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Legal Update: Illegal Migration Bill

Marianne Lagrue, policy and programmes manager in the Migrant Children's Project at Coram Children's Legal Centre, assesses the Illegal Migration Bill's impact on children and agencies.

Recruiting social workers from overseas

Amid ongoing shortages of social workers, children's services are increasingly turning to international recruitment to fill staffing gaps. Joe Lepper explores challenges and best practice.

Legal Update: Review of Ukraine schemes

With Homes for Ukraine and other schemes to support Ukrainians having been running for a year, Alison East, senior solicitor at Coram Children's Legal Centre, assesses their successes.

Inspections Clinic: Supported accommodation

Providers of supported accommodation to looked-after young people and care leavers are being registered this year before inspections start in 2024. Jo Stephenson takes a look at Ofsted's plans.

Bringing education data into social care

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  • Tuesday, February 21, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Children missing from education is a key issue faced by some of the most vulnerable children and young people in the country. Dame Rachel de Souza, the Children’s Commissioner for England, brought the issue to the spotlight as we were emerging from the pandemic.

Legal Update: Tackling family court delays

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  • Tuesday, January 31, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Children's welfare is being harmed by ongoing backlogs in the family court process which need to be addressed urgently says Richard Oldershaw, senior legal adviser at Coram's Child Law Advice Service.

Therapeutic Care Special Report

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  • Tuesday, January 31, 2023
  • | CYP Now
With a post-pandemic surge in demand for mental health and emotional wellbeing support, service providers are working to meet the needs of children and young people requiring therapeutic care.

Online Safety Bill: Key measures and concerns

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  • Tuesday, January 3, 2023
  • | CYP Now
The Online Safety Bill sets out the case for a new regulatory framework for internet services with measures aimed at ensuring platforms have systems and processes in place to deal with illegal and harmful content and their associated risks.

Digital Safeguarding Special Report

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  • Tuesday, January 3, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Children have never been more connected, with many able to support their education and friendships digitally, prompting policymakers and practitioners to develop new ways to make the online world safer.