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Birmingham criticised for failing to meet autistic boy's needs

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.

FGM helpline makes dozens of referrals to agencies

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Friday, February 7, 2014

| CYP Now

The NSPCC's helpline for reporting suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) has referred dozens of cases to police and children's services since being set up last year.

SCRs need greater prevention focus, says NSPCC chief

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Serious case reviews (SCRs) need to focus more on learning the lessons from child protection failings to prevent them happening again, the head of the NSPCC has said.

May scraps anonymity for young rioters

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has called on magistrates to name and shame children involved in last week's riots, Home Secretary Theresa May has said.

The Children's Legal Centre joins the Coram group

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Friday, September 2, 2011

| CYP Now

The Children's Legal Centre has become part of the Coram charity group.

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).

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

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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.

Updated regulations to give children and fosterers more say on care

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Friday, March 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Fosterers and children are to be given a greater say in their care, under updated regulations coming into force next month.

Loss of legal aid spells disaster for parent-child contact, lawyers warn

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Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Family lawyers are warning that parents risk losing contact with their children because of reforms to legal aid, ahead of further scrutiny of the legislation in the House of Lords.

Child poverty target will be missed, says government commission

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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.

Ofsted delays revised children's home inspections

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted has delayed by a year the introduction of new children's home inspections because of concerns they would be "inefficient".

Young people wish for quicker family justice system

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

| CYP Now

The family justice system should work faster to stop children and young people from suffering "trauma and stress", according to a group of young people with family court system experience.

Manifesto sets out opposition to legal aid changes

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Monday, October 24, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has been told it must protect vulnerable women and children by amending the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.

Lords vote against plans to restrict legal aid for children

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Peers have voted against government plans to restrict legal aid for around 6,000 children.

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).

Report raises concerns over staff awareness of duties to child immigration detainees

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Holding facilities for immigration detainees have improved in recent years but concerns remain around some issues relating to children, a report has found.

Immigration officials detained mother unlawfully

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

| CYP Now

A High Court judge has ruled immigration officials acted unlawfully in their handling of the case of a mother who was detained for close to a year and separated from her three children.

Small changes make big difference in cutting offending by looked-after children, study suggests

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Basic improvements to the way children are dealt with in care could lead to significant reductions in offending by looked-after children, a report has suggested.

Call to abolish dangerous restraint methods

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

| CYP Now

A blanket ban on the use of dangerous restraint techniques should be applied to all children's settings, an MP has said.

Substance misuse family courts to be expanded

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Friday, July 5, 2013

| CYP Now

At least two new specialist substance misuse family courts are to be set up thanks to £150,000 of government funding.

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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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'

FGM helpline makes dozens of referrals to agencies

SCRs need greater prevention focus, says NSPCC chief

May scraps anonymity for young rioters

The Children's Legal Centre joins the Coram group

Social work leaders oppose mandatory FGM reporting

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

Updated regulations to give children and fosterers more say on care

Loss of legal aid spells disaster for parent-child contact, lawyers warn

Child poverty target will be missed, says government commission

Ofsted delays revised children's home inspections

Young people wish for quicker family justice system

Manifesto sets out opposition to legal aid changes

Lords vote against plans to restrict legal aid for children

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

Report raises concerns over staff awareness of duties to child immigration detainees

Immigration officials detained mother unlawfully

Small changes make big difference in cutting offending by looked-after children, study suggests

Call to abolish dangerous restraint methods

Substance misuse family courts to be expanded

Children to lose court anonymity at 18

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