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County council spending on children’s social care doubles, leaders warn

Monday, March 18, 2024

| CYP Now

Most county councils in England have seen per-person spending on children’s services double over the last decade, according to the County Council’s Network (CCN).

A piece of cake

Blogs

Monday, March 18, 2024

| CYP Now

Ofsted has just launched its Big Listen as it seeks views from the sector, parents, carers and children and young people.

Consultation launches to boost childminder recruitment and retention

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Friday, March 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Monthly funding payments to childminders by local authorities and greater flexibility for childminder agencies are among proposals included in a government consultation to improve recruitment and retention in the profession.

Thousands of children waiting years for mental health support, Children’s Commissioner warns

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Friday, March 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Almost a quarter of a million children are waiting for mental health support despite being referred to services in 2022/23, analysis of NHS figures by the Children’s Commissioner for England finds.

Support schools and nurseries to tackle poverty, Longfield’s think-tank urges ministers

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Friday, March 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Programmes within schools and nurseries should be at the forefront of a government plan to tackle childhood poverty, a think-tank led by the former Children’s Commissioner for England has told ministers.

Praise for youth justice staff’s support of children subject to out-of-court disposals

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Friday, March 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Staff at a Berkshire youth justice team have been praised by inspectors for going “above and beyond expectations” to support young people.

YoungMinds receives £5m grant to improve youth mental health over 10 years

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

| CYP Now

Youth mental health charity YoungMinds has received a 10-year grant of £5 million to support the design and delivery of a new strategy for young people’s mental health.

All schools 'should be required to appoint a young carers lead', says charity

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

| CYP Now

The government is being called on to make it a requirement for all schools to appoint a young carers lead to better coordinate their support.

Pupils with SEND ‘more likely to be suspended multiple times’

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

| CYP Now

Pupils with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) are among the most likely to be suspended by schools multiple times, researchers have found.

Most recent local area SEND inspection reports

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) regularly publish the results of joint inspections examining the quality of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) offered by local authorities.

Call for greater focus on play in schools

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Campaigners are calling for stronger oversight of play provision in schools in a bid to boost children's physical and mental health.

Surfing therapy project wins National Lottery award to support young people

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

| CYP Now

A therapy project that uses surfing to help tackle mental health problems has been handed £20,000 in National Lottery funding to target groups at high risk of loneliness.

Tougher regulation needed to tackle ‘excess profiteering’ in early years, says charity

News

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Regulation of private early years providers needs to be strengthened to tackle “excess profiteering” and improve quality, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).

Puberty blockers will no longer be prescribed to children, NHS England confirms

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

| CYP Now

Puberty blockers will now only be available to children as part of clinical research trials and will not be prescribed at gender identity clinics, NHS England has confirmed.

North East youth organisations receive grant to pilot enrichment scheme

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

| CYP Now

Two youth work organisations in the North East have been awarded government grants to test the impact of centralised enrichment support on schools.

Blackpool FC chairman provides university bursary for care leavers

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

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British businessman and football chairman Simon Sadler has launched a £1.5 million bursary for care leavers at the University of Manchester.

Fines for parents of absent children 'penalise struggling families'

News

Monday, March 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Government plans to strengthen school attendance regulations could “penalise struggling families”, professionals working with disadvantaged children have said.

Creating positive change

Blogs

Monday, March 11, 2024

| CYP Now

I recently had the privilege of being part of a panel of speakers at the Youth Justice Leaders Conference in Birmingham, taking questions on critical topics such as recruitment, workforce development, and improving diversity within the leadership and delivery of youth justice.

Council partners with NHS Trust to open specialist children’s home

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Monday, March 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Hertfordshire County Council has opened a new residential home for young people with complex mental health needs in partnership with a local NHS Trust.

Bradford: Outdoor centre to close as part of budget cuts

News

Monday, March 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Bradford councillors have agreed to sell off an outdoor residential centre for children as part of £40 million worth of cuts to its budget.

What has prison got to do with early years?

Blogs

Monday, March 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Many of you will have heard me say that the early years is a highly political space. We find ourselves addressing poverty, social services, education and housing and now I find myself within the social justice space, in particular, prisons.

Blanket approach to cost-of-living support 'impacting youth mental health'

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Friday, March 8, 2024

| CYP Now

The “one-size-fits-all approach” to supporting children through the cost-of-living crisis “overlooks the unique challenges faced by young people”, the Youth Select Committee’s new report has found.

Campaign aims to challenge foster care stereotypes

News

Thursday, March 7, 2024

| CYP Now

Foster Wales is working to amplify young people’s voice to challenge stereotypes and stigma faced by children in care.

Call to end deprivation of children’s liberty in unregulated settings

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

| CYP Now

The government is being called on to “urgently” halt the practice of using deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders to place vulnerable young people in unregulated settings.