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26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

Thursday, May 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The effectiveness of a specialist court to tackle parental substance misuse could be undermined as a result of the introduction of the 26-week care proceedings target, academics have warned.

Major crackdown on FGM to launch in London

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Friday, April 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Women who are victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) are to be referred to children's social services and police as part of a pioneering project intended to prevent a further generation of girls being subjected to the abuse.

Birmingham criticised for 'losing' disabled girl in the system

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham City Council has been reprimanded for failing to assess a disabled girl's needs for more than four years.

Children and Families Act: Parental support 'a missed opportunity'

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Friday, March 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Measures in the Children and Families Act to extend support for new parents should have been available to other types of carers, the Family Rights Group (FRG) has said.

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The chief executive of the National Children's Bureau is to step down after three years in charge, it has been announced.

Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

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Friday, January 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Parenting support programmes significantly cut the risk of children developing behavioural problems and becoming offenders in adolescence and adulthood, a new study suggests.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

Gang hotspots failing to confront young people's health issues

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

| CYP Now

More than 80 per cent of England's gang "hotspots" have no strategy in place to tackle the health problems that contribute to youth and gang violence, according to a report.

Daily roundup: youth unemployment, benefit cap, and mental health

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Government advisers brand Youth Contract a failure; benefit cap not helping struggling households into work research finds; and child mental health survey needs to be reinstated, say psychiatrists, all in the news today.

Child welfare focus for social policy research unit

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Studies into the quality of life of children living in London, as well as nutrition and the role of fathers are set to be priorities for the Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU) in the future.

Professionals 'collectively failed' to protect Keanu Williams

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Thursday, October 3, 2013

| CYP Now

A two-year-old boy from Birmingham was beaten to death by his mother after professionals "missed a significant number of opportunities" to intervene, a serious case review has found.

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Labour's youth justice minister has called for sweeping changes to the way young offenders are dealt with, suggesting that anything that does not work should be ditched.

Daniel Pelka SCR: Four-year-old "invisible" to professionals

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

| CYP Now

A four-year-old who was murdered after months of starvation and beatings was effectively "invisible" to professionals as a result of language barriers, a probe has found.

Report highlights social deficiencies of reception children

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Children from some of the UK's poorest families are starting school in nappies and with the social skills of a toddler, according to a report by the Centre for Social Justice.

Nice urges help for families of autistic children

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Health and social services should identify the support needs of siblings and parents of children on the autism spectrum, according to new guidance.

Lottery gives £5m to support long-term early help plans

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

The Big Lottery Fund has distributed a total of £5m to charities in 15 areas of England as part of a bid to improve the life chances of vulnerable under-fours.

MPs call for pooled budgets in early years support

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Support for families would be dramatically improved if local children's centres and health budgets were combined, according to a group of MPs.

Chancellor slices £4bn from welfare budget

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Poor families will be hit hard by government plans to shave a further £4bn from the welfare bill in 2015/16, charities have warned.

Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Family Action has developed a tool to help councils track their performance in supporting families through the Troubled Families programme.

Sex education must cover porn, says children's commissioner

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Friday, May 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Sex and relationships education must be updated to cover online pornography in order to protect children from harm, the children's commissioner for England has said.

Troubled families initiative misses first-year target

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first-year target for the number of families they worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

LGA fears children's centre closures if cuts continue

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Friday, May 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's centres, libraries and sports centres will all be at risk of closure if central government makes significant further cuts to council budgets, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

School project tackles parental drug abuse

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Action on Addiction and Place2Be have joined forces to offer school-based services to children and families affected by parental substance abuse.

MPs and Lords urge right to support for young carers

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Young carers should be given the right to support so that they do not have to carry out inappropriate caring duties, a report by a parliamentary committee has concluded.

Daily roundup: Early intervention, emotional health, and troubled families

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Friday, March 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Sector calls for an "early intervention Budget", emotional support for primary school children, and troubled families research announced, all in the news today.

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26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

Major crackdown on FGM to launch in London

Birmingham criticised for 'losing' disabled girl in the system

Children and Families Act: Parental support 'a missed opportunity'

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

Gang hotspots failing to confront young people's health issues

Daily roundup: youth unemployment, benefit cap, and mental health

Child welfare focus for social policy research unit

Professionals 'collectively failed' to protect Keanu Williams

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

Daniel Pelka SCR: Four-year-old "invisible" to professionals

Report highlights social deficiencies of reception children

Nice urges help for families of autistic children

Lottery gives £5m to support long-term early help plans

MPs call for pooled budgets in early years support

Chancellor slices £4bn from welfare budget

Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

Sex education must cover porn, says children's commissioner

Troubled families initiative misses first-year target

LGA fears children's centre closures if cuts continue

School project tackles parental drug abuse

MPs and Lords urge right to support for young carers

Daily roundup: Early intervention, emotional health, and troubled families

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