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Services for children with SEND ‘seriously affected’ by Covid-19 pandemic

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

| CYP Now

Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have regressed in their development due to lack of available services during the Covid-19 pandemic, Ofsted has said.

'Outstanding' council to help government understand children's social work response to pandemic

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Monday, December 14, 2020

| CYP Now

A council where children's services are rated "outstanding" by Ofsted has been selected to explore how they and other local authorities have worked to keep vulnerable children safe during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Social Mobility Commission to move to Cabinet Office

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Thursday, December 17, 2020

| CYP Now

The Social Mobility Commission is set to move to the Cabinet Office to advise on the impact of Covid-19 and Brexit, it has been announced.

Safeguarding in the digital age: Protection of children from online harms ‘an unmitigated disaster’

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Tuesday, January 12, 2021

| CYP Now

There has been an “unmitigated disaster” in the regulation of child protection in the digital world, Baroness Beeban Kidron, the chair and founder of 5Rights Foundation, told CYP Now’s Safeguarding Children in the Digital Age 2021 conference.

Pandemic sparks ‘perfect storm’ for increase in online child sexual abuse

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

| CYP Now

Almost half of British police officers have reported a rise in online grooming of children during the coronavirus pandemic, a report has warned.

Covid-19 track and trace system 'could close children's homes'

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Thursday, June 4, 2020

| CYP Now

The government’s new ‘track and trace’ system to stem the spread of Covid-19 could lead to the permanent closure of small children’s homes, sector leaders have warned.

Covid-19: Children’s home sees 16 staff and children test positive

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Thursday, June 11, 2020

| CYP Now

A children’s home in Northamptonshire has seen at least 16 staff and children test positive for Covid-19.

Children’s services lack funding to deal with ‘peak in demand’, ADCS warns

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Tuesday, July 14, 2020

| CYP Now

Children’s services departments are facing a post-lockdown “peak in demand” but have “no emergency funding left” to cope with it, the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has warned.

Critics accuse DfE of ‘sinking to new low’ over revised consultation results

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Thursday, September 10, 2020

| CYP Now

Campaigners have accused the Department for Education of “sinking to a new low” after responses were missed out of a consultation over the extension of children’s social care exemptions.

Free school meals scheme prompted thousands of helpline calls in first weeks, investigation finds

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Wednesday, December 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Schools and disadvantaged families faced “difficulties and delays” accessing free school meals during the first few weeks of the initial Covid-19 lockdown, the National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed.

Coronavirus vaccine: Foster carers should be prioritised for Pfizer jab, campaigners urge

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Thursday, December 10, 2020

| CYP Now

Foster carers should be added to the priority list for the Covid-19 vaccine, campaigners have said.

Labour calls for clarity on support for most vulnerable children during lockdown

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Monday, January 11, 2021

| CYP Now

Shadow children and early years minister Tulip Siddiq has called for clarity over measures to protect the most vulnerable children from having their lives “significantly disrupted” during the third national lockdown.

Coronavirus: Government announces plans for free school meals

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Thursday, March 19, 2020

| CYP Now

The government has issued advice for head teachers on how to provide free school meals amid closures due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Charities urge DfE to change 'misleading' Covid-19 care leavers guidance

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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

| CYP Now

A coalition of children’s charities has urged the government to retract official coronavirus advice covering local authorities’ duties to care leavers and care-experienced children, warning that vulnerable young people “need more support, not less” during the national crisis.

Rights group threatens DfE with legal action over relaxation of statutory duties

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Thursday, May 7, 2020

| CYP Now

The government has been threatened with legal action over changes to council’s statutory duties to vulnerable young people after publishing guidance aimed at clarifying the use of amended legislation.

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