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Councils rise to minister's challenge on care leaver support

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:35:04 +0100

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Independent living

Nearly two thirds of local authorities are providing care leavers with grants of at least £2,000 to help them set up home after children’s minister Edward Timpson called on them to boost levels of support.

Birth registration could be ‘game changer’ for children's centres, says MP

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:54:00 +0100

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Baby with carer

The Department for Education is to assess whether children's centres that offer birth registration engage with more parents, according to an MP who wants the practice extended.

Daily roundup: parental mental health, obesity guidance, and child trafficking

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:01:50 +0100

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voices

Researchers find parental depression link to child cardiovascular problems, NICE issues obesity advice to local authorities, and human rights watchdog questions the prosecution of a trafficked child, all in the news today

Free schools for children with complex problems gain approval

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:00 +0100

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education secretary michael gove

Free schools for children and young people with complex mental health problems, an autism diagnosis and special educational needs have been approved by the government.

NDNA and DfE to trial early years ratios

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:24:00 +0100

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Early years setting

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) is to trial rarely used maximum child-to-staff ratios in early years settings as part of a Department for Education-funded project.

Students fail to engage with university counselling services

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:33:10 +0100

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Educational psychologist

Students are failing to turn to university support and advice services for help with mental health problems, new research shows.

Girls in gangs ‘face greater mental health risks’

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:23:00 +0100

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Girls with links to gangs are the most vulnerable group in the youth justice system, a study has found.

Sports funding boost for London youth clubs

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:14:00 +0100

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Young people playing football

Sixty London youth clubs will offer more young people sporting activities thanks to National Lottery funding.

Parents back schools to teach about dangers of online porn

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:02:00 +0100

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Child at computer with adult

Both primary and secondary schools should play a major role in teaching children about the dangers of online pornography, new research suggests.

Fundraising skills added to youth work degree syllabus

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:41:00 +0100

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youth work students

A university has added fundraising skills and working with carers and families to the list of subjects students must pass to gain a youth work degree.

Howard League attacks scale of child DNA swabs

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:57:00 +0100

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Cotton swab

Police have taken more than 120,000 DNA samples from children and young people in the space of two years, it has emerged.

Minister announces foster care support for councils

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:28:14 +0100

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Edward Timpson

A new package of support to help local authorities attract and retain foster carers has been unveiled by the government.

Fast-track social work programme to recruit top graduates

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:55:00 +0100

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A controversial fast-track training programme for social workers will launch next year, the government has announced.

Pacey retreats from childminder training project

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:35:00 +0100

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Childcare

The Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (Pacey) has pulled out of a government-funded project with charity Barnardo’s to train unemployed parents to become childminders.

Child maintenance changes threaten children's wellbeing, warns charity

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:53:43 +0100

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A foster mum and her child

The welfare of children whose parents have separated could be put at risk if proposed changes to how child maintenance payments are monitored go ahead, a charity has warned.

MoJ shelves plans to transfer custody budgets

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:36:00 +0100

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Young offender completing a community punishment

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has no plans to devolve the cost of youth custody to local authorities once a high-profile pilot project finishes this year, it has emerged.

LGA slams council inspection framework

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:52:08 +0100

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Ofsted

Ofsted’s new inspection framework for councils has been branded “inappropriate and inadequate” by the Local Government Association (LGA).

Legal guide a 'missed opportunity' says school governors' leader

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:52:00 +0100

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children in a school classroom

Guidance intended to help school governors provide strong strategic leadership will make little difference to their work, a school governors' leader has warned.

Childcare reforms based on outdated models, say critics

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:33:00 +0100

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Childcare

Early years academics have criticised the government's approach to childcare reforms, saying it is drawing on outdated models for inspiration.

College sounds warning on fostering-for-adoption plans

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:38:00 +0100

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Adopted twins

Government plans to speed up the adoption process could undermine efforts to place looked-after children with family members and potentially harm child welfare, The College of Social Work has said.

‘Mini’ inspections reveal mixed picture for YOTs

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:03:28 +0100

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Youth offending team

Three youth offending teams have been praised following "mini" inspections as part of a new system of rating work with young offenders.

Payment-by-results cuts demand on youth justice services

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:38:11 +0100

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Youth in court

Incentive payment programmes being trialled in youth justice have reduced demand on offender services in their first year of operation, new figures show.

4Children unveils plans for community childcare hubs

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:01:16 +0100

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Childcare provision in six communities across England is to be supported by a system of hubs as part of a government-funded trial.

Troubled families initiative misses first-year target

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:54:00 +0100

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Councils have missed a first-year target for the number of families they worked with under the government’s flagship troubled families initiative.

Speech and language teaching enhances pupils' reading

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:55:24 +0100

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children special educational needs SEN speech language I CAN

Primary schools trialling a programme that encourages speech and communication teaching have seen pupils' reading progress improve significantly, a study has found.

Fostering Network reveals extent of placement breakdown

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:32:03 +0100

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A shortage of foster carers is resulting in placements breaking down and children moving too frequently between different families, it has been claimed.

Parish councils fill youth work void

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:47:32 +0100

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Parish councils are stepping in to provide youth services where local authority budget cuts have reduced provision, according to a youth sector leader.

YOI child-to-staff ratio to rise

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:52:00 +0100

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Staff in some young offender institutions will have to oversee more young people under plans developed by the Prison Service, CYP Now can exclusively reveal.

LGA fears children's centre closures if cuts continue

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:35:00 +0100

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Children’s centres, libraries and sports centres will all be at risk of closure if central government makes significant further cuts to council budgets, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

DfE announces voluntary sector funding

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:37:00 +0100

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Key workers help parents connect to services

Promotion of adoption 'parties' and connecting vulnerable young people with arts and cultural facilities are among the projects that have received government voluntary sector funding.