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Child gamblers: How and why are children gambling?
<img alt="Child gamblers: How and why are children gambling?" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/8ee82328-79c7-4c61-91bb-24cda9e61e9a/2/AdobeStock79540582-320x198.jpeg" /> <p> The Gambling Commission study found 14 per cent of the more than 2,800 11- to 16-year-olds it studied had gambled within the week before being surveyed - equating to 450,000 of the full 11-16 population... </p>
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Published: 21 November 2018
Domestic abuse victims to have priority for social housing
<img alt="Domestic abuse victims to have priority for social housing" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6c66031f-e976-48fc-93e2-209d76d484f0/3/e2f39489980accd42721a62253a80610gif-320x198.gif" /> <p> Under updated statutory guidance the government is calling on councils to ensure that victims in refuges and other temporary housing are prioritised for social housing places. This would help victims... </p>
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Published: 21 November 2018
Mental health: Study calls for all schools to appoint 'head of wellbeing'
<img alt="Mental health: Study calls for all schools to appoint &#39;head of wellbeing&#39;" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/89efd16b-0311-47ca-88bf-6cf7458b166f/3/nuffieldhealthreportwellbeinginschools15-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Nuffield Health said evidence from a trial of the role in a secondary school in Oxfordshire, shows that a head of wellbeing can improve the health of both pupils and staff and instil long-term healthy... </p>
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Published: 20 November 2018
Ofsted praises work to keep children at home but warns of danger of 'naive' practice
<img alt="Ofsted praises work to keep children at home but warns of danger of &#39;naive&#39; practice" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/8ef2161d-9188-426f-8f34-31da6b7f56dc/3/ScreenShot20181121at114358-320x198.png" /> <p> A full inspection of children's services in Hertfordshire rated provision as "good" overall. Inspectors noted that the council's Family Safeguarding initiative, one of three programmes set to be rolled... </p>
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Published: 20 November 2018
Neglect accounts for almost one third of calls to NSPCC
<img alt="Neglect accounts for almost one third of calls to NSPCC" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/a59f9216-29b2-4281-a1a2-bf09aa3b8149/1/peterwanlessnspcc012-320x198.JPG" /> <p> In 2017/18 trained phone counsellors received 66,067 calls and emails from people across the UK and Channel Islands concerned about a child's welfare, of which 19,937 reported neglect - 31 per cent of... </p>
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Published: 19 November 2018
Young people's access to work experience 'remains patchy and inconsistent'
<img alt="Young people&#39;s access to work experience &#39;remains patchy and inconsistent&#39;" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/abee0549-17ce-4cde-ac25-1ca422a17aac/2/ScreenShot20181119at122948-320x198.png" /> <p> A report by the group of 11- to 18-year-olds, following an inquiry on the issue, has called on the government to hand education inspectorate Ofsted a new duty to inspect the organisation charged with delivering... </p>
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Published: 19 November 2018
Councils reluctant to 'buy-in' to regional adoption agencies, evaluation finds
<img alt="Councils reluctant to &#39;buy-in&#39; to regional adoption agencies, evaluation finds" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/217d9a44-1f59-4f03-b839-dd713c3cee94/1/adoptionmorguefile-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Provisions set out in the Children and Social Work Act 2017 require all councils to be part of an agency by 2020, with the aim of bringing together council and voluntary adoption agency expertise and resources,... </p>
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Published: 16 November 2018
Zahawi announces plans to extend DfE innovation projects to more councils
<img alt="Zahawi announces plans to extend DfE innovation projects to more councils" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/496729cc-2fad-4e70-ba42-ecfae9b9cad7/5/NadhimZahawi-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Speaking at the National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCASC) this week, Zahawi said a number of projects tested through the £200m Children's Social Care Innovation Programme since 2013 are "starting... </p>
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Published: 16 November 2018
Revised youth justice guidelines 'risk poorer outcomes'
<img alt="Revised youth justice guidelines &#39;risk poorer outcomes&#39;" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/c8be09b8-37f9-471a-a0b6-504a164429cd/1/6477a12cb8bc83f5cef8e2d9056bade5gif-320x198.gif" /> <p> The current framework, published in 2013, features 10 standards in a 50-page document, but under proposals put out to consultation by the Youth Justice Board, these will be condensed into four standards,... </p>
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Published: 16 November 2018