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<img alt="Early years providers 'face £500m childcare funding shortfall'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/4c54741c-e715-452a-8a89-30532e8c08a4/1/meninchildcaredavidstephens-320x198.JPG" />
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Independent research by Ceeda, billed as the first significant analysis of childcare and funding costs since the extension of free childcare last September, found a shortfall for a range of initiatives,...
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Published: 25 May 2018
<img alt="BASW urges technology overhaul to free up time for children's social workers" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/18e3da44-1a98-4c39-a7d3-af3d036195ae/4/TechnologyRawpixelcomAdobeStock109280132-320x198.jpg" />
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The organisation said social workers currently spend 80 per cent of their time on paperwork, and only 20 per cent with families, but hopes a range of "practical solutions" it has identified can help to...
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Published: 24 May 2018
<img alt="SEN reforms: Sharp increase in number of children refused support" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b46c7bb3-b00a-49c9-88f3-8119fab2bcc0/1/schoolluciecarlier180712-320x198.jpg" />
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In 2015 a total of 1,090 of the 29,015 children assessed by councils (3.76 per cent) were denied an education, health and care (EHC) plan after being deemed not to require one.
Latest Department for...
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Published: 24 May 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 24 May: Troubled Families, live-streaming, and forced marriage" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/00b642f9-3d80-43ab-9e34-72872c89aa62/2/25b6299f9d538122eeccc56a76fb1be4jpg-320x198.jpg" />
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Former Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith had "issues" with the government's flagship Troubled Families programme, he has told MPs. The BBC reports that Duncan Smith said he thought it was "a...
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Published: 24 May 2018
<img alt="Government selects Prince's Trust chief to lead Social Mobility Commission" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/7587d686-4a63-4df1-a31c-c879f3c8e49a/3/ScreenShot20180523at162807-320x198.png" />
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The announcement has been made in the government's response to a report on the future of the commission published in March by the education select committee.
The committee's report says the commission,...
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Published: 23 May 2018
<img alt="Innovation fund to help children of alcoholics opens to councils" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/50e8ac7b-66a1-4771-bdc9-c59a355226c3/3/AlcoholJimVarneyPosedByModel-320x198.jpg" />
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The fund, which is being bankrolled by the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Work and Pensions, and managed by Public Health England, will be available for up to eight local authorities....
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Published: 23 May 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 23 May: Sugar reduction, grammar schools, and peer support" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/1f826b35-cfb8-4dd4-889d-d97461002905/3/pictureMorguefile-320x198.png" />
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Sugar levels in puddings, biscuits and chocolate have not been cut despite a government crackdown on sweet treats. The BBC reports that Public Health England (PHE) has set a target of reducing the sugar...
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Published: 23 May 2018
<img alt="Government advisers call for boost to care leaver support" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/fa1e535a-c4a7-4087-aebe-dc368dad6d94/1/careleaverpicturebyalexdeverill-320x198.jpg" />
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The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) report into young people living independently found that care leavers are the group most likely to have housing problems.
One in five of the 12,000 young...
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Published: 23 May 2018
<img alt="Inspectors praise council for maintaining 'good' children's services" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/434dd226-7d10-4f49-9a59-db49d7dd0257/4/ScreenShot20170927at121307-320x198.png" />
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Ofsted said that a multi-agency inspection conducted in 2016 found that financial cutbacks and a significant rise in demand had resulted in a deterioration in the quality of support Oxfordshire County...
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Published: 22 May 2018