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<img alt="Youth homelessness: Councils refuse support in more than half of cases" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/e17a55e7-9db8-4bbe-bf89-580f840ab588/2/centrepointhostel-320x198.jpg" />
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Research carried out by homelessness charity Centrepoint, based on responses from English councils to Freedom of Information requests, found that 52 per cent of 16- to 24-year-olds asking for help because...
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Published: 12 November 2018
<img alt="Health visitor numbers 'below safe level'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/5c32b204-ebb5-498c-a5ac-46bac3b53168/4/ScreenShot20170413at161728-320x198.png" />
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The institute, which was established in 2012 to strengthen the quality of practice, said NHS data shows that the number of health visitors employed has fallen by more than 20 per cent between October 2015,...
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Published: 12 November 2018
<img alt="Economists urge private tuition for children in care to close attainment gap" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/225bdb64-1c3c-4d79-bb55-7f9b79a6527b/3/PupilBehaviourElenathewiseAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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A study conducted by Pro Bono Economics found that commissioning extra support for children in care, on a payment-by-results basis, has the potential to address a gap in attainment with their peers and...
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Published: 9 November 2018
<img alt="Parents denied time with dying baby due to child protection failings" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/1c087d00-97da-4a5f-94af-b6e1f6480bd0/5/ScreenShot20170113at122634-320x198.png" />
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The Local Government Ombudsman Michael King said York Council poorly handled the case in which supervision arrangements were placed on the parents after injuries were discovered when they took him to hospital...
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Published: 8 November 2018
<img alt="MPs launch inquiry into children's services funding" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/3d75bccf-ab2e-413a-a09f-783ba39b7048/2/CliveBetts-320x198.jpg" />
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The inquiry, which is being conducted by the housing, communities and local government select committee, will hear evidence from people working in the sector about whether they are able to fulfil their...
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Published: 8 November 2018
<img alt="'Outstanding' council issues blunt warning over impact of proposed cuts" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/9dbe35dc-5812-4f14-877d-260cf413f414/3/StuartGallimoreADCS-320x198.jpg" />
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East Sussex County Council has delivered the warning as the council considers council-wide funding reductions, including cuts to programmes aimed at avoiding care proceedings and keeping families together....
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Published: 8 November 2018
<img alt="Government unveils secure school plans" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b769b36d-14fc-4c65-a994-6e4ce6d73c58/2/ScreenShot20181108at111219-320x198.png" />
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The government has set aside £5m to redevelop the Medway Secure Training Centre, near Rochester, into the first secure school for young offenders, with more purpose-built secure schools planned for coming...
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Published: 8 November 2018
<img alt="Future of early help 'under serious threat'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/f76b367f-f6b6-442f-897e-5f4768f1eb65/4/EarlyHelpZoomTeamAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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The Association of Directors of Children's Services annual Safeguarding Pressures research found that an estimated 2.4 million initial contacts were made to children's social care in 2017/18, a 78 per...
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Published: 7 November 2018
<img alt="Government appoints Mims Davies as youth minister " src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/be126b48-50fc-41ee-9605-22708cee0ea7/2/Capture-320x198.png" />
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Her appointment follows the resignation last week of Tracey Crouch, who left the job saying she was unhappy with the government delaying measures to reduce maximum stakes on fixed-odds betting terminals....
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Published: 6 November 2018