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<img alt="Personal budgets to be extended to young people with mental health needs" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6a5bdb87-da10-44e1-926c-63767767462a/2/mentalhealthnewscastonline-320x198.png" />
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Personal health budgets involve a sum of money being allocated to those in receipt of support so that they can have greater control over the care they receive.
Currently, the only people who have a...
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cypn
Published: 6 April 2018
<img alt="Former DfE minister to become Cafcass chair" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/d55e9be0-a2d9-4555-a6ab-aa6d14dfcdfd/1/edwardtimpson-320x198.jpg" />
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Timpson, who lost his ministerial role when he failed to win re-election to parliament at last year's general election is due to take over as chair of the organisation on Monday (9 April).
He replaces...
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cypn
Published: 6 April 2018
<img alt="Youth projects to benefit from £5m lottery funding " src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/1a108455-4cf0-47f8-8b82-df12fbfa984d/3/biglottery-320x198.jpg" />
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The money is being shared between seven projects that will increase preventative work with young people on issues such as mental health, homelessness, relationships and crime.
Midlothian Council is...
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cypn
Published: 6 April 2018
<img alt="Children in care 'receiving less support', Ofsted finds" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/50c90e8d-c775-4a78-93fc-1eec41f3c2ff/4/AloneBrianJacksonAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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The inspectorate's annual children's social care questionnaire gathered responses from 37,000 children, parents, social workers and other children's professionals between June and October last year and...
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cypn
Published: 6 April 2018
<img alt="Children's services leaders back call to drop independent reviewing officers" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/0dc52339-c8c6-4f87-b528-a5d0b1a93fdc/4/legalshutterstock-320x198.jpg" />
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A government commissioned fostering stocktake, published in February, made a series of recommendations to improve the system, including allowing councils to drop the role of independent reviewing officers...
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cypn
Published: 6 April 2018
New research into how children and families will be affected by changes to free school meals has been published
bbc
Published: 6 April 2018
New research into how children and families will be affected by changes to free school meals has been published
bbc
Published: 6 April 2018
Teachers are becoming a powerful political lobby thanks to "big data" and social media campaigns.
bbc
Published: 6 April 2018
How a higher threshold for tuition fee loan repayments could save English and Welsh graduates cash.
bbc
Published: 6 April 2018