social worker comments, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Council powers, child abuse and free schools

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Monday, July 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Labour leader pledges new responsibilities for councils; former pro-paedophile campaign chief claims he kept material at the Home Office; and Education Secretary promises new free schools, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Unhealthy food, childcare and youth engagement

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Friday, July 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Junk food featured in children's TV programmes; cost of childcare inquiry calls for evidence; and Youth Engagement Fund opens for bids, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Sexual abuse, mental health and victims of crime

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Thursday, July 3, 2014

| CYP Now

England's children's commissioner to investigate child sexual abuse in the family; serious case review criticises mental health services in Barrow; and offender fines fund help for young crime victims, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child protection, payday loans, and young offenders

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

| CYP Now

NSPCC chief criticises Rolf Harris after entertainer's conviction; call to ban payday loan adverts from children's TV; and new cell restrictions planned for young offenders, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Childcare training, education outcomes and Ofsted inspections

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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.

Ask the Experts: Spur on staff to meet SEN reforms

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Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on SEN and disability reforms, nursery transition, tackling sexual exploitation and examining gender roles.

Daily roundup: Early education, youth employment, and care proceedings

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Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Labour to look at boosting school nurseries; fewer young people in work than over-50s; and figures reveal number of mothers with multiple children taken into care, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Children's commissioner, voodoo and bullying

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Review into Welsh children's commissioner role begins; United Nations' report warns of children being trafficked for witchcraft rituals; and children with special needs more likely to be bullied, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Blindness, child arrests and missing children

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Growing numbers of children suffering blindness; drop in number of children being arrested; and three children in care go missing every day in Merseyside, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child protection, mental health and early years

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Monday, May 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Academics criticise government plans to outsource children's social care; NHS England raises concerns over failure to meet child mental health needs; and nursery to investigate after toddler found wandering streets, all in the news today.

Looked-after children gain confidence and self-esteem

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Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Face to Face helps looked-after children deal with issues affecting their emotional wellbeing.

Daily roundup: Drug treatment, Doncaster children's services, and foster care

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Four-year-olds referred for drug and alcohol treatment; launch date for independent children's services trust in Doncaster delayed a month; and call for long-term foster care to be used more, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Safeguarding, school security, and children in care

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Campaigners warn over risk to children of drug addict parents; school security concerns raised after teacher death; and Norfolk Council struggles to reduce looked-after children numbers, all in the news today.

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Daily roundup: Child exploitation, A-levels and home repossessions

Daily roundup: FGM awareness, outdoor play and safeguarding investigation

Daily roundup: Youth volunteers, social work, and safety campaign

Integrated care service vital to help support troubled families

Government action plan ramps up efforts to protect children from FGM

Daily roundup: Smoking rates, abuse investigation, and social workers

Legal Update: Call for action plan on FGM

Daily roundup: Gove ‘demotion', child abuse, and maternity services

Daily roundup: Violent crime, child health, and school absence

Daily roundup: Alcohol, child abuse inquiry, and unhealthy food

Daily roundup: Child abuse, mental health beds and legal aid risk

Daily roundup: Care applications, school holidays and social care

Daily roundup: Council powers, child abuse and free schools

Daily roundup: Unhealthy food, childcare and youth engagement

Daily roundup: Sexual abuse, mental health and victims of crime

Daily roundup: Child protection, payday loans, and young offenders

Daily roundup: Childcare training, education outcomes and Ofsted inspections

Ask the Experts: Spur on staff to meet SEN reforms

Daily roundup: Early education, youth employment, and care proceedings

Daily roundup: Children's commissioner, voodoo and bullying

Daily roundup: Blindness, child arrests and missing children

Daily roundup: Child protection, mental health and early years

Looked-after children gain confidence and self-esteem

Daily roundup: Drug treatment, Doncaster children's services, and foster care

Daily roundup: Safeguarding, school security, and children in care

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