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Education is key to tackling rise in child harmful sexual behaviour

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| CYP Now

You only have to take a brief glance through the Everyone’s Invited list of UK schools where pupils have experienced sexual harassment and assault to understand that child-on-child sexual abuse is rife.

Kinship carers call for investment in spring budget

News

Monday, February 26, 2024

| CYP Now

A group of Kinship carers has written to the Treasury's Chief Secretary Laura Trott calling for more financial help to be allocated to those in the role at next week's spring budget.

Council to review special guardianship payments after ombudsman highlights error

News

Thursday, February 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Devon County Council has agreed to review how it calculated allowances given to nearly 300 families who look after children as special guardians, following an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO).

Compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse 'must be properly funded'

News

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

| CYP Now

The Home Secretary's plans to push through a law requiring professionals working with young people to report child sexual abuse must be "properly funded and resourced" before being implemented, sector leaders have said.

Documentary series to offer ‘unseen’ glimpse of life in children’s homes

News

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

| CYP Now

The Children’s Homes Association (CHA) has released the trailer for its series of short documentary films in a bid to “reset the narrative” around residential care for children.

Children’s services leaders call for cross-government childhood strategy

News

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

| CYP Now

A long-term strategy for childhood overseen by a government Department for Children is needed to mitigate the impact of political uncertainty and underfunding for children and family services, sector leaders have said.

Care experience celebrated as 80 councils pass protected characteristic motion

News

Friday, February 16, 2024

| CYP Now

Cambridge City Council has become the 80th council to recognise care experience as a protected characteristic as care-experienced young people across the world were celebrated on Care Day 2024.

Housing association under fire over ‘no care leavers’ advert

News

Friday, February 16, 2024

| CYP Now

One of England’s largest affordable housing and care providers in England has apologised after publishing a property advert which banned care leavers from applying.

Sexual abuse focused child protection plans fall despite increasing cases

News

Thursday, February 15, 2024

| CYP Now

The number of plans put in place by councils to protect children from sexual abuse has dropped despite the number of recorded cases increasing, analysis has found.

Ofsted rates Tameside ‘inadequate’ amid rising caseloads

News

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

| CYP Now

Tameside Council’s children’s services has been handed Ofsted’s lowest rating after an inspection found concerns around rising caseloads, an “over reliance” on temporary staff and “serious failures” in protecting children.

The silent struggle of asylum-seeking children

Opinion

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

| CYP Now

In the heart of the debate surrounding the Safety of Rwanda Bill and amidst the heated discussions on immigration policy, it’s critical that we keep our attention firmly on the vulnerable children and young people seeking refuge within our borders.

Ofsted criticises council over ‘inadequate experiences and progress of care leavers’

News

Friday, February 9, 2024

| CYP Now

Peterborough's children’s services have been rated “inadequate” by Ofsted, partly due to its lack of support for care leavers and a “lack of sufficient leadership focus”.

DfE releases second round of funding for migrant children mentoring scheme

News

Thursday, February 8, 2024

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has released a new tranche of funding to enable local authorities to deliver mentoring programmes to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

Dorset to trial early help scheme to avoid children being taken into care

News

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

| CYP Now

A pilot scheme to offer early help to families where there is a risk of children being taken into care is to launch in Dorset.

Local Spotlight: Bolton Council

Best Practice

Thursday, February 1, 2024

| CYP Now

Despite budget squeezes and high child poverty rates, North West council’s children’s services is achieving high standards.

Trauma-informed practice in residential child care settings

Best Practice

Thursday, February 1, 2024

| CYP Now

Drawing on 75 years’ experience, the Mulberry Bush Organisation has developed a range of training programmes for staff working with children who have, or are, experiencing early life trauma.

Consultation launches on statutory guidance for council use of agency social workers

News

Thursday, February 1, 2024

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has launched a four-week consultation on new statutory guidance for the use of agency social workers by local authority children’s services.

Young care-experienced parents build confidence in developing support networks

Best Practice

Thursday, February 1, 2024

| CYP Now

Care-experienced parents are using their voice to get support and help with professional development in Hertfordshire.

Liverpool’s ‘inadequate’ children’s services improving, says Ofsted

News

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| CYP Now

Ofsted has welcomed measures being taken by Liverpool City Council to improve its children’s services, which were rated as “inadequate” in May last year.

Call for greater involvement of children’s social care in local health plans

News

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| CYP Now

A lack of joined up working with children’s social care and education settings is contributing to inconsistencies in addressing the needs of babies, children and young people in local health plans, according to research.

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