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Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Mandatory reporting requirement for FGM

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

The government responds following its consultation on whether to introduce a mandatory reporting requirement for FGM cases.

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Legal aid for victims of domestic violence

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Q. Is there going to be an appeal against the High Court's decision to reject the challenge against the lawfulness of the government's rules on legal aid for victims of domestic violence?

Legal Update: Handling child care proceedings

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Awaz Raoof, international research officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, takes a look at two recent judgments of the Family Division of the High Court regarding councils' handling of care proceedings.

Gang prevention work needs to start in primary school, say MPs

News

Friday, February 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Urgent action is needed in schools to warn pupils as young as seven of the dangers of gang involvement, according to a report by MPs.

Specialist substance misuse family court set for expansion

News

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) initiative is to be expanded across five more areas after a £2.5m investment through the government's Children's Social Care Innovation Fund.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Commons committee criticises legal aid cuts

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

| CYP Now

A report published by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee examines the impact of changes to civil legal aid.

Inspectorate slams children's court custody procedures in Surrey and Sussex

News

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

| CYP Now

The court custody system in Sussex and Surrey has been severely criticised by the prisons inspectorate for its treatment of child defendants.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Female genital mutilation and care proceedings

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Family judge holds that FGM could meet the "significant harm" and unreasonable parenting tests to initiate care proceedings.

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

News

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.

Government under pressure to introduce legal guardians for trafficked children

News

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.

Legal Update: Criminalising domestic abuse

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Kirsten Anderson, research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, asks if criminalising coercive and controlling behaviour will provide better protection to victims of domestic violence.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Proposed regulations for young carers

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Draft regulations provide guidance on rights for young carers that were introduced in the Children and Families Act 2014.

Social work leaders oppose mandatory FGM reporting

News

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

News

Friday, December 19, 2014

| CYP Now

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

Adoption placement order decline continues unabated

News

Thursday, December 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of children having adoption placement orders granted continued to spiral downwards over the summer, latest official figures show.

Cafcass study highlights CSE learning from case reviews

News

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.

Legal Update: Court Report - Dismissal of care and placement orders

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Case name: D (A child) (2014) EWHC 3388

Legal Update: Tackling child sexual exploitation

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Jen Roest, research and projects officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a call to address child sexual exploitation in Manchester through attitudinal change of public agencies and the legal system.

No evidence of Home Office abuse cover up, inquiry finds

News

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.

Adoption leaders move to stem drop in placement orders

News

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The body set up to oversee the adoption system has issued guidance in an effort to halt a sharp slump in the number of court orders being made for children to be adopted.

Ask the Experts: Parents can help children to learn

Other

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on supporting parents to educate their children, giving evidence in court, discussing porn and maintaining quality.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Improving permanence for looked-after children

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has outlined the measures it will take following a consultation on improving permanence for looked-after children.

Campaigners slam government U-turn over care support requirements

News

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.

Child poverty target will be missed, says government commission

News

Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Efforts to end child poverty by 2020 are in tatters, according to a damning report by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.

Call for youth workers to tackle gang mental health problems

News

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.

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Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Mandatory reporting requirement for FGM

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Legal aid for victims of domestic violence

Legal Update: Handling child care proceedings

Gang prevention work needs to start in primary school, say MPs

Specialist substance misuse family court set for expansion

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Commons committee criticises legal aid cuts

Inspectorate slams children's court custody procedures in Surrey and Sussex

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Female genital mutilation and care proceedings

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

Government under pressure to introduce legal guardians for trafficked children

Legal Update: Criminalising domestic abuse

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Proposed regulations for young carers

Social work leaders oppose mandatory FGM reporting

Criminal justice system fails sex abuse victims, warns report

Adoption placement order decline continues unabated

Cafcass study highlights CSE learning from case reviews

Legal Update: Court Report - Dismissal of care and placement orders

Legal Update: Tackling child sexual exploitation

No evidence of Home Office abuse cover up, inquiry finds

Adoption leaders move to stem drop in placement orders

Ask the Experts: Parents can help children to learn

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Improving permanence for looked-after children

Campaigners slam government U-turn over care support requirements

Child poverty target will be missed, says government commission

Call for youth workers to tackle gang mental health problems

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