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Compulsory education and training until 18 becomes law

27 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

The Government has passed a law to ensure young people stay in education or training until they are 18.

YJB convention: Home Office funds projects to tackle youth extremism

27 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

Fifty-one Home Office-funded projects to tackle violent youth extremism will go live next year.

How we are improving ... Placement stability in Halton

27 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

Halton Borough Council in Cheshire has managed to dramatically slash the number of young people in its care that have three or more placements in a year.

Ofsted criticism of residential care homes may be an exaggeration

27 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

Ofsted's damning assessment of the way children's homes safeguard children may have been overstated, the National Centre for Excellence in Residential Child Care (NCERCC) is warning.

Body to survey mental health

27 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

A body set up by the government to improve children's mental health services will inform ministers about poorly performing areas and carry out regular surveys of young people.

Social workers' IT system unwieldy

27 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

The government's electronic system for managing children's social work is unfit for purpose, a local authority specialist has claimed.

Government 'to miss eCAF target'

27 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

Early adopter council raises concerns over implementing electronic Common Assessment Framework.

Guidance gap hinders sufficiency assessments

27 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

A lack of guidance on mapping supply and demand for childcare has hindered local authorities in producing their Childcare Sufficiency Assessments (CSAs), according to latest research.

Nurseries lack fraud protection

27 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

A loophole in the tax credit system is forcing childcare providers to take parents to court over unpaid fees.

Hospital youth workers seek to create network

27 November 2008, Children & Young People Now

Hospital-based youth workers are to launch a national networking group to lobby for improvements in training and funding.