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Use of special guardianship orders continues to rise

Thursday, October 1, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of children being made subject to special guardianship orders (SGOs) is continuing to rise, government figures have shown.

Troubled Families programme ‘wastes millions of pounds'

News

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

| CYP Now

The government's flagship Troubled Families initiative is working with the wrong families in the wrong way and is likely to be wasting millions of pounds, a report has claimed.

'The Family Nurse Partnership is making a difference'

Other

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Analysis of the Family Nurse Partnership underplayed the programme's benefits, says an early years expert.

Enhancing Outcomes of Low-Intensity Parenting Groups Through Sufficient Exemplar Training: A Randomized Control Trial

Research

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Low-intensity parenting programmes play an important role in a public health approach to parenting support that aims to reduce the prevalence of child conduct problems at a population level.

Local partnership develops early learning toolkit

Best Practice

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Flexible framework helps local organisations tailor their own approach to improve early learning outcomes.

Legal Update: Preparing for the adoption assessment process

Features

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| CYP Now

How prospective adopters are prepared for assessment can make or break an adoption, says Jane Poore, adoption consultant at CoramBAAF.

Scheme trains parents to boost literacy skills of disadvantaged children

Features

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

| CYP Now

National Literacy Trust supports parents and under-fives to “chat, play and read” as part of DfE-funded social mobility initiative.

Skills for the Job: Social media and social work

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Social media can present difficult challenges for people working in the family courts, so how can practitioners use it securely?

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

News

Thursday, January 14, 2016

| CYP Now

A new social work organisation to drive up standards and put social workers on a par with high-status professions such as surgeons or lawyers will be established, government has announced.

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

News

Thursday, January 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils yet to have their children's services inspected by Ofsted are to be given additional support as part of a local government bid to prevent them being rated "inadequate" and facing intervention from the Department for Education (DfE).

More cash to support SEN plans

Other

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Extra funding alone will not improve the transfer of SEN children to integrated care plans, warn campaigners.

Legal Update: Trafficking victims and families

Other

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Frances Trevena, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the gaps in service provision for families and child victims of trafficking and how this group can be better supported.

Council guide to short breaks

Other

Monday, March 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Charities develop a toolkit to help councils deliver effective short breaks for families with disabled children.

Making best use of guardianships

Other

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Revised regulations on the use of special guardianship orders tighten criteria for assessing carers' suitability.

Children to be removed from families as part of ‘randomised adoption trial'

Other

Friday, April 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Scores of children will be removed from their birth parents under controversial government plans to prove the value of adoption, it has emerged.

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

News

Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

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.

Parent partner programmes, US

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

| CYP Now

Parent partner programmes bring together parents whose children have been, or at risk of being, taken into care with parents who have previously been involved with welfare agencies and had a positive outcome.

Family Links nurtures parents’ emotional skills

Best Practice

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Family Links’ Nurturing Programme aims to strengthen family relationships by improving the emotional health of both adults and children.

Parents fear modern world puts pressure on children

News

Monday, April 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Parents believe children are under pressure to grow up too quickly, a survey has found, with celebrity culture, adult-style clothes and music videos encouraging them to act older than they are.

UK investment in family benefits is failing to improve outcomes

News

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

| CYP Now

The UK government is failing to improve outcomes for families despite being one of the biggest spenders on family support, latest research has found.

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Use of special guardianship orders continues to rise

Troubled Families programme ‘wastes millions of pounds'

'The Family Nurse Partnership is making a difference'

Enhancing Outcomes of Low-Intensity Parenting Groups Through Sufficient Exemplar Training: A Randomized Control Trial

Local partnership develops early learning toolkit

Legal Update: Preparing for the adoption assessment process

Scheme trains parents to boost literacy skills of disadvantaged children

Skills for the Job: Social media and social work

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

More cash to support SEN plans

Legal Update: Trafficking victims and families

Council guide to short breaks

Making best use of guardianships

Children to be removed from families as part of ‘randomised adoption trial'

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

Parent partner programmes, US

Family Links nurtures parents’ emotional skills

Parents fear modern world puts pressure on children

UK investment in family benefits is failing to improve outcomes

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