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Care applications hit seven-year high after CSE scandals

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Recent child sexual exploitation (CSE) scandals have contributed to a dramatic rise in the number of care applications, say care experts.

Battle lines drawn in future of IROs debate

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Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Independent reviewing officers (IRO) appear split over whether to back plans to take the role out of council control.

Give councils powers to issue banning orders to tackle CSE, says LGA

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Friday, March 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils should be given powers to tackle suspected sexual predators with child sexual exploitation (CSE) disruption orders, according to the Local Government Association (LGA).

Child trafficking victims let down by legal aid cuts

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Friday, March 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Vulnerable children and families have been among the hardest hit by cuts to legal aid, according to a critical report by MPs.

Government under pressure to introduce legal guardians for trafficked children

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Friday, January 23, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has come under fresh pressure to introduce legal guardians for trafficked children after Northern Ireland became the first country in the UK to introduce them.

Social work leaders oppose mandatory FGM reporting

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Friday, January 16, 2015

| CYP Now

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).

Criminal justice system fails sex abuse victims, warns report

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Friday, December 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Victims of child sex abuse are being failed by the criminal justice system, an inspection report has concluded.

Cafcass study highlights CSE learning from case reviews

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE) may be so influenced by abusers that they are unable to provide full or accurate accounts of their experiences to safeguarding professionals, analysis has concluded.

No evidence of Home Office abuse cover up, inquiry finds

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

A review led by NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless has found no evidence that Home Office officials covered up allegations of child sexual abuse over a 20-year period.

Government agrees to consult on mandatory reporting law

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to launch a public consultation on whether to introduce mandatory reporting of suspected or actual child abuse for professionals working with children.

Call for youth workers to tackle gang mental health problems

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth workers should receive basic mental health training as part of a shake-up of services in order to support young people in gangs, MPs have been told.

Charity launches campaign to 'redesign' children's services

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| CYP Now

A children's charity has launched an ambitious campaign to devise an alternative model of delivering children's services that would ensure a wider pool of vulnerable young people get access to support.

Think-tank highlights 'staggering' failings in support for vulnerable children

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities are carrying out "unscrupulous and illegal" practices to restrict the support they provide to vulnerable children in need of social care and mental health services, a think-tank has claimed.

Opposition to outsourcing of child protection gathers pace

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Monday, May 19, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 8,000 people have signed a petition condemning government plans to outsource child protection services.

Minister reveals delay to trafficking victims' advocate pilots

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

| CYP Now

A pilot to provide independent advocates to child trafficking victims will take place in 23 councils from September, two months after it was originally planned to go live.

Campaign aims to challenge misconceptions over who can foster

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Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly three quarters of people believe they would not be accepted as foster carers, with gay, lesbian, retired, young adults and single people among the most pessimistic about their chances, according to a survey.

Campaigners call for end to B&B use for care leavers

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Friday, May 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities should be banned from using bed and breakfasts to house young care leavers, while post-care accommodation should be regulated by Ofsted, MPs have been told.

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The effectiveness of a specialist court to tackle parental substance misuse could be undermined as a result of the introduction of the 26-week care proceedings target, academics have warned.

‘Decision fatigue' blights social work practice

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Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's social workers avoid making decisions later in the working day due to mental exhaustion, an analysis of child protection practitioners' behaviour has shown.

Children to lose court anonymity at 18

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Children could be deterred from giving evidence in court cases and young offenders could have their rehabilitation harmed as a result of a legal ruling that will allow them to be named publicly once they turn 18.

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Care applications hit seven-year high after CSE scandals

Battle lines drawn in future of IROs debate

Give councils powers to issue banning orders to tackle CSE, says LGA

Child trafficking victims let down by legal aid cuts

Government under pressure to introduce legal guardians for trafficked children

Social work leaders oppose mandatory FGM reporting

Criminal justice system fails sex abuse victims, warns report

Cafcass study highlights CSE learning from case reviews

No evidence of Home Office abuse cover up, inquiry finds

Government agrees to consult on mandatory reporting law

Call for youth workers to tackle gang mental health problems

Charity launches campaign to 'redesign' children's services

Think-tank highlights 'staggering' failings in support for vulnerable children

Opposition to outsourcing of child protection gathers pace

Minister reveals delay to trafficking victims' advocate pilots

Campaign aims to challenge misconceptions over who can foster

Campaigners call for end to B&B use for care leavers

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

‘Decision fatigue' blights social work practice

Children to lose court anonymity at 18

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