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Thursday, October 25, 2012

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Research says children in foster care are being "denied a proper childhood", concerns over the government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms, and the rising cost of sending children to school, all in the news today.

Term, Singleton, Intrapartum Stillbirth and Intrapartum-related Neonatal Death

Research

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

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Researchers aimed to identify potentially preventable failings along the whole care pathway, with a particular focus on care during labour, delivery and any resuscitation

Daily roundup: Parental leave, free school breakfasts and North Yorkshire children's services

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

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Shared parental leave to be introduced, free breakfast trial for Blackpool children and Ofsted visits North Yorkshire council, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Foster care, libraries, and child protection in the African community

Thursday, November 15, 2012

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Timpson urges greater discretion for foster carers, automatic library card scheme launched, and concerns over the number of African children in the child protection system, all in the news today.

Seven features of practice

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

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Projects in the first phase of the Children's Social Care Innovation Programme have been evaluated to identify practice that has the most impact for children, with seven clear features emerging.

Funding Watch: Fulfilling Lives - A Better Start

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

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Prisons inspector seeks action on ‘distressing' immigration removal process

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.

Daily roundup: Missing babies, nurture groups, and play

Monday, June 9, 2014

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Nearly 20 babies reported missing from council care; research backs value of nurture groups; and £1.9m boost for play in Scotland, all in the news today.

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

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

Daily roundup: Parenting, historical child abuse, and school dinners

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

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Wilshaw calls for fines for parents not supporting their child's education; MPs back inquiry into historical child abuse cases; and new school meal standards limit unhealthy foods, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Homelessness, safeguarding, and looked-after children.

Friday, June 27, 2014

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Increasing number of young people reported sleeping rough; new chair of safeguarding board appointed in Sandwell; and NICE publishes best practice briefing on looked-after children, all in the news today.

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

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

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.

Ask the Experts: Youth centre social media policy

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on social networking for youth workers, social worker qualities, family support and safety at home.

Brighter Futures, Ealing Council

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Pilot aimed to prevent placement and family breakdown among older children in and on the edge of care by developing social workers' skills to build trusting, consistent relationships with them.

Relationship skills protect against a 'robot revolution'

Opinion

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Analysis by think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has found that a third of all jobs - 10 million across the UK - are at risk of being lost to automation over the next 20 years.

Charities warn against reduction in maternity leave

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

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

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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

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

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

How family grants achieve change

Thursday, June 29, 2017

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Connect Project helps families in financial difficulties.

Daily roundup: £1.5bn for childcare reform, votes at 16, and tackling drug and alcohol misuse among parents

Friday, January 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Childcare reforms tipped to be announced next week, MPs show support for lowering the voting age, and the financial benefits of drug and alcohol support for families, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, What Works Network, and strip-searching

Monday, March 4, 2013

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Disabled children start legal bid on room-sharing plans; policy advice network launches, and concerns over prevalence of strip-searching in youth custody, all in the news today.

TUC says majority of children face 'unacceptable' living standards

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