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Home Office pledges to improve child immigration

31 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

Ministers have promised to improve the way unaccompanied asylum seeking children are handled by the immigration service.

Court order sought to separate mother and baby

31 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

Social services in Nottingham have been forced to seek a court order to remove a newborn baby from its mother.

Young people in transition miss out on services

30 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

Young people making the transition between children's and adult services are being disadvantaged by eligibility criteria, according to an inspection report.

Charity urges residential care overhaul

30 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

Residential childcare needs to be transformed so that local authorities can share funding and provide better care, according to the policy chief of a leading children's charity.

Foster carers help remand children

30 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

Foster carers are being brought in to help Tower Hamlets teenagers awaiting trial or sentencing to turn their lives around.

Cash to place social workers in YOIs

30 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

A Youth Justice Board programme placing social workers in young offender institutions (YOIs) has received 800,000 pounds from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).

Pilot aims to keep families together

30 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

A 1.3m pound pilot project to prevent children whose parents abuse substances from going into care has been launched.

Boarding scheme fails to take off

30 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

A derisory number of children have taken part in a much-trumpeted government project to send vulnerable children to boarding schools, CYP Now has learned.

Bill puts children at risk of sex offenders

30 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

The Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill could put children at greater risk from sex offenders, two major children's charities have warned.

Family mediators help the homeless

30 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

Barnet Council is introducing family mediators to tackle youth homelessness, it was revealed at a conference last week.