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Death of second social worker sparks fresh call for PPE

Friday, April 24, 2020

| CYP Now

Social work leaders have renewed urgent calls for practitioners to be given personal protective equipment (PPE) following news of the death of another social worker from coronavirus.

Kinship carers 'plunged into poverty' during coronavirus crisis

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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

| CYP Now

A quarter of kinship carers face financial hardship that has worsened as a result of the coronavirus crisis, a cross-party taskforce of MPs and peers has said.

Poor mental health ‘primary driver’ for high NEET rates

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

| CYP Now

Mental health challenges and lack of confidence are the “primary drivers” preventing young people from accessing work, education or training, according to a new report.

Coronavirus: DfE asks social workers to visit vulnerable children with symptoms

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Monday, March 23, 2020

| CYP Now

Social workers have been asked to continue visits to vulnerable children who are in self-isolation because either they or one of their family are showing symptoms of coronavirus.

Adoption Support Fund to subsidise online services amid Covid-19 pandemic

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

| CYP Now

The government has pledged £8m from the Adoption Support Fund (ASF) to subsidise online services to help adoptive families facing “greater stress” during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Minister backs plans to relax council duties to vulnerable children

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

| CYP Now

The government will not row back on plans to relax local authorities' statutory duties to vulnerable young people, including care leavers, children’s minister Vicky Ford has said.

Five key points Gavin Williamson told the education select committee

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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has faced questions from the education select committee on the impact of Covid-19 on the education sector and disadvantaged children.

Children's commissioner for England: Government must revoke changes to statutory duties

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

| CYP Now

The Children’s Commissioner for England has called on the government to revoke the “unnecessary” relaxation of regulations designed to protect the country’s most vulnerable children.

Relaxation of statutory duties: what we know so far

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Thursday, May 7, 2020

| CYP Now

As part of its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the government has passed emergency changes to relax local authorities' statutory duties to vulnerable children.

Holiday Activities and Food Alliance launches to support local authorities

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Friday, March 19, 2021

| CYP Now

A new coalition of charities, academics and youth organisations has launched in a bid to support local authorities to make the best use of the government’s expanded £220m Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme.

One in five children eligible for free school meals since pandemic

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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

| CYP Now

More than 300,000 children became eligible for free schools meals after the start of the first Covid-19 lockdown, government figures show.

Government funding to boost education for children in disadvantaged areas

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

| CYP Now

The government has revealed further details of funding aimed at “levelling-up” opportunities for families in the most disadvantaged areas.

Maintaining therapeutic relationships during lockdown

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

| CYP Now

The pandemic lockdown presented significant challenges for providers of children's homes. Here, Rhiannon Thomas, therapeutic manager at St Christopher’s Fellowship, outlines how its specialist therapeutic service helped staff working in the settings to maintain support for children and young people and address anxieties that arose.

Midlands and northern cities see spike in child poverty rates

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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

| CYP Now

The Midlands region and northern towns and cities have seen the sharpest increase in child poverty in England over the last four years, research has revealed.

Education leaders back Marcus Rashford's free school meals campaign

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Monday, October 19, 2020

| CYP Now

More than 30 influential education leaders have written a letter to ministers urging the government to support footballer Marcus Rashford’s campaign on free school meals.

Free school meals: Thousands of doctors call for government U-turn

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Monday, October 26, 2020

| CYP Now

Thousands of doctors have urged Boris Johnson to extend free school meals over holidays as half-term begins.

Gavin Williamson acted unlawfully over children’s social care exemptions, Court of Appeal rules

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Gavin Wiliamson acted unlawfully in not consulting the children’s commissioner for England before making a raft of changes to children’s social care legislation during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Praise for joint working to tackle children’s mental health crisis

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Thursday, December 10, 2020

| CYP Now

Joint working between social care, education, health and emergency services to improve support for young people dealing with mental health issues has been praised in a report by inspectors.

Children’s commissioner: Politicians must take child poverty 'out of the too difficult box'

News

Thursday, January 21, 2021

| CYP Now

Children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield has delivered a stern rebuke to politicians over a lack of action to address child poverty.

Delivery drivers and tradesmen offered free training to spot child abuse during lockdown

News

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

| CYP Now

Postal workers and gas engineers are among professionals to be offered free training to help spot child abuse and neglect during lockdown.

Black safeguarding professionals face career barriers due to ethnicity, new study warns

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Thursday, January 28, 2021

| CYP Now

More than 60 per cent of black safeguarding professionals feel their ethnicity has “resulted in barriers being imposed on them in their career”, new research shows.

Inspections Clinic - Ofsted’s Covid-19 response

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Wednesday, May 27, 2020

| CYP Now

Ofsted’s national director for social care Yvette Stanley answers 10 key questions about what steps the regulator is taking to keep children and staff safe during the Covid-19 outbreak. By Jo Stephenson

Leicester lockdown: Concern over 'negative' impact of tightened restrictions on young people

News

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

| CYP Now

Sector leaders in Leicester have raised concerns over the impact of a local lockdown on children and young people.

Mapped: Councils providing free school meals over half term and Christmas holidays

News

Friday, October 30, 2020

| CYP Now

Local authorities have been forced to step-in over the October half term to provide free school meals for vulnerable children.

Increasing numbers of children’s home staff forced to self-isolate, sector leaders warn

News

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

| CYP Now

Children’s home providers are experiencing an increase in staff members forced to self-isolate due to Covid-19, warns the Independent Children’s Home Association (ICHA).

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Death of second social worker sparks fresh call for PPE

Kinship carers 'plunged into poverty' during coronavirus crisis

Poor mental health ‘primary driver’ for high NEET rates

Coronavirus: DfE asks social workers to visit vulnerable children with symptoms

Adoption Support Fund to subsidise online services amid Covid-19 pandemic

Minister backs plans to relax council duties to vulnerable children

Five key points Gavin Williamson told the education select committee

Children's commissioner for England: Government must revoke changes to statutory duties

Relaxation of statutory duties: what we know so far

Holiday Activities and Food Alliance launches to support local authorities

One in five children eligible for free school meals since pandemic

Government funding to boost education for children in disadvantaged areas

Maintaining therapeutic relationships during lockdown

Midlands and northern cities see spike in child poverty rates

Education leaders back Marcus Rashford's free school meals campaign

Free school meals: Thousands of doctors call for government U-turn

Gavin Williamson acted unlawfully over children’s social care exemptions, Court of Appeal rules

Praise for joint working to tackle children’s mental health crisis

Children’s commissioner: Politicians must take child poverty 'out of the too difficult box'

Delivery drivers and tradesmen offered free training to spot child abuse during lockdown

Black safeguarding professionals face career barriers due to ethnicity, new study warns

Inspections Clinic - Ofsted’s Covid-19 response

Leicester lockdown: Concern over 'negative' impact of tightened restrictions on young people

Mapped: Councils providing free school meals over half term and Christmas holidays

Increasing numbers of children’s home staff forced to self-isolate, sector leaders warn

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