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Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, benefits and child poverty

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Clegg pledges government review of youth unemployment strategy; the Conservatives could introduce tougher penalties for unemployed young people; and a charity warns literacy levels must improve to tackle child poverty, all in the news today.

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

News

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Parents could be forced to pay as much as £900-a-month if their children are taken into care, under plans announced by Worcestershire County Council.

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Other

Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Wilshaw reveals he called for Ofsted chair to remain; leaving foster care age for young people in Wales raised; and £500,000 fund set up to help male victims of rape, all in the news today.

Forced caesarean highlights complexity of child protection decisions, experts say

News

Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Adoption experts say the placement with a new family of a child of a mentally ill Italian woman who had a forced caesarean is one of the most complex children's social workers have dealt with.

Cameron extends Troubled Families programme to 500,000

News

Monday, August 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of troubled families receiving intensive government support to turn their lives around is to be increased from 120,000 to 500,000.

Ofsted rates third council ‘inadequate' in space of week

News

Monday, May 18, 2015

| CYP Now

West Berkshire Council has become the third local authority in the space of a week to have its children's services department rated "inadequate" after Ofsted inspectors found serious failures in services.

Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the UK government's response to the refugee crisis and foster care provision for refugee children.

Increasing numbers of children 'at risk of abuse'

News

Friday, October 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Numbers of children subject to child protection plans because they are deemed to be at risk of abuse are continuing to rise, government figures reveal.

Ofsted tells two councils to improve children's services

News

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

| CYP Now

Two councils have been told to improve standards within their children's services departments following inspections by Ofsted.

Daily roundup: Foster children's rights, SEN reforms, and the cost of sending a child to school

Other

Thursday, October 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Research says children in foster care are being "denied a proper childhood", concerns over the government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms, and the rising cost of sending children to school, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Foster care, libraries, and child protection in the African community

Other

Thursday, November 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Timpson urges greater discretion for foster carers, automatic library card scheme launched, and concerns over the number of African children in the child protection system, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Missing babies, nurture groups, and play

Other

Monday, June 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly 20 babies reported missing from council care; research backs value of nurture groups; and £1.9m boost for play in Scotland, all in the news today.

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

News

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Concerns about controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services will get serious consideration, children's minister Edward Timpson has pledged.

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, What Works Network, and strip-searching

Other

Monday, March 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Disabled children start legal bid on room-sharing plans; policy advice network launches, and concerns over prevalence of strip-searching in youth custody, all in the news today.

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

News

Friday, December 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Bristol and Rochdale have been told to improve the quality of services for children and young people following inspections by Ofsted.

Children's services in Lambeth judged 'inadequate'

News

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Standards at Lambeth Council's children's services department have nosedived from "outstanding" to "inadequate" in the space of just three years.

Future of foster care: innovation in recruitment and retention

Features

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Three out of four children in care are fostered, but the recruitment and retention of foster carers remain key challenges. Charlotte Goddard examines some of the latest pioneering practice.

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

News

Monday, June 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Charities working with children and young people have lost more than £150m of government funding in the past year, it has emerged.

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

News

Thursday, January 14, 2016

| CYP Now

A new social work organisation to drive up standards and put social workers on a par with high-status professions such as surgeons or lawyers will be established, government has announced.

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

News

Thursday, January 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils yet to have their children's services inspected by Ofsted are to be given additional support as part of a local government bid to prevent them being rated "inadequate" and facing intervention from the Department for Education (DfE).

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Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, benefits and child poverty

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Forced caesarean highlights complexity of child protection decisions, experts say

Cameron extends Troubled Families programme to 500,000

Ofsted rates third council ‘inadequate' in space of week

Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

Increasing numbers of children 'at risk of abuse'

Ofsted tells two councils to improve children's services

Daily roundup: Foster children's rights, SEN reforms, and the cost of sending a child to school

Daily roundup: Foster care, libraries, and child protection in the African community

Daily roundup: Missing babies, nurture groups, and play

Timpson moves to calm outsourcing fears

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, What Works Network, and strip-searching

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

Children's services in Lambeth judged 'inadequate'

Future of foster care: innovation in recruitment and retention

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

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