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<img alt="Demand for child trafficking advocates higher than expected" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/d3dac7bf-74ac-49b0-a623-ef6f016e0c45/1/creditrobinhammondunaccompaniedasylumseeker-320x198.jpg" />
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The Home Office-commissioned independent child trafficking advocates (ICTAs) service, which was introduced in three early adopter sites in January 2017, received a total of 215 referrals within the first...
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Published: 2 August 2018
<img alt="Pace of progress 'too slow' at 'inadequate' council" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/280657a8-5b55-4c89-a2ba-0e0ab0d98b0c/3/ScreenShot20170904at151432-320x198.png" />
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Inspectors that undertook a quarterly monitoring visit of Croydon Council last month found that management oversight of social work practice is too variable, care plans are not being progressed in a timely...
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cypn
Published: 2 August 2018
<img alt="Young carers facing lonely summer, warn charities" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/41d5eada-1e27-4d20-a773-1e8d8db341d6/0/youngcarercreditnevillechadwick-320x198.jpg" />
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The research, published by Action for Children and Carers Trust which surveyed 270 young carers in June and July, found the time they spent at home performing caring duties was the equivalent of losing...
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cypn
Published: 2 August 2018
<img alt="LGA: Give NCS cash to councils to fund year-round youth work" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/a4d55d35-094a-4bc7-a13e-389eccaf2b89/2/nationalcitizenservice-320x198.jpg" />
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Since 2010, spending by councils on services for young people has reduced by 40 per cent, cutting £260m from youth work budgets and resulting in the closure of 600 youth centres across England. The...
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cypn
Published: 2 August 2018
<img alt="Government to invest in school nurseries in deprived areas" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/1679ecd2-3d17-417d-83f0-8e040236a3cb/2/ruthfryreceptionteacherpreprepreceptionclass-320x198.jpg" />
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The plans, unveiled by Education Secretary Damian Hinds, will see "successful" schools bid for a share of a £30m funding pot to develop nursery facilities so they can increase their pre-school pupil numbers....
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cypn
Published: 1 August 2018
<img alt="National unit calls for clarity over true scale of child sexual abuse" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6e3858b3-8543-4864-9f08-c45bf67ee9b2/5/CassiHarrisonCentreofExpertiseonCSA-320x198.jpg" />
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A study by the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse found that despite increasing awareness of child sexual abuse, in part due to high profile cases, measuring the precise scale of the crime remains...
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Published: 1 August 2018
<img alt="In the August edition of CYP Now: Families in crisis, youth work impact, and school exclusions" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/1a6e50ed-7e29-4a6e-be34-45ad7577218a/3/InThisIssueAugust2018-320x198.jpg" />
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The Instant Response Team - winner of the 2017 CYP Now award for public sector children's team of the year - works to prevent children being taken into care.
The Special Report: Youth Work Impact takes...
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cypn
Published: 31 July 2018
<img alt="More children going hungry in school holidays, survey finds" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/3bd7c98d-4c62-4841-ad05-71b712d83859/2/295adc0aefbe5af01a3dca7dc6fb21fejpg-320x198.jpg" />
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A survey of 657 secondary school teachers by the National Education Union (NEU) found that teachers thought holiday hunger is affecting more children now than three years ago and there is a strong concern...
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cypn
Published: 31 July 2018
<img alt="Medical leaders warn of 'extreme shortage' of community child health doctors" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/3dbbae32-bc69-4e5f-ae51-9760d12881ad/4/ChildprotectionXixinxingShutterstock-320x198.jpg" />
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A workforce survey carried out by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) found that just 9.6 per cent of newly trained paediatricians take up a post in community child health - roles...
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Published: 31 July 2018