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Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

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.

Daily roundup: Children's bill debate, Labour reshuffle, and Hull cuts

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Children and Families Bill amendments due to be debated by peers today; Labour makes changes to its education team; and planned cuts at Hull Council sparks union concerns, all in the news today.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

News

Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

News

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is struggling to complete inspections of all local authority children's services departments to schedule because it is "significantly under-resourced against agreed budgets", it has emerged.

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

News

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted is to push ahead with the introduction of a tougher inspection regime for children's services, ignoring warnings from the sector that the system is too simplistic and will fail to deliver improvements.

BASW to take on College of Social Work functions

News

Thursday, August 20, 2015

| CYP Now

The British Association of Social Work (BASW) is to take on the majority of functions performed by The College of Social Work (TCSW) from next month, it has been announced.

Councils call for clarity over refugee support arrangements

News

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Council and children's services leaders are calling on the government to clarify how they will be supported to resettle 20,000 refugees, including unaccompanied children, from Syria.

Call for clarity over funding of asylum dispersal schemes

News

Thursday, April 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Local government and children's services leaders have called on ministers to clarify funding arrangements for dispersing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children across the country.

Kent appeals for help to deal with surge in asylum-seeking children

News

Friday, July 31, 2015

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is in talks with the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) about finding foster places for asylum-seeking children after numbers arriving in Dover doubled in the space of three months.

Councils gear up to tackle needs of refugee children and families

Other

Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Local authorities and refugee charities are preparing to support the 20,000 Syrian refugees to be resettled in the UK, while a large rise in the number of unaccompanied children is already putting some councils under pressure.

Daily roundup: Asylum, free school meals and early intervention

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Report warns of "disgraceful" conditions for child asylum seekers at Heathrow Airport; head teachers criticise insufficient free school meals funding; and charity calls for greater early intervention support, all in the news today.

Ombudsman criticises support for young woman attempting to stay in UK

News

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has been criticised for failing to properly support a young woman seeking permission to remain in the UK.

Foster care focus for child asylum strategy

News

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Plans to boost the number of foster carers for refugee and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children will be set out in a government safeguarding strategy, it has been announced.

Daily roundup: Asylum seekers, teaching workforce, and child exploitation

Other

Thursday, April 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's commissioner reveals plight of unaccompanied asylum seekers; teacher numbers on the rise; and Barnardo's to raise awareness of child exploitation in the North East, all in the news today.

Government blames councils for sharp reduction in child refugee intake

News

Thursday, February 9, 2017

| CYP Now

The government is to significantly reduce the number of lone child refugees it plans to accept from Europe, claiming that local authorities do not have the capacity to accommodate them.

Daily roundup: Children missing meals, partnership working on adoption, and 'legal highs'

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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Charity warns that parents are struggling feed their children, Tim Loughton calls on councils to set up adoption partnerships, and deaths linked to 'legal highs' soar, all in the news today.

Children's commissioner urges councils to support more young asylum seekers

News

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

| CYP Now

The children's commissioner for England has written to all local authorities saying they have a "moral duty" to support more unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

Asylum-seeking children funding rates set for review

News

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

| CYP Now

The amount of money councils receive from central government to cover the cost of looking after unaccompanied asylum-seeking children will be reviewed, it has been announced.

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Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

Daily roundup: Children's bill debate, Labour reshuffle, and Hull cuts

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

BASW to take on College of Social Work functions

Councils call for clarity over refugee support arrangements

Call for clarity over funding of asylum dispersal schemes

Kent appeals for help to deal with surge in asylum-seeking children

Councils gear up to tackle needs of refugee children and families

Daily roundup: Asylum, free school meals and early intervention

Ombudsman criticises support for young woman attempting to stay in UK

Foster care focus for child asylum strategy

Daily roundup: Asylum seekers, teaching workforce, and child exploitation

Government blames councils for sharp reduction in child refugee intake

Daily roundup: Children missing meals, partnership working on adoption, and 'legal highs'

Children's commissioner urges councils to support more young asylum seekers

Asylum-seeking children funding rates set for review

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