Monthly Archives: May 2016

The government has announced new funding for safe places for people in mental health crisis

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The government has announced new funding for safe places for people in mental health crisis. The £15 million fund will help to provide health and community based places of safety to prevent vulnerable people being held in police cells (includes making existing places of safety suitable for people aged 18 and under). The 23 priority areas where the use of police cells is amongst the highest will be invited to bid for funding.
Source: Department of Health and Home Office  08 May 2016

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The government has launched a consultation on proposals to make changes to the childcare disqualification arrangements in England

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The government has launched a consultation on proposals to make changes to the childcare disqualification arrangements in England. This sets out three separate options for changing the arrangements in schools and non-domestic registered settings. Deadline for responses is 1 July 2016.
Source: Department for Education 06 May 2016

Ofsted has published statistics on looked after children placements by English local authorities as at 31 March 2015.

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Ofsted has published statistics on looked after children placements by English local authorities as at 31 March 2015. Key findings include: there were 69,310 children and young people looked after by 151 English local authorities as at 31 March 2015. This was an increase of 756 children, or 1%, on the previous year (68,554).
Source: Children’s social care statistics  10 May 2016
Further information:
Children looked after placements by English local authorities (PDF)

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The NSPCC reports that new figures from ChildLine reveal a rise in the number of schoolchildren worried about exams

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The NSPCC reports that new figures from ChildLine reveal a rise in the number of schoolchildren worried about exams. ChildLine carried out 3,077 counselling sessions about exam stress to young people last year, a rise of 9 per cent on 2014/15. ChildLine has launched a new video featuring advice and tips for managing exam stress