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Longfield raises concerns over young carer support

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils' assessment needs to be improved, with a third of them rejected for support without even being checked, the children's commissioner for England has said.

Charities react to Cameron's desire to stigmatise absent fathers

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Monday, June 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Calls by David Cameron to give absent fathers a tough time have received a mixed response from leading charities.

Agencies should be offered financial incentive to invest in early intervention, claims taskforce

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

| CYP Now

The government should explore methods for sharing profits from early intervention work to encourage agencies to finance it, the first report of a new taskforce has said.

Longfield recruits Narey as children's commissioner adviser

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Friday, September 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Former Barnardo's chief executive Sir Martin Narey is one of several high profile figures that have been signed up to provide advice to children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield, it has been announced.

CYP Now 2018 Award winners unveiled

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Thursday, November 22, 2018

| CYP Now

The 2018 CYP Now Awards were revealed last night on a night of celebration and pride for the sector.

Chancellor slices £4bn from welfare budget

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Poor families will be hit hard by government plans to shave a further £4bn from the welfare bill in 2015/16, charities have warned.

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Parents could be forced to pay as much as £900-a-month if their children are taken into care, under plans announced by Worcestershire County Council.

Councils receive help to improve care leaver support

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Monday, September 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Innovative ways to support vulnerable young people leaving care are to be trialled as part of a government-funded project.

All primary school pupils to be taught about abuse

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Monday, September 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Volunteers will visit every primary school in the UK at least once every two years under plans to prevent abuse by teaching children about the issue.

Charity wants more specialist support for exploited children

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Monday, October 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Barnardo's is calling for more specialist support and care for sexually exploited children in care.

Haringey "missed opportunities" to prevent abuse of toddler

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Friday, October 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Police, social workers and medical staff could have prevented the abuse of a toddler at the hands of his family in Haringey, a report has found.

Daily roundup: child poverty, social work bonuses and apprenticeships

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Claims the government will miss its child poverty targets; Doncaster Council offers cash incentives to social workers; and the Sutton Trust calls for more apprenticeship places, all in the news today.

Tougher requirements for independent social work providers rejected

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Monday, October 28, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has dismissed calls to strengthen requirements for GP-style social work practices to employ registered social workers.

Cross-government strategy to support care leavers unveiled

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Staff in children's homes will receive better training to help young people leaving their placement as part of government plans to improve outcomes for care leavers.

New Year's Honours celebrate sector's work

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The chief executive of Family Action is among more than 100 people, including youth workers, foster carers and health professionals, awarded a New Year's honour in recognition of their work with children and young people.

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The chief executive of the National Children's Bureau is to step down after three years in charge, it has been announced.

Birmingham sees huge fall in identification of vulnerable children

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham Council is taking action to improve the way child protection tip-offs are acted on following a worrying drop in the numbers of children subject to protection plans.

Forced caesarean highlights complexity of child protection decisions, experts say

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Adoption experts say the placement with a new family of a child of a mentally ill Italian woman who had a forced caesarean is one of the most complex children's social workers have dealt with.

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.

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Inquiries into child deaths must be reformed so frontline practice can be improved to prevent further tragedies, a major study has concluded.

Government announces civil orders to tackle FGM

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Civil orders designed to prevent female genital mutilation (FGM) are to be created as part of a range of measures to tackle the issue, the government has announced.

Cameron extends Troubled Families programme to 500,000

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Monday, August 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of troubled families receiving intensive government support to turn their lives around is to be increased from 120,000 to 500,000.

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authority spending on children's social care has increased by more than five per cent in a single year, government figures show.

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

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Friday, September 12, 2014

| CYP Now

A group of local authorities will face Ofsted inspections on the way they deal with child sexual exploitation (CSE) in a bid to ensure services are up to scratch in the wake of the Rotherham scandal, CYP Now can reveal.

Councils look to unite to deliver children's social care, survey finds

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Monday, August 7, 2017

| CYP Now

A growing number of councils plan to join forces to run children's social care services, a government survey of children's services leaders has found.

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Longfield raises concerns over young carer support

Charities react to Cameron's desire to stigmatise absent fathers

Agencies should be offered financial incentive to invest in early intervention, claims taskforce

Longfield recruits Narey as children's commissioner adviser

CYP Now 2018 Award winners unveiled

Chancellor slices £4bn from welfare budget

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

Councils receive help to improve care leaver support

All primary school pupils to be taught about abuse

Charity wants more specialist support for exploited children

Haringey "missed opportunities" to prevent abuse of toddler

Daily roundup: child poverty, social work bonuses and apprenticeships

Tougher requirements for independent social work providers rejected

Cross-government strategy to support care leavers unveiled

New Year's Honours celebrate sector's work

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

Birmingham sees huge fall in identification of vulnerable children

Forced caesarean highlights complexity of child protection decisions, experts say

Minister reveals delay to trafficking victims' advocate pilots

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

Government announces civil orders to tackle FGM

Cameron extends Troubled Families programme to 500,000

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

Councils look to unite to deliver children's social care, survey finds

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