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Leaving Care Special Report

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  • Tuesday, September 27, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Care-experienced young people can face greater challenges than their peers when living independently. Local authorities must work to prepare care leavers and put in place the right support for them to flourish.

Supporting children’s mental health in school

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  • Tuesday, September 27, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Charity Place2Be works with schools to develop counselling and support for children with emotional and mental health difficulties. Leaders and practitioners explore the challenges and keys to success.

Legal Update: Sexual harassment in schools

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  • Tuesday, August 30, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Richard Oldershaw, legal adviser at Coram’s Child Law Advice Service, outlines statutory guidance revisions on safeguarding in education and their impact on how schools should tackle inappropriate sexual behaviour.

Special Report on Early Help

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  • Tuesday, August 30, 2022
    • | CYP Now
With the Care Review finding a system increasingly geared towards ‘crisis intervention’, service leaders warn of an urgent need to shift focus to early help for children, young people and families.

Inspections Clinic: Children’s home challenges

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  • Tuesday, August 30, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Ofsted has published a series of research reports on the children’s home sector, providing insight into issues from a lack of suitable care placements to post-pandemic staffing shortages, finds Jo Stephenson.

Special Report: Trauma-Informed Services

Trauma-informed practice (TIP) emphasises young people’s resilience and ability to recover from adverse childhood experiences and is increasingly being used by services working with children and families.

Legal Update: Parent power in EHCPs

An important decision from the Upper Tribunal has upheld a holistic interpretation of section 9 of the Education Act 1996, the general principle that children will be educated in accordance with their parents’ wishes, with a duty on the local authority to specify the parent’s preferred school in a child’s education, health and care plan (EHCP) if it is considered suitable for their needs, offers “efficient” education and avoids unreasonable public expenditure.

Inspections Clinic: Residential holiday schemes

Following providers’ criticism, Ofsted has amended the inspection framework for residential schemes for disabled children to put greater emphasis on fun and the child’s experience, reports Jo Stephenson.

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