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Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

Monday, June 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Charities working with children and young people have lost more than £150m of government funding in the past year, it has emerged.

Exclusive: Batmanghelidjh speaks out on Kids Company closure

News

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh has hit out at civil servants and sections of the media after confirming that the charity is to close with immediate effect due to insolvency.

Cameron earmarks children's services as priority reform area

News

Friday, September 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services have been identified by Prime Minister David Cameron as a "standout area" for reform ahead of the autumn Spending Review.

Use of special guardianship orders continues to rise

News

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.

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).

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.

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.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

News

Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

CYP Now 2016 Awards revealed on night of huge celebration and pride

News

Friday, November 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Twenty-two inspirational and deserving winners were last night revealed at the 2016 CYP Now Awards on an evening of celebration for the children's sector.

Lessons from serious case reviews: Parents with a mental health issue

Other

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

| CYP Now

The NSPCC has collated and analysed evidence from serious case reviews over a number of years to identify lessons. This issue we summarise the risk factors and learning for parental mental health and child welfare.

Trowler calls for greater early help role for social workers

News

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

| CYP Now

Chief children's social worker for England Isabelle Trowler wants to see social workers more involved in supporting families in early help settings.

Struggling council outlines major cuts to early help and youth services

News

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

| CYP Now

A financially troubled council is considering cutting funding for young people and families in need of early help by £2.5m in a bid to balance its books.

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, advertising ban and childhood obesity

Other

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Barnardo's calls for more action to be taken against paedophiles, Labour suggests banning advertising for under-12s, and a study finds children as young as four are prejudiced towards obese peers, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

Other

Monday, September 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Three out of four schools now judged as good or outstanding; former children's minister to step down as MP; and foster care myths exposed, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Homeless families, job satisfaction, and call for Royal Commission on child abuse

Other

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

| CYP Now

More families in B&B accommodation, youth work and childcare staff rate their job satisfaction, and a call for wide-ranging commission on child abuse, all in the news today.

Child Sexual Exploitation: Policy context

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Child sexual exploitation, while on the radar of child protection agencies and organisations, was catapulted to the top of the political and policy agenda by the revelations in August 2014 that 1,400 children in Rotherham had been systematically sexually abused and exploited over a 16-year period.

Government to trial upfront Troubled Families payments

News

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Some councils will receive upfront funding to pay for support provided through the government's Troubled Families programme as part of a trial, it has been announced.

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax concession, sexual abuse and child trafficking

Other

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Severely disabled children exempted from bedroom tax, Barnardo's to study girls who commit sexual abuse, and calls for the government to protect victims of trafficking, all in the news today.

Council leaders challenge government on adoption

News

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils should be allowed to work together to improve the adoption system rather than being removed from it, local authority leaders have claimed.

Daily roundup: Votes at 16, governors to monitor teacher performance and young people's 'dangerous' diet habits

Other

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Calls to lower the voting age, proposals to use governors to monitor teacher performance and concerns over the diets of young people in deprived areas, all make the news today.

Daily roundup: Pupils 'go hungry', whooping cough and missing children

Other

Friday, September 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Teachers warn that pupils are suffering the impact of recession, pregnant women to be given the whooping cough jab, and an online campaign to find missing children, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child protection, breastfeeding incentive, and new DCS

Other

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Education secretary Michael Gove calls for radical overhaul of child protection; new mums offered vouchers to breastfeed; and Sally Hodges to be new DCS at Solihull Council, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Early years, domestic violence and child protection

Other

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Childcare groups disappointed by worker entry requirements decision; health watchdog calls for better training on domestic violence; and schools reminded about female genital mutilation risk, all in the news today.

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Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

Exclusive: Batmanghelidjh speaks out on Kids Company closure

Cameron earmarks children's services as priority reform area

Use of special guardianship orders continues to rise

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

Legal Update: Trafficking victims and families

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

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

CYP Now 2016 Awards revealed on night of huge celebration and pride

Lessons from serious case reviews: Parents with a mental health issue

Trowler calls for greater early help role for social workers

Struggling council outlines major cuts to early help and youth services

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, advertising ban and childhood obesity

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

Daily roundup: Homeless families, job satisfaction, and call for Royal Commission on child abuse

Child Sexual Exploitation: Policy context

Government to trial upfront Troubled Families payments

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax concession, sexual abuse and child trafficking

Council leaders challenge government on adoption

Daily roundup: Votes at 16, governors to monitor teacher performance and young people's 'dangerous' diet habits

Daily roundup: Pupils 'go hungry', whooping cough and missing children

Daily roundup: Child protection, breastfeeding incentive, and new DCS

Daily roundup: Early years, domestic violence and child protection

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