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Cross-government strategy to support care leavers unveiled

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Staff in children's homes will receive better training to help young people leaving their placement as part of government plans to improve outcomes for care leavers.

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Wilshaw reveals he called for Ofsted chair to remain; leaving foster care age for young people in Wales raised; and £500,000 fund set up to help male victims of rape, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child abuse, mental health beds and legal aid risk

Other

Friday, July 11, 2014

| CYP Now

PM's child abuse adviser warns of 1980s "chumocracy"; NHS England plans extra mental health beds for children and young people; and the Children's Society criticises government legal aid bid, all in the news today.

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

News

Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Inquiries into child deaths must be reformed so frontline practice can be improved to prevent further tragedies, a major study has concluded.

Government announces civil orders to tackle FGM

News

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Civil orders designed to prevent female genital mutilation (FGM) are to be created as part of a range of measures to tackle the issue, the government has announced.

Integrated care service vital to help support troubled families

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Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Integrated care is an idea with legs. It is gaining currency among the major political parties, as they realise that the segregation of health and social care, for example, leads to waste, duplication and gaps through which service users easily fall.

Daily roundup: 400 primary academies, 'secret' database, and school exclusions

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Monday, November 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Plans to turn 400 primary schools into academies announced, concerns over "secret" database of children's details, and the number of special educational needs exclusions rises in Wales, all in the news roundup today.

Ask the Expert: Child neglect concerns

Other

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

| CYP Now

Councils prepare for integrated education and health reviews

Other

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Bringing together the health and early development reviews for two-year-olds could smooth the assessment process for parents, but experts fear a lack of resources and services will result in little impact on children's outcomes.

CSE victims to play central role improving services in Rotherham

News

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Rotherham Council is enlisting the help of victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE) to help it improve the way it tackles abuse in the town.

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

At its best, technology speeds up laborious inputting of information, enabling children’s services practitioners to spend more time with their clients, helps commissioners to identify trends so they can prioritise resources, and enable leaders to make informed choices on how services are structured.

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

If children's services are to deliver improved outcomes with declining resources, the sector must embrace technology, joint working and volunteers, says Pillars and Foundations, a radical paper from the ADCS.

Participation in Action: Young parents educate peers on the realities of parenthood

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

Young mothers and fathers are gaining new skills and preventing teenage pregnancies by educating school children about the realities of parenthood.

Tackling the taboo of short lives: Barbara Gelb interview

Other

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

| CYP Now

Jess Brown talks to Barbara Gelb, chief executive of Together for Short Lives.

Inspectors praise support for SEND care leavers in Cornwall

News

Friday, August 25, 2017

| CYP Now

Efforts to support the health needs of looked-after children and care leavers in Cornwall have been praised by inspectors.

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.

Child protection guidance for health professionals set for reform

News

Friday, February 8, 2013

| CYP Now

The government is to overhaul "confusing" information sharing and child protection guidance for health professionals, CYP Now has learned. ?

Big rise in number of child trafficking victims

News

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of British children believed to be victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation has more than doubled in the space of a year.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Structure change drives progress

Best Practice

Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Kingston upon Thames Council - children's services inspection - May 2015

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

Other

Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders gathered at CYP Now's Early Help Conference to discuss latest policy developments in early help and hear how local areas are developing interventions across a range of settings and age groups.

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

News

Friday, September 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's homes will be required to show how they support young people and respond to their wishes as part of ongoing government efforts to improve standards.

Children's professionals risk sack for failing to report FGM

News

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.

Ofsted joint inspections delayed as councils shun pilots

News

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's plans to launch new joint inspections of health, social care and criminal justice services for children and young people have been delayed amid councils declining approaches to take part in trials, it has emerged.

DfE announces children's mental health pilot in 250 schools

News

Thursday, December 3, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 250 schools will trial a new initiative to boost support for children with mental health problems, government minister Sam Gyimah has said.

Violence at home: When children abuse their parents

Other

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Growing recognition of the problem of child-to-parent violence has prompted new government guidance. Eileen Fursland looks at a range of approaches designed to tackle this complex issue.

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Cross-government strategy to support care leavers unveiled

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Daily roundup: Child abuse, mental health beds and legal aid risk

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

Government announces civil orders to tackle FGM

Integrated care service vital to help support troubled families

Daily roundup: 400 primary academies, 'secret' database, and school exclusions

Ask the Expert: Child neglect concerns

Councils prepare for integrated education and health reviews

CSE victims to play central role improving services in Rotherham

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

Participation in Action: Young parents educate peers on the realities of parenthood

Tackling the taboo of short lives: Barbara Gelb interview

Inspectors praise support for SEND care leavers in Cornwall

More cash to support SEN plans

Child protection guidance for health professionals set for reform

Big rise in number of child trafficking victims

Behind the Inspection Rating: Structure change drives progress

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

Emphasis on support under new children's home standards

Children's professionals risk sack for failing to report FGM

Ofsted joint inspections delayed as councils shun pilots

DfE announces children's mental health pilot in 250 schools

Violence at home: When children abuse their parents

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