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School absence rates show significant fall

Thursday, June 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is claiming victory for its tough love approach to tackling truancy, after latest figures show a drop in the overall and persistent absentee rates of pupils.

YJB to investigate safer restraint techniques

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Friday, May 23, 2014

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is carrying out two reviews into ways of making physical restraint in young offender settings safer and pain free.

Custody spending to be slashed by Youth Justice Board

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is to slash funding for youth custody by £56m this year but has pledged to protect community and youth offending team (YOT) budgets.

Councils should prioritise support for young drug users

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities are being urged to prioritise drug abuse support for young people from the age of 10, in latest guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

Opposition to outsourcing of child protection gathers pace

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Monday, May 19, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 8,000 people have signed a petition condemning government plans to outsource child protection services.

Regional network to help boost adoption numbers

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Monday, May 19, 2014

| CYP Now

A network of regional adoption leadership boards is being created to assist national efforts to improve recruitment in the sector.

Custody threshold must be raised after small fall in child detention, say campaigners

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth custody figures are unlikely to come down further until the government legislates to raise the threshold for imprisonment, according to prison reform campaigners.

Call for more continuity in youth court system

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Young offenders should be assigned a magistrate who monitors their rehabilitation and deals with any subsequent offences, a criminal justice expert has said.

Minister reveals delay to trafficking victims' advocate pilots

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

| CYP Now

A pilot to provide independent advocates to child trafficking victims will take place in 23 councils from September, two months after it was originally planned to go live.

Most councils report fall in care applications

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The majority of English councils have recorded an annual drop in the number of children in care applications, according to figures released by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass).

School admissions guidance clarifies councils' duties on summer-born children

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has updated guidance on school admissions for summer-born children to ensure parents have a greater say on when their child enters reception class.

Campaign aims to challenge misconceptions over who can foster

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Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly three quarters of people believe they would not be accepted as foster carers, with gay, lesbian, retired, young adults and single people among the most pessimistic about their chances, according to a survey.

Social workers' leader criticises Troubled Families programme

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

| CYP Now

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has hit out at the government's Troubled Families programme for failing to deliver "sustained change" for participants.

Under-5s to be targeted as part of early intervention crime scheme

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Police in the West Midlands will work with vulnerable children aged five and under as part of an initiative being launched in conjunction with the Early Intervention Foundation.

Campaigners call for end to B&B use for care leavers

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Friday, May 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities should be banned from using bed and breakfasts to house young care leavers, while post-care accommodation should be regulated by Ofsted, MPs have been told.

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The effectiveness of a specialist court to tackle parental substance misuse could be undermined as a result of the introduction of the 26-week care proceedings target, academics have warned.

‘Decision fatigue' blights social work practice

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Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's social workers avoid making decisions later in the working day due to mental exhaustion, an analysis of child protection practitioners' behaviour has shown.

Daily roundup: Inspections, sex education, and child health

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Cafcass gets "good" rating from Ofsted; role of PSHE to be assessed by MPs; and government consults on allowing schools to keep spare asthma inhalers, all in the news today.

Children to lose court anonymity at 18

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Children could be deterred from giving evidence in court cases and young offenders could have their rehabilitation harmed as a result of a legal ruling that will allow them to be named publicly once they turn 18.

Birmingham criticised for failing to meet autistic boy's needs

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham City Council has been rebuked by the Local Government Ombudsman for failing to provide support to the mother of an autistic boy whose violent behaviour was deemed to be of "considerable risk" to others.

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School absence rates show significant fall

YJB to investigate safer restraint techniques

Custody spending to be slashed by Youth Justice Board

Councils should prioritise support for young drug users

Opposition to outsourcing of child protection gathers pace

Regional network to help boost adoption numbers

Custody threshold must be raised after small fall in child detention, say campaigners

Call for more continuity in youth court system

Minister reveals delay to trafficking victims' advocate pilots

Most councils report fall in care applications

School admissions guidance clarifies councils' duties on summer-born children

Campaign aims to challenge misconceptions over who can foster

Social workers' leader criticises Troubled Families programme

Under-5s to be targeted as part of early intervention crime scheme

Campaigners call for end to B&B use for care leavers

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

‘Decision fatigue' blights social work practice

Daily roundup: Inspections, sex education, and child health

Children to lose court anonymity at 18

Birmingham criticised for failing to meet autistic boy's needs

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