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Child maintenance reforms will 'penalise single parents'

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposals to reform the child maintenance system will leave many lone parents worse off, causing children's welfare to suffer, research suggests.

Government bows to pressure on young carers' rights

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Young carers are to get new rights after the government accepted calls for an amendment to the Children and Families Bill.

Council's children's services to receive entire social care top-up

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Monday, January 21, 2019

| CYP Now

A council is proposing to plough all of its social care windfall from government into children's services in a bid to stem rising numbers of children in care.

Council axes 160 jobs as it cuts £8.6m from early help budget

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Wednesday, February 6, 2019

| CYP Now

A council is set to axe 160 jobs from a service supporting vulnerable children and young people.

Young carers to be given new rights to support

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Young carers are to be given new rights to help and support after the government tabled an amendment to legislation going through parliament.

Leadership instability linked to children's services failings

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's services departments are struggling to improve child protection standards due to instability caused by high turnover of senior staff and directors, a report by Ofsted has claimed.

Specialist youth work roles under threat, claims NYA

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Friday, October 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Cuts to budgets and restructuring of provision have resulted in fewer specialist youth work roles, with staff being asked to carry out functions outside their area of expertise, it has been claimed.

Prisons inspector seeks action on ‘distressing' immigration removal process

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

More should be done to make the process of removing families and children from the UK less distressing, the chief inspector of prisons has said.

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Concerns about controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services will get serious consideration, children's minister Edward Timpson has pledged.

Turn children's centres into 'family hubs', says think-tank

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's centres should be scrapped and replaced with ‘family hubs' that also offer advice on relationships support, according to the think-tank The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ).

Children in hospital to get greater voice in health service inspections

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has pledged to overhaul the way it inspects hospital services for children and young people, including giving parents and children a greater say.

Charities warn against reduction in maternity leave

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Friday, May 4, 2012

| CYP Now

A coalition of charities is calling on government not to reduce basic maternity leave from six months to 18 weeks, ahead of proposed legislation expected in the Queen's Speech next week.

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.

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow

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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Agencies across the London borough of Hounslow have been praised for their work to support children who have experienced domestic abuse.

TUC says majority of children face 'unacceptable' living standards

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Low wages, welfare changes and taxes will push down living standards for 690,000 more children in the next two years, the union federation claims.

Revised Working Together guidance introduces checks on local safeguarding boards

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

| CYP Now

An independent panel of experts will be created to vet the decisions of local safeguarding children board chairs under revised safeguarding guidance published today.

Charities set to take over youth services in Croydon

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Croydon Council wants charities to deliver some of its early intervention and youth services in a bid to stave off having to close provision.

Cost of living focus for new child poverty strategy

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Government efforts to tackle child poverty over the next three years will focus on getting parents into work, decreasing living costs and boosting educational attainment for the poorest children.

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.

Riots panel calls for extension of troubled families programme

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

| CYP Now

An independent panel, set up following last summer's riots, has called for the government to give young unemployed people a guarantee of work and significantly expand its programme for troubled families.

Family relationships should form key measurement of wellbeing, says public

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Monday, July 25, 2011

| CYP Now

People in the UK believe their wellbeing should be measured in terms of the quality of their family relationships, according to a report by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Cameron calls for action to tackle gang culture

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has called for action against those involved in gangs and greater discipline in schools in the wake of riots throughout England.

Welfare Reform Bill puts families with disabled parents at risk, warns charity

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

| CYP Now

Thousands of families with disabled parents and young carers are expected to lose out on vital benefits unless the Welfare Reform Bill is amended, a charity has warned.

UK parents struggle to find time to be with their children

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Parents in the UK struggle to find time to be with their children and to challenge the commercial pressures around them, the latest Unicef report has found.

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Child maintenance reforms will 'penalise single parents'

Government bows to pressure on young carers' rights

Council's children's services to receive entire social care top-up

Council axes 160 jobs as it cuts £8.6m from early help budget

Young carers to be given new rights to support

Leadership instability linked to children's services failings

Specialist youth work roles under threat, claims NYA

Prisons inspector seeks action on ‘distressing' immigration removal process

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

Turn children's centres into 'family hubs', says think-tank

Children in hospital to get greater voice in health service inspections

Charities warn against reduction in maternity leave

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow

TUC says majority of children face 'unacceptable' living standards

Revised Working Together guidance introduces checks on local safeguarding boards

Charities set to take over youth services in Croydon

Cost of living focus for new child poverty strategy

Social care fails to act quickly enough over neglect

Concurrent planning reduces problems for adopted children, finds study

Riots panel calls for extension of troubled families programme

Family relationships should form key measurement of wellbeing, says public

Cameron calls for action to tackle gang culture

Welfare Reform Bill puts families with disabled parents at risk, warns charity

UK parents struggle to find time to be with their children

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