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Daycare Trust's Alison Garnham to join Child Poverty Action Group

Thursday, July 22, 2010

| CYP Now

Daycare Trust chief executive Alison Garnham is to quit to take up the same role with the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG).

DfE efforts to improve child protection 'yet to succeed', watchdog finds

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

| CYP Now

Attempts by the Department for Education to improve child protection services have so far failed to get standards to a "good enough" level, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said.

Chief inspectors criticise services for looked-after children

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

| CYP Now

Looked-after children are not receiving good-enough support, according to a report by a group of chief inspectors.

BASW highlights 'national scandal' of children's social work in Munro review submission

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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

| CYP Now

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has described children's social work in England as "a national scandal" in its formal response to Professor Eileen Munro's review of the child protection system.

ChildLine report exposes children's concerns about parents' drinking

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Friday, August 13, 2010

| CYP Now

More than 4,000 children who rang ChildLine last year said they were worried about their parents' excessive drinking, according to the charity's latest report.

Visa restrictions putting children at risk, says agency

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Monday, August 16, 2010

| CYP Now

Recent restrictions on the number of migrant workers given permission to work in the UK is putting thousands of children at risk, according to a recruitment agency providing specialist public sector workers.

Call for clampdown on 'needless' arrests of girls

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

| CYP Now

A prison campaign group has called for police to deal with more girls informally, suggesting that tens of thousands are arrested needlessly each year.

Views sought on preventing child sexual exploitation

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Monday, July 21, 2008

| CYP Now

A consultation on how to stamp out the sexual exploitation of children has been launched by the government.

Individual budget pilots struggle to attract education funding for famillies with disabled children

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Thursday, August 26, 2010

| CYP Now

A government pilot aiming to give families of disabled children control over money allocated to them struggled to get funding from education sources, according to an evaluation.

Fosterer fees key to easing carer shortage, claims think-tank

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Foster carers should be given an annual fee with the most experienced being paid a formal salary, a think-tank has claimed.

LGA suggests funding changes to encourage more social workers

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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

| CYP Now

The Local Government Association (LGA) is proposing changes to the structure of children's service funding to help councils employ more social workers.

Cap on expert social work witness fees will be untenable, warns social work association

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Family courts are being warned they face an exodus of expert social work witnesses in May when their fees are capped.

Councils pioneer joint director of children's services role

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Halton Borough Council's director of children's services is set to be the first in the country to carry out the role across two local authorities.

National strategy needed to reduce risk for runaway children

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Thursday, March 17, 2011

| CYP Now

A government minister must take responsibility for runaway children and drive a national strategy to improve support for children at risk on the streets in the UK it has been agreed.

One in ten children abused in UK

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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

| CYP Now

One in ten children in the UK are abused every year but less than a tenth of that number are investigated by child protection services, according to the latest research published in leading medical journal The Lancet.

High Court set to hear Shoesmith appeal

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Sunday, March 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Sharon Shoesmith is set to begin her appeal against the High Court ruling that upheld the decision to sack her in the aftermath of the Peter Connelly case.

BBC documentary exposes poor support for struggling parents, claims charity

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

| CYP Now

A BBC 2 documentary following the day-to-day work of a Bristol Council child protection team revealed a lack of support for the parents featured in the programme, a family advocacy charity has warned.

Action for Children in debut ad campaign

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Friday, December 19, 2008

| CYP Now

Charity Action for Children will launch its first-ever advertising campaign in the New Year.

Children's services directors honoured in new year list

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Thursday, January 1, 2009

| CYP Now

Hampshire's director of children's services John Coughlan and Dudley DCS John Freeman are among more than 100 people honoured for their work with children and young people this new year.

UK 'continues to fail children on wellbeing'

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| CYP Now

The UK continues to be among the worst performing developed countries for children's wellbeing, according to Save the Children.

UK-based paedophile network smashed

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Sunday, May 8, 2011

| CYP Now

A joint operation between the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) and Lincolnshire Police has uncovered a UK-based paedophile network.

Judge calls on councils to review support for homeless teenagers

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Councils are being urged to improve their support for homeless teenagers, following a damning Court of Appeal judgment against Lambeth Council.

YJB resolves dispute over funding for social workers in YOIs

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

| CYP Now

Funding for social worker posts in young offender institutions (YOIs) has been agreed, ending two years of uncertainty over the positions, CYP Now can reveal.

Bill "may penalise disabled children's parents"

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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

| CYP Now

A campaign group has raised concerns about the Welfare Reform Bill's impact on parents of disabled children, as it has its second reading in the House of Commons today.

Agreement reached over College of Social Work

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Thursday, May 19, 2011

| CYP Now

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has ended its spat with The College of Social Work.

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Daycare Trust's Alison Garnham to join Child Poverty Action Group

DfE efforts to improve child protection 'yet to succeed', watchdog finds

Chief inspectors criticise services for looked-after children

BASW highlights 'national scandal' of children's social work in Munro review submission

ChildLine report exposes children's concerns about parents' drinking

Visa restrictions putting children at risk, says agency

Call for clampdown on 'needless' arrests of girls

Views sought on preventing child sexual exploitation

Individual budget pilots struggle to attract education funding for famillies with disabled children

Fosterer fees key to easing carer shortage, claims think-tank

LGA suggests funding changes to encourage more social workers

Cap on expert social work witness fees will be untenable, warns social work association

Councils pioneer joint director of children's services role

National strategy needed to reduce risk for runaway children

One in ten children abused in UK

High Court set to hear Shoesmith appeal

BBC documentary exposes poor support for struggling parents, claims charity

Action for Children in debut ad campaign

Children's services directors honoured in new year list

UK 'continues to fail children on wellbeing'

UK-based paedophile network smashed

Judge calls on councils to review support for homeless teenagers

YJB resolves dispute over funding for social workers in YOIs

Bill "may penalise disabled children's parents"

Agreement reached over College of Social Work

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