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Minister reveals delay to trafficking victims' advocate pilots

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.

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.

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.

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

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Friday, February 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Safeguards to protect children from "intrusive and stressful" bailiffs are to be introduced by the government.

Campaigners brand review of local authority duties 'distasteful'

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's review of local authority statutory duties is "distasteful and damaging" for the protection of children's rights, campaigners have claimed.

Trafficked children let down by system-wide support failures

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Victims of child trafficking are being let down through "a culture of doubt and suspicion" across the justice and social care systems, according to a damning report by the Refugee Council and the Children's Society.

Charities develop support service for trafficked young males

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

| CYP Now

A peer support project for boys and young men who have been victims of human trafficking has been set up by Ecpat UK and the Children's Society.

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.

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Thousands of children living in the UK without legal immigration status are at risk of destitution and exploitation because of contradictory rules and regulations, a report by the University of Oxford has claimed.

Social care fails to act quickly enough over neglect

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils, local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) and social work training are failing to prioritise child neglect, according to an Ofsted report.

Concurrent planning reduces problems for adopted children, finds study

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Friday, March 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children adopted through concurrent planning are less likely to experience problems, such as school exclusion, behaviour difficulties and depression, than those who are placed with families at a later stage.

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.

Trafficked girl wins age dispute case against council

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

| CYP Now

A Nigerian girl has won a legal battle against a London borough that claimed she was an adult following an age assessment.

Unlawful force contributed to Adam Rickwood's death, inquest finds

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

| CYP Now

The jury in the second inquest into the death of young offender Adam Rickwood has ruled that an unlawful use of force by professionals contributed to his death.

NCAS Conference: Pre-court work cuts care cases, study finds

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Monday, October 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Pre-proceedings case work in six councils piloting new ways of dealing with care applications cut the number of cases going to court by a quarter, analysis has shown.

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.

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.

Senior police officer questions age of criminal responsibility

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Thursday, May 19, 2011

| CYP Now

One of the country's most senior police officers has suggested the age of criminal responsibility should be treated with more flexibility and greater weight be placed on the maturity of young offenders.

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.

Guardians maintain child contact levels, study suggests

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Friday, November 29, 2013

| CYP Now

The amount of time children's guardians spend with children subject to care proceedings has not been adversely affected by the sustained and significant rise in care applications over the past decade, research suggests.

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Minister reveals delay to trafficking victims' advocate pilots

Opposition to outsourcing of child protection gathers pace

Call for youth workers to tackle gang mental health problems

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

Campaigners brand review of local authority duties 'distasteful'

Trafficked children let down by system-wide support failures

Charities develop support service for trafficked young males

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

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

Social care fails to act quickly enough over neglect

Concurrent planning reduces problems for adopted children, finds study

Cafcass study highlights CSE learning from case reviews

Trafficked girl wins age dispute case against council

Unlawful force contributed to Adam Rickwood's death, inquest finds

NCAS Conference: Pre-court work cuts care cases, study finds

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

No evidence of Home Office abuse cover up, inquiry finds

Senior police officer questions age of criminal responsibility

Campaign aims to challenge misconceptions over who can foster

Guardians maintain child contact levels, study suggests

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