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Poor mental health support ‘threatens to overwhelm’ children’s social care

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Social workers are struggling to access support for a growing number of children with mental health problems, a report is warning.

Review finds ‘serious abuse and neglect’ at three residential children’s homes

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

| CYP Now

An independent safeguarding review has revealed “serious abuse and neglect” suffered by children and young adults with disabilities and complex needs while living at three children’s homes in Doncaster.

Child sexual abuse inquiry recommends creation of new child protection authority

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Thursday, October 20, 2022

| CYP Now

A seven-year inquiry into child sexual abuse in England and Wales recommends the creation of a new child protection authority (CPA) as well as calling for the prosecution of people who work with children and fail to report allegations of abuse.

Research on mental health support for children in care launches

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

| CYP Now

The effectiveness of mental health and wellbeing provision for children who have involvement with social workers will be studied in a new research project.

LGBT young people twice as likely to experience hate speech online, study shows

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Monday, October 17, 2022

| CYP Now

Young people who identify as LGBTQI+ are almost twice as likely to experience hate speech online compared with their heterosexual peers, a report looking at young people’s relationship with digital technology has revealed.

Childnet publishes guidance for supporting children facing online sexual harassment

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

| CYP Now

Guidance, co-designed by young people, could help educators, youth workers and foster carers to talk to young people about online sexual harassment.

Youth workers instrumental in building children’s 'digital resilience', study finds

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

| CYP Now

Youth workers must work with education professionals, parents and carers to help children become aware of and deal with the impact of online risks, new research finds.

Surge in applications to national deprivation of liberty court

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Monday, October 3, 2022

| CYP Now

There were more than 200 applications involving children to the national deprivation of liberty (DoL) court in its first two months of operation, latest data from the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory shows.

Tolhurst rules out review of free school meal eligibility

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Thursday, September 29, 2022

| CYP Now

The Department for Education “does not currently have any plans” to assess the impact of rising inflation on eligibility for free school meals, according to new schools and childhood minister Kelly Tolhurst.

Labour Conference 2022: Five key youth sector conversations

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

| CYP Now

Young people’s mental wellbeing, the housing crisis, and online safety were among the top issues discussed at the Labour Conference’s Youth Zone, in conversations held between MPs, youth advocates and organisations.

Mini budget: Sector questions ‘glaring absence’ of support for vulnerable families

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Friday, September 23, 2022

| CYP Now

Organisations supporting children and young people across the sector have criticised a “glaring absence” of help for families hardest hit by the cost-of-living crisis in Kwasi Kwarteng’s first mini budget.

Delay launch of new SEND inspection framework say children's services leaders

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Monday, September 12, 2022

| CYP Now

The development and introduction of a new inspection framework for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services should be paused until after policy reforms for the sector have been finalised, the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has said.

Truss reportedly scraps Bill of Rights

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Thursday, September 8, 2022

| CYP Now

Reports that Prime Minister Liz Truss has shelved plans for a new Bill of Rights has been described as an “incredible relief” for children.

Increase in proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals

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Thursday, June 9, 2022

| CYP Now

The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals increased by 1.7 per cent during 2021, government figures have revealed.

Charity embeds family support worker in children’s emergency department

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Thursday, April 7, 2022

| CYP Now

A new pilot scheme, launched by Barnardo's, will see a family support worker based in a hospital’s children’s emergency department.

New ADCS president calls for review of children’s mental health services

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

| CYP Now

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has called for a national review of support for children’s mental health.

Family hubs: DfE reveals 75 councils eligible to run services

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Monday, April 4, 2022

| CYP Now

The 75 local authority areas to benefit from new family hubs have been announced by the government.

Quarter of children in care unable to access mental health support during pandemic

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

| CYP Now

More than one in four children in care in need of mental health support struggled to access help during the Covid-19 pandemic, research has revealed.

‘Frustrating’ spring statement fails to support vulnerable families, sector leaders say

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

| CYP Now

Announcements made in Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s spring statement do “relatively little” to support disadvantaged families facing soaring living costs, organisations supporting vulnerable children have said.

Inclusive Britain: How plan to tackle racial disparity will impact education, social care and youth justice

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Thursday, March 17, 2022

| CYP Now

The government has set out its long-term vision to tackle racial disparities in the UK with a focus on health services, education and the youth justice system.

Charities welcome three-year extension of Adoption Support Fund

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Friday, March 4, 2022

| CYP Now

Charities have welcomed the government’s announcement to invest £163 million over the next three years in adoption services including therapeutic support for adopted children.

More than one in five girls experience ‘cyberflashing’

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Wednesday, February 9, 2022

| CYP Now

More than a fifth of girls have been victims of cyberflashing incidents, according to a survey into online harm faced by women.

Levelling Up White Paper: Key points for the children's sector

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Investment in youth services and education in the UK’s most disadvantaged areas have been announced as part of the government’s “levelling-up” plan.

Number of children in extreme poverty rises to 550,000

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

| CYP Now

The number of children living in destitution has increased to 550,000, according to latest figures analysed by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Mental health pilot for children in care ‘needs more refinement’

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

| CYP Now

Virtual mental health pilots for children in care need improvement if they are to be rolled out UK-wide, after evaluation found that just one centre involved in the trial plans to carry on offering the support.

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Poor mental health support ‘threatens to overwhelm’ children’s social care

Review finds ‘serious abuse and neglect’ at three residential children’s homes

Child sexual abuse inquiry recommends creation of new child protection authority

Research on mental health support for children in care launches

LGBT young people twice as likely to experience hate speech online, study shows

Childnet publishes guidance for supporting children facing online sexual harassment

Youth workers instrumental in building children’s 'digital resilience', study finds

Surge in applications to national deprivation of liberty court

Tolhurst rules out review of free school meal eligibility

Labour Conference 2022: Five key youth sector conversations

Mini budget: Sector questions ‘glaring absence’ of support for vulnerable families

Delay launch of new SEND inspection framework say children's services leaders

Truss reportedly scraps Bill of Rights

Increase in proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals

Charity embeds family support worker in children’s emergency department

New ADCS president calls for review of children’s mental health services

Family hubs: DfE reveals 75 councils eligible to run services

Quarter of children in care unable to access mental health support during pandemic

‘Frustrating’ spring statement fails to support vulnerable families, sector leaders say

Inclusive Britain: How plan to tackle racial disparity will impact education, social care and youth justice

Charities welcome three-year extension of Adoption Support Fund

More than one in five girls experience ‘cyberflashing’

Levelling Up White Paper: Key points for the children's sector

Number of children in extreme poverty rises to 550,000

Mental health pilot for children in care ‘needs more refinement’

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