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DfE innovation project 'saves councils up to £2m a year'

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

An early intervention project that received funding through the Department for Education's social care innovation programme saves councils up to £2.1m a year, an evaluation report has found.

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow

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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

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

One in four troubled families 'not satisfied' with access to services

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

A quarter of people receiving support through the government's flagship Troubled Families programme have said they were "dissatisfied" with how easy it was to access support.

Government launches £30m bid to improve children's life chances

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

A total of £30m has been set aside to boost the life chances of children in disadvantaged families by resolving conflict among parents, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced.

Timpson announces plans to improve young carer identification

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Thursday, March 9, 2017

The Department for Education is drawing up plans to make it easier to identify children and young people who have caring responsibilities, with a cross-government strategy due to be published in the summer, children's minister Edward Timpson has confirmed.

Young carers missing out on support due to 'fear of social services'

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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Young carers continue to be fearful of being identified because of concerns about what action social services may take, a study commissioned by the Department for Education has found.

CYP Now 2016 Awards revealed on night of huge celebration and pride

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Friday, November 25, 2016

Twenty-two inspirational and deserving winners were last night revealed at the 2016 CYP Now Awards on an evening of celebration for the children's sector.

Boost early years support to improve social mobility, commission says

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

The early years pupil premium should be doubled as part of efforts to combat worsening life chances for children and young people across the UK, the Social Mobility Commission has said.

Tory Party Conference: MP advocates Troubled Families approach to boost life chances

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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

The work of the Troubled Families initiative should form the basis of government attempts to boost life chances, a Conservative MP has said.

Trowler calls for greater early help role for social workers

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Chief children's social worker for England Isabelle Trowler wants to see social workers more involved in supporting families in early help settings.

4Children chief criticises children's centres consultation delay

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

The chief of collapsed charity 4Children has criticised the government for its failure to deliver on its pledge to hold a consultation on the future of children's centres.

*Council handed European cash to work with troubled families

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Monday, June 6, 2016

A council has been handed £1.5m of European cash and the Big Lottery Fund to help support vulnerable families.

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

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Monday, June 6, 2016

Councils have missed a first year target for numbers of families they worked with in the first year of the government's high profile troubled families initiative, it has emerged.

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

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Monday, June 6, 2016

Councils have missed a first year target for the numbers of families to be worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Social workers who fail new accreditation tests being introduced by government will not lose their registration, the chief social worker for children has said.

Immigration Bill changes ‘put vulnerable children at risk'

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

Thousands of the most vulnerable children in the UK could be left facing homelessness and at risk of exploitation and abuse as a result of changes in the Immigration Bill, a charity has claimed.

DfE refuses to release controversial study on outsourcing children's services

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Friday, April 15, 2016

The Department for Education (DfE) has refused to release the findings of a controversial study examining how children's services can be delivered outside of local authority control following a five-month Freedom of Information (FOI) battle.

Families to benefit from £300m childcare boost

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Parents will be able to claim back more of their childcare costs when they move into work under the new Universal Credit benefits system, the government has said.

NHS Trust to take responsibility for council's children's services

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Thursday, April 7, 2016

A council that received a "good" rating from Ofsted for children's services has agreed a deal for a local NHS trust to take on responsibility for them.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

A council's children's services department has been rated as "requires improvement" by Ofsted after inspectors found a number of areas that need to be addressed.

Frontline social work students ‘perform better', study finds

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Students taking part in the Frontline social work training programme display better practice skills than those from mainstream programmes, researchers have found.

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Two local authorities have become the first to be awarded "outstanding" judgments under Ofsted's controversial inspection framework for children's services.

Rising numbers in child protection system 'down to cuts', MPs told

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Numbers of children entering the child protection system are on the rise because services designed to help them stay with their families are being "decimated", MPs have been told.

DfE-funded care initiative to recruit 100,000 volunteers to expand nationwide

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

A government-funded social care initiative that supports families in crisis has announced plans to recruit 100,000 volunteers as part of a major nationwide expansion.

Parental conflict ‘damages children's mental health'

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Exposure to conflict between their parents can put children's mental health and long-term life chances at risk, a government-funded study has found.

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DfE innovation project 'saves councils up to £2m a year'

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow

One in four troubled families 'not satisfied' with access to services

Government launches £30m bid to improve children's life chances

Timpson announces plans to improve young carer identification

Young carers missing out on support due to 'fear of social services'

CYP Now 2016 Awards revealed on night of huge celebration and pride

Boost early years support to improve social mobility, commission says

Tory Party Conference: MP advocates Troubled Families approach to boost life chances

Trowler calls for greater early help role for social workers

4Children chief criticises children's centres consultation delay

*Council handed European cash to work with troubled families

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

Immigration Bill changes ‘put vulnerable children at risk'

DfE refuses to release controversial study on outsourcing children's services

Families to benefit from £300m childcare boost

NHS Trust to take responsibility for council's children's services

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services

Frontline social work students ‘perform better', study finds

Ofsted awards first ‘outstanding' ratings for children's services

Rising numbers in child protection system 'down to cuts', MPs told

DfE-funded care initiative to recruit 100,000 volunteers to expand nationwide

Parental conflict ‘damages children's mental health'

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