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Councils wary of ContactPoint planning following Tory pledge to scrap database

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

| CYP Now

Councils throughout England and Wales are doing the bare minimum to prepare for the controversial ContactPoint database believing it will be scrapped, it has been claimed.

Offender tagging scheme extended across Scotland

News

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

| CYP Now

Powers to electronically tag young offenders have been extended to all children's hearings in Scotland.

Vox Pop - Do you support the idea of adoption parties for children?

Other

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

| CYP Now

The British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) is to hold adoption parties to find parents for hard-to-place children.

Vulnerable lose out as support for regional partnerships is axed

Other

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

| CYP Now

The government has cut off funding for the regional partnerships that support work with looked-after, special needs and disabled children in England.

Children's Plan: Government promises 1bn pound investment in children's services

Other

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

| CYP Now

The government has promised to invest 1bn pounds in services for children and young people over the next three years.

Joint working - The economic case for investing in preventative work

Other

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

| CYP Now

A report out this week shows how investing in preventative work reaps financial rewards. Janaki Mahadevan reports.

Children's Plan: Poverty measures come under attack

News

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

| CYP Now

The children's plan is "a mouse of a plan to deal with what is a mountain of a problem" and has not done enough to tackle the issue of child poverty, the Liberal Democrat shadow children's spokesman has said.

Social Care: The family drug court

Other

Monday, January 11, 2010

| CYP Now

A pioneering court in central London is trying to keep drugand alcohol-addicted parents and their children together. Tom de Castella finds out why it's needed.

Disabled young people to benefit from volunteering fund

News

Monday, March 10, 2008

| CYP Now

A scheme to increase involvement in volunteering among hard to reach groups is to be piloted in three areas of England.

School to trial help for forces pupils

Other

Monday, January 11, 2010

| CYP Now

A primary school near the RAF Halton air base is piloting a specialist support service for children with parents in the armed forces.

MP says vetting changes needed

Other

Monday, January 11, 2010

| CYP Now

Further changes need to be made to the vetting and barring scheme to ensure those working with children are not adversely affected, a Labour MP has said.

Guidance issued on out-of-authority care of SEN children

News

Monday, January 11, 2010

| CYP Now

The government has issued guidance to councils to avoid confusion surrounding care for children in care with special educational needs (SEN) who are placed away from their local area.

Former assistant director faces GSCC over sexual remarks

News

Friday, January 15, 2010

| CYP Now

A former assistant director of children's services, who allegedly tried to persuade a pregnant colleague to give up her baby and made inappropriate sexual remarks to staff, is facing removal from the professional register.

Editorial: Parenting support must reach those in need

Opinion

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

| CYP Now

The government doesn't bring up children, parents do. We often hear this maxim from those in power and their detractors alike.

Diplomas must remove children's workforce stigma

News

Friday, March 14, 2008

| CYP Now

The head of a leading children's charity has said the introduction of 14-19 diplomas must be used to remove any stigma associated with working with children and young people.

Young people hit by recession need mental health support

News

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

| CYP Now

Youth counselling organisation Youth Access is calling for more mental health support for young people affected by the recession.

Barnardo's chief calls for targets to speed up care process

News

Thursday, January 21, 2010

| CYP Now

Barnardo's chief executive Martin Narey is calling for tough targets to address the slow progress of children in care cases through the courts.

Social care - Cafcass adapts to tackle surge in care applications

Other

Monday, January 25, 2010

| CYP Now

An increase in care applications has levelled out but caseloads remain high, with some Cafcass services having to make changes to systems and structures to cope. Joe Lepper investigates.

Phyllis Dunipace, director of children's services, London Borough of Lambeth: Lambeth calling

Features

Monday, February 1, 2010

| CYP Now

Phyllis Dunipace, director of children's services (DCS) in Lambeth, south London, is retiring. But her 23 years of experience in public services will not be going to waste.

Academics cast doubt on care reforms

News

Friday, March 28, 2008

| CYP Now

Placing children who have been removed from their parents' care with relatives should not be seen as a "panacea", academics have warned.

Social Care: How we are improving ... Placement stability in Torbay

Other

Monday, February 8, 2010

| CYP Now

In March 2006, Torbay Council was lagging behind many other authorities in ensuring it provided stability for its looked-after children, but it has now improved.

Book aims to help children with addicted parents

News

Thursday, February 11, 2010

| CYP Now

Organisations including Barnardo's and a drug and alcohol co-ordination team have published a book aimed at helping children in Northern Ireland who are living with parents who have drug or alcohol problems.

Will sanctions or support ward off trouble?

Opinion

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

| CYP Now

One element of the "triple track" response in the new Youth Taskforce Action Plan is the idea of non-negotiable support. Some will immediately baulk at the concept: surely support has to be wanted to be effective?

Lawyers call for asylum support

Other

Monday, February 15, 2010

| CYP Now

Immigration lawyers have called on the government to stop the practice of denying asylum-seeking families access to mainstream local authority support.