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<img alt="Care improves life for two thirds of children, study finds" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/1c004053-eaca-44b9-9e1b-d61c28dc014d/4/Careandadoptionnastia1983AdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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A study of children subject to a care order across five local authority areas tracked how their outcomes changed over a number of years.
It found that in 71 per cent of cases, being taken into care...
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Published: 16 May 2018
<img alt="YJB pledges internal savings to prevent youth offending team cuts" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/9d6adbc6-f904-4837-8399-787c40d9cec0/3/colinallars3-320x198.jpg" />
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YJB chief executive Colin Allars said that local YOT grant allocations for 2018/19 have now been confirmed with no local area set to receive less than they did in 2017/18.
He said this was part of a...
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Published: 16 May 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 16 May: Work experience, tooth decay, and youth group funding" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/2aa59481-6633-4797-b447-7e5f51478b20/3/ScreenShot20180515at152848-320x198.png" />
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The Youth Select Committee has announced a new inquiry into barriers to work experience. The committee is calling for evidence from a wide range of witnesses, including businesses and charities, as well...
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Published: 15 May 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 15 May: Sure Start, obesity, and mental health checkups" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b87b8666-3946-453c-b9e8-3093c971befc/3/SureStartSquare-320x198.jpg" />
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Ministers have come under pressure to increase their commitment to Sure Start early years centres as a tribute to their political architect, Dame Tessa Jowell, who died of brain cancer at the weekend....
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Published: 15 May 2018
<img alt="Rich parents 'use status to disrupt child protection probes' " src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/83d6a161-2eaf-4277-96a0-7c112cc6b58a/1/neglect-320x198.jpg" />
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As part of a study into neglect among rich families, academics from Goldsmiths University interviewed social workers and other children's services professionals across 12 councils.
The majority of child...
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Published: 15 May 2018
<img alt="Youth workers seek minimum £1,000 pay rise" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/2a8a8051-0de2-423e-a2fd-c1cbf98874c7/2/youthworkcreditntiposedbymodels-320x198.JPG" />
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Unite, Unison, the National Education Union and the University and College Union said they will seek a five per cent or £1,000 a year - whichever is the greater - increase in both 2018 and 2019.
The...
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Published: 15 May 2018
<img alt="Inspectors praise progress at two 'inadequate' councils" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6f39d4b1-2259-498a-8368-5a7bc37b9e4c/3/ScreenShot20180515at115822-320x198.png" />
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A monitoring visit focusing on early help provision in Tameside said the appointment of a new interim director of children's services had helped drive progress, with children starting to experience better...
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Published: 14 May 2018
<img alt="Councils poised to cut support for deaf children by £4m" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/96666742-8433-4797-a3e4-182b9c34d120/2/childwithhearingaidndcs-320x198.jpg" />
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Freedom of Information requests made by the charity found that 45 of the 122 councils that provided figures (36.9 per cent) plan to cut education support for deaf children's support by an average of 10...
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Published: 14 May 2018
<img alt="Ofsted warns council over high child protection caseloads" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/f41408f8-34ac-43f1-aabd-39048b3e54d2/3/StokeCouncil-320x198.png" />
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The inspectorate delivered the warning following a focused visit in April to evaluate Stoke-on-Trent City Council's child protection arrangements for vulnerable adolescents.
Inspectors praised work...
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Published: 14 May 2018