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Leading football clubs enlist for early intervention push

Monday, April 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services departments and voluntary organisations are linking up with professional football clubs in an innovative attempt to boost outcomes for children.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Union urges health visitor recruitment drive to continue

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

| CYP Now

Health visitor numbers are at risk of falling off "a cliff edge" if the next government calls a halt to the current recruitment drive in the sector, children's health professionals have warned.

£1m fund to help parents support early years learning

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

| CYP Now

An app that aims to raise the attainment of disadvantaged young children has been backed as part of a £1m parenting support fund.

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

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Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education will consider intervening in the running of children's services in Somerset after the department was labelled "inadequate" by Ofsted for the second time in less than two years.

MPs call for national parenting support programme

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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

| CYP Now

There should be national co-ordination of parenting support with local authorities playing a more active role in evaluating provision in their area, a parliamentary inquiry has concluded.

Half of homeless teenagers turned away by councils

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Friday, March 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils are flouting the law by turning away half of the homeless teenagers who ask them for help, according to damning latest research.

Concerns remain over effectiveness of young carer regulations

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Campaigners fear updated regulations around young carers may fail to improve support for this vulnerable group.

Government commits to overhaul of children's mental health services

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has pledged a "complete overhaul" for children and young people's mental health services to address poor access and support.

Troubled Families programme delivers substantial savings

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Thursday, March 12, 2015

| CYP Now

The Troubled Families programme has delivered savings of more than double the amount spent on turning around the lives of families with complex problems, government figures suggest.

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's social workers, teachers and local councillors will face up to five years in jail for failing to protect children from sexual exploitation, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Children's social worker vacancies soar

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of vacant children's social worker posts has increased by nearly 20 per cent in a single year, latest government statistics show.

Specialist support set to benefit 3,000 adopter families

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Monday, February 23, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 3,000 families that have adopted a child are set to benefit from the government's £19.3m Adoption Support Fund, latest figures suggest.

Specialist substance misuse family court set for expansion

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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.

Partners of abusers to be given support to protect children

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Monday, February 16, 2015

| CYP Now

A support service for women whose partners have sexually abused a child is being launched by the NSPCC.

Children's professionals risk sack for failing to report FGM

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Friday, February 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's social workers, teachers and health professionals face losing their job if they fail to report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM), under a new law for England and Wales.

Failure to tackle children's problems costs £17bn a year

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Social problems affecting young people are costing government close to £17bn a year, a major study by the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) has found.

Labour 'to boost kinship care support'

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Labour wants to see more children at risk of being taken into care instead be given the chance to live with extended family members.

FGM initiative and family support schemes receive innovation funding

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Friday, February 6, 2015

| CYP Now

A project that aims to end the practice of female genital mutilation within a generation has been handed £2m through the government's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme.

4Children appoints Imelda Redmond as new chief

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Thursday, February 5, 2015

| CYP Now

A longstanding campaigner for better end of life care is to become the new chief executive of charity 4Children.

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Nearly six months since professor Alexis Jay's report revealed the extent of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, the government's troubled families tsar Louise Casey's has pulled no punches in her assessment of how the authority has fared since.

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two more English authorities have been told by Ofsted that their children's services are not up to scratch.

Charities urge government action on parental imprisonment

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Monday, February 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Babies of convicted criminals should be treated as a specific vulnerable group by government and impact assessments carried out to identify their needs, a joint report by the NSPCC and Barnardo's has said.

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

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Friday, January 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The government intends to change the law to make reporting suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory prior to May's general election.

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Government changes to tax and benefits have hit families with young children and poorer households the hardest, a major study has found.

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Leading football clubs enlist for early intervention push

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Union urges health visitor recruitment drive to continue

£1m fund to help parents support early years learning

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

MPs call for national parenting support programme

Half of homeless teenagers turned away by councils

Concerns remain over effectiveness of young carer regulations

Government commits to overhaul of children's mental health services

Troubled Families programme delivers substantial savings

Professionals who fail to act on CSE face five-year jail term

Children's social worker vacancies soar

Specialist support set to benefit 3,000 adopter families

Specialist substance misuse family court set for expansion

Partners of abusers to be given support to protect children

Children's professionals risk sack for failing to report FGM

Failure to tackle children's problems costs £17bn a year

Labour 'to boost kinship care support'

FGM initiative and family support schemes receive innovation funding

4Children appoints Imelda Redmond as new chief

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

Charities urge government action on parental imprisonment

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

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