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Children's services leaders reject mandatory reporting

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Mandatory reporting will not address the current challenges in protecting children, organisations representing children's services leaders and local councils have warned.

Longfield recruits Narey as children's commissioner adviser

News

Friday, September 23, 2016

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.

Magistrates issue 'exemption clause' warning

News

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Magistrates have added their voice to fears that measures in the Children and Social Work Bill to allow councils to opt out of children's legislation will undermine the rights of vulnerable young people.

Longfield raises concerns over young carer support

News

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

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.

CSE victims to play central role improving services in Rotherham

News

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Rotherham Council is enlisting the help of victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE) to help it improve the way it tackles abuse in the town.

Guide to supporting deaf children

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Monday, May 11, 2015

Chris Kang-Mullen explains what councils need to do to meet their duties to support deaf children.

Legal Update: Court Report - Dental X-rays in age assessments

Other

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Family reunification for child refugees

Other

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Stewart MacLachlan considers recent case law that may allow some refugee children to apply to be reunited with their parents or siblings.

Ask the Experts: Stand up for young people's rights

Other

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Our panel offers advice on helping young people accused of theft, CSE prevention, improving resilience and clearing nursery clutter.

Children's commissioner sets out her priorities for improving young lives

Other

Monday, July 6, 2015

Anne Longfield outlines her plans to shape the policy agenda in five key areas including children's use of the internet, tackling child abuse, overcoming inequalities, looked-after children and better cross-government working.

Housing benefit axe could drive up youth homelessness, warns YMCA

News

Friday, June 19, 2015

Plans to withdraw housing benefit for 18- to 21-year-olds threatens to decimate efforts to tackle youth homelessness and unemployment, YMCA England has warned.

Minister reveals delay to trafficking victims' advocate pilots

News

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

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.

Voice for the vulnerable: Carolyne Willow, director of Article 39

Other

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Jess Brown meets Carolyne Willow, director of Article 39.

Daily roundup: 400 primary academies, 'secret' database, and school exclusions

Other

Monday, November 12, 2012

Plans to turn 400 primary schools into academies announced, concerns over "secret" database of children's details, and the number of special educational needs exclusions rises in Wales, all in the news roundup today.

European human rights body calls for urgent action on youth custody safety

News

Thursday, April 20, 2017

The Council of Europe has called on the British government to take urgent action to improve the safety of young people held in custody.

How child refugees from Calais received help to start a new life

Analysis

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

When the UK committed to home refugee children amid the closure of the Calais migrant camp, organisations like Catch22 were asked to help handle reception arrangements. Chris Wright explains the work it did in Devon.

DfE places emergency limits on adoption support

News

Thursday, October 6, 2016

The amount of money families with adopted children will be able to claim for therapeutic support is being capped with immediate effect due to unexpected levels of demand, the Department for Education (DfE) has said.

Educational psychologists demand UK-wide smacking ban

News

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Smacking is harmful to children's mental health and a UK-wide ban should be introduced, the organisation representing educational psychologists, has said.

Prisons inspector seeks action on ‘distressing' immigration removal process

News

Friday, May 30, 2014

More should be done to make the process of removing families and children from the UK less distressing, the chief inspector of prisons has said.

Legal Update: Staying put arrangements

Other

Monday, May 26, 2014

Noel Arnold, director of legal practice at Coram Children's Legal Centre, discusses changes to the law that give children in care the chance to stay with their foster families until they turn 21.

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Children's services leaders reject mandatory reporting

Longfield recruits Narey as children's commissioner adviser

Magistrates issue 'exemption clause' warning

Longfield raises concerns over young carer support

CSE victims to play central role improving services in Rotherham

Guide to supporting deaf children

Legal Update: Court Report - Dental X-rays in age assessments

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Family reunification for child refugees

Ask the Experts: Stand up for young people's rights

Children's commissioner sets out her priorities for improving young lives

Housing benefit axe could drive up youth homelessness, warns YMCA

Minister reveals delay to trafficking victims' advocate pilots

Voice for the vulnerable: Carolyne Willow, director of Article 39

Daily roundup: 400 primary academies, 'secret' database, and school exclusions

European human rights body calls for urgent action on youth custody safety

How child refugees from Calais received help to start a new life

DfE places emergency limits on adoption support

Educational psychologists demand UK-wide smacking ban

Prisons inspector seeks action on ‘distressing' immigration removal process

Legal Update: Staying put arrangements

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