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National standards will improve children's hearing system, says chief

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

| CYP Now

The head of the new body overseeing Scotland's hearing system believes the introduction of more consistent training and practice standards for lay assessors will improve the service that vulnerable children and young people receive.

Cafcass chief wary over recent fall in care applications

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

| CYP Now

The head of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has dampened hopes that a recent decrease in new care applications represents the start of a sustained fall in children needing protection.

Young asylum-seekers being left homeless and hungry, charity warns

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Friday, February 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant children and young people are being left homeless and hungry, according to the latest report by The Children's Society.

Joint working model cuts safeguarding case delays

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Multi-agency safeguarding hubs (Mash) in London have nearly halved the amount of time it takes to deal with child protection referrals, according to new research.

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has issued updated advice on crisis mental health care that states police cells should never be used to hold children and young people.

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Central government must urgently consult local authorities on how new "social value" laws could impact on children's services, it has been has warned.

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.

Government climbdown on plan to scrap council crisis fund

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to reconsider plans to scrap a fund that helps support young people in crisis after legal action was launched to challenge the decision.

Commissioner backs calls to restrict family court reporting

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Friday, July 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Calls for a government U-turn on plans to give the media wider reporting rights on family court cases have been backed by the children's commissioner for England.

Half of sibling groups in the care system live apart, study finds

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Monday, January 26, 2015

| CYP Now

A charity is calling for local authorities to do more to keep sibling groups taken into care together, after data it gathered showed half are being separated.

50,000 children locked up by police

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

| CYP Now

More than 50,000 children under the age of 16 were held in police cells in 2008 and 2009 it has emerged.

Children's commissioner should be merged with children's rights director, Dunford recommends

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Monday, December 6, 2010

| CYP Now

The role of children's commissioner for England should be merged with the Office of the Children's Rights Director, John Dunford, the former general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, has recommended in his review published today.

Family of severely autistic teenager wins three-year legal battle against council

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

| CYP Now

The family of a severely autistic teenager has won a High Court appeal to force East Riding of Yorkshire Council to provide support for him once he turns 18.

Funding boost to expand voluntary adoption agencies

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

| CYP Now

The government is to fund the expansion of voluntary adoption agencies (VAAs) in a bid to meet an expected rise in the number of children in care needing adoptive families.

Labour Conference 2011: MP blames civil servants for Labour's failure on children's rights

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Labour failed to enshrine the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in law because of opposition from civil servants, the shadow children's minister has claimed.

Birmingham criticised for failing to meet autistic boy's needs

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham City Council has been rebuked by the Local Government Ombudsman for failing to provide support to the mother of an autistic boy whose violent behaviour was deemed to be of "considerable risk" to others.

Professionals to get practice guidance on young carer duties

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Children & Young People Now has joined forces with Carers Trust to stage a one-day Young Carers Summit as local authorities prepare to meet new responsibilities towards young people aged 14 to 25 who are carers.

Campaigners slam government U-turn over care support requirements

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Thursday, October 23, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has been criticised for giving councils too much flexibility in the way they offer long-term support to looked-after children.

Children face three-year wait for care case decisions

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Friday, December 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Dozens of care proceedings cases initiated more than three years ago remain unresolved leaving vulnerable children with uncertain futures.

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

| CYP Now

There is an "unhelpful" misperception among the media and public about the nature of out-of-authority placements for looked-after children, council care managers have said.

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National standards will improve children's hearing system, says chief

Cafcass chief wary over recent fall in care applications

Young asylum-seekers being left homeless and hungry, charity warns

Joint working model cuts safeguarding case delays

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

Charity launches campaign to 'redesign' children's services

Government climbdown on plan to scrap council crisis fund

Commissioner backs calls to restrict family court reporting

Half of sibling groups in the care system live apart, study finds

50,000 children locked up by police

Children's commissioner should be merged with children's rights director, Dunford recommends

Family of severely autistic teenager wins three-year legal battle against council

Funding boost to expand voluntary adoption agencies

Labour Conference 2011: MP blames civil servants for Labour's failure on children's rights

Birmingham criticised for failing to meet autistic boy's needs

Professionals to get practice guidance on young carer duties

Campaigners slam government U-turn over care support requirements

Children face three-year wait for care case decisions

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

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