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Social care blueprint aims to slash caseloads

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

| CYP Now

Children’s sector leaders are backing a new social care blueprint that aims to cut caseloads and ensure social workers spend more time with families.

Council's children's services to receive entire social care top-up

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Monday, January 21, 2019

| CYP Now

A council is proposing to plough all of its social care windfall from government into children's services in a bid to stem rising numbers of children in care.

Struggling council outlines major cuts to early help and youth services

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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.

Parental conflict initiative to be trialled in 30 areas

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Friday, April 27, 2018

| CYP Now

A £39m programme aimed at reducing conflict between parents in disadvantaged families is to be trialled in 30 council areas, the government has confirmed.

Inspectors praise children's centre support at 'inadequate' council

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Tuesday, April 10, 2018

| CYP Now

Effective use of children's centres to offer early support to vulnerable families is helping an "inadequate" council turn around its performance, Ofsted has found.

As many as 1,000 children's centres now closed, study finds

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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

| CYP Now

Around 1,000 children's centres have closed since 2009, twice as many as officially acknowledged, an education charity has claimed.

Government to trial upfront Troubled Families payments

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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.

Manchester receives DfE cash to cover terror attack costs

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Friday, March 16, 2018

| CYP Now

Children's services in Manchester have been given £451,000 from the Department for Education to cover additional costs incurred from supporting young people and families in the aftermath of last year's terror attack at Manchester Arena.

Poor areas worst affected by children's services cuts

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Wednesday, February 7, 2018

| CYP Now

Council areas with the highest levels of deprivation are bearing the brunt of children's services funding cuts, research has found.

Multisystemic therapy 'no more effective' than conventional support, study finds

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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

| CYP Now

An intensive family therapy programme, used nationwide to turn around the lives of teenagers involved in antisocial behaviour and on the edge of care, is no more effective than conventional methods, researchers have concluded.

Social impact bond initiative launches to reduce number of children in care

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Tuesday, January 16, 2018

| CYP Now

Five London boroughs have joined forces to launch a therapeutic care programme funded with a £4.5m social impact bond, in a bid to keeping more than 350 vulnerable young people out of care.

Schools 'failing young carers', claims Barnardo's

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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's charity Barnardo's has claimed schools are failing young people who care for sick or disabled family members.

Social mobility board quits in protest at 'lack of government action'

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Sunday, December 3, 2017

| CYP Now

All four members of the board of the Social Mobility Commission have quit in protest at a lack of support from government.

Innovation projects 'struggle to address social worker recruitment problems'

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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Projects funded by the Department for Education to test new ways of working in children's social care are struggling to address issues with social worker recruitment and retention, research has found.

Government urges councils to prioritise housing for domestic abuse victims

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Monday, October 30, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils will be "strongly encouraged" to prioritise social housing for children and parents who have fled domestic abuse under new guidance proposed by the government.

Flagship early intervention programme set for further expansion

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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

| CYP Now

A Department for Education-backed early intervention project is set for expansion after receiving a funding boost from lottery funding.

'Inadequate' council set to invest £12m to reduce number of children in care

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Friday, September 15, 2017

| CYP Now

A council rated as "inadequate" by Ofsted is planning to invest an extra £12m in children's social care in a bid to reduce the number of children coming into care.

More than a third of young people 'living in fear of crime'

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Fear of being a victim of crime is currently the biggest concern for young people, a major survey has found.

DfE-funded care initiative 'provides low-cost support for vulnerable families'

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Friday, July 14, 2017

| CYP Now

A government-funded social care initiative originally developed in Chicago has the potential to support vulnerable families in the UK at low cost and reduce the number of children coming into care, an evaluation report has found.

DfE innovation project 'saves councils up to £2m a year'

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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

| CYP Now

An early intervention project that received funding through the Department for Education's social care innovation programme saves councils up to £2.1m a year, an evaluation report has found.

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow

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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Agencies across the London borough of Hounslow have been praised for their work to support children who have experienced domestic abuse.

One in four troubled families 'not satisfied' with access to services

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

| CYP Now

A quarter of people receiving support through the government's flagship Troubled Families programme have said they were "dissatisfied" with how easy it was to access support.

Government launches £30m bid to improve children's life chances

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

| CYP Now

A total of £30m has been set aside to boost the life chances of children in disadvantaged families by resolving conflict among parents, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced.

Timpson announces plans to improve young carer identification

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Thursday, March 9, 2017

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is drawing up plans to make it easier to identify children and young people who have caring responsibilities, with a cross-government strategy due to be published in the summer, children's minister Edward Timpson has confirmed.

Young carers missing out on support due to 'fear of social services'

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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

| CYP Now

Young carers continue to be fearful of being identified because of concerns about what action social services may take, a study commissioned by the Department for Education has found.

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Social care blueprint aims to slash caseloads

Council's children's services to receive entire social care top-up

Struggling council outlines major cuts to early help and youth services

Parental conflict initiative to be trialled in 30 areas

Inspectors praise children's centre support at 'inadequate' council

As many as 1,000 children's centres now closed, study finds

Government to trial upfront Troubled Families payments

Manchester receives DfE cash to cover terror attack costs

Poor areas worst affected by children's services cuts

Multisystemic therapy 'no more effective' than conventional support, study finds

Social impact bond initiative launches to reduce number of children in care

Schools 'failing young carers', claims Barnardo's

Social mobility board quits in protest at 'lack of government action'

Innovation projects 'struggle to address social worker recruitment problems'

Government urges councils to prioritise housing for domestic abuse victims

Flagship early intervention programme set for further expansion

'Inadequate' council set to invest £12m to reduce number of children in care

More than a third of young people 'living in fear of crime'

DfE-funded care initiative 'provides low-cost support for vulnerable families'

DfE innovation project 'saves councils up to £2m a year'

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow

One in four troubled families 'not satisfied' with access to services

Government launches £30m bid to improve children's life chances

Timpson announces plans to improve young carer identification

Young carers missing out on support due to 'fear of social services'

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