Sentences with phrase «between local authority children»

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Whilst we are a child care organisation, we don't think a useful distinction can be made between the interests of children and their parents, unless a child faces serious harm from one or both parents, when it is clearly our duty to refer the matter to local authorities or the police for an investigation.

Local authorities may have between 6 and 600 + home educated children «on their books», i.e. children who are known to the authority, usually because they have been taken out of school.

The Interim National Director of world Vision Ghana was very appreciative of the partnership between his outfit and the local government authorities in Kintampo South, the Jema Traditional Council, NGOs and communities to bring to the fore issues effecting children to the fore via the child parliamentarians.

A Freedom of Information investigation by Children and Young People Now magazine in 2013 found that 31 per cent of local authorities closed public playgrounds between 2010 and 2013 and cut spending on play by 38.8 per cent during the same period (# 67.9 million in 2010/11 — # 41.5 million in 2013/14).

With # 15 million set to go to eight new Partners in Practice, to expand a peer support programme between local authorities to improve children's services, and the other # 2 million being invested in improving leadership in children's social care services, which will be delivered through the Local Government Association (LGA), the funding will deliver hands - on peer support to other councils, to help improve outcomes for more children and their familocal authorities to improve children's services, and the other # 2 million being invested in improving leadership in children's social care services, which will be delivered through the Local Government Association (LGA), the funding will deliver hands - on peer support to other councils, to help improve outcomes for more children and their famiLocal Government Association (LGA), the funding will deliver hands - on peer support to other councils, to help improve outcomes for more children and their families.

Preparing for adulthood • Planning for young people's futures • A broad range of education and learning opportunities: Wolf Review • Employment opportunities and support: the role of disability employment advisers • A coordinated transition to adult health services: joint working across all services • Support for independent living Services working together for families • Local authorities and local health services will play a pivotal role in delivering change for children, young people and families • Reducing bureaucratic burdens on professionals • Empowering local professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high quality services • Supporting the development of high quality speech and language therapy workforce and educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangeLocal authorities and local health services will play a pivotal role in delivering change for children, young people and families • Reducing bureaucratic burdens on professionals • Empowering local professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high quality services • Supporting the development of high quality speech and language therapy workforce and educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangelocal health services will play a pivotal role in delivering change for children, young people and families • Reducing bureaucratic burdens on professionals • Empowering local professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high quality services • Supporting the development of high quality speech and language therapy workforce and educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangelocal professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high quality services • Supporting the development of high quality speech and language therapy workforce and educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangelocal areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangelocal freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangements

The Welsh government has already made it a requirement for local authorities to provide accessible school - based counselling services for children between 11 - 18, including pupils in Year 6 of primary school.

The legal framework in relation to the code of practice indicated that under Section 25 of the Children and Families Act 2014 local authorities (Schools) should ensure integration between educational provision, health and social care provisions, where this would promote wellbeing and improve the quality of provision for disabled young people and those with SEN. (page 38 of the Code of Practice).

This new research revealed that between 2014/15 and 2015/16 local authorities across England closed 214 children's playgrounds, and when asked about future plans they admitted their aim to close a further 234.

No Child Left Behind, the result of bipartisan deal - making between President George W. Bush and the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D - Mass), significantly expanded federal authority over local schools.

«Given the parlous state of school and local authority funding, central government needs to make funds available to ensure schools are safe places for our children and their teachers — it should not be a choice between books in the classroom and the safety of the school population.

The rate of all children in need varies considerably between local authorities, with the highest rate more than four times the lowest rate (701 children in need per 10,000 children compared with 151 children in need per 10,000 children).

«Irrespective of the result of this appeal, I have no doubt that... a substantial number of vulnerable children are still suffering from a failure of co-ordination between these two departments within a number of English local authorities.

He had been correct to identify the purpose of the provision as being not just to ensure that a relationship should begin to be established between the adopters and the child over a continuous period in a domestic context, but also to enable the domestic authorities (in this case, the local English adoption agency) to assess the applicants, and the relationship each enjoyed with the child.

Further, there had been shown to be inadequate liaison between the local authority teams responsible for the family and children and those representing the local mental health teams.

This case study shows how partnership between the local authority and the Independent Support service in transfer reviews for moving children and young people with statements of SEN to Education, Health and Care plans has led to better quality plans reflecting the wishes, views and aspirations of children and young people.

This case study illustrates how good collaborative working between the local authority, Independent Support and local children, young people and families led to co-produced Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans which better reflected children and young people's views, aspirations and wishes.

Together for Disabled Children, which is contracted to support local authorities in delivering short breaks between 2008 and 2011, reports that where there is good quality parental engagement, more children receive shortChildren, which is contracted to support local authorities in delivering short breaks between 2008 and 2011, reports that where there is good quality parental engagement, more children receive shortchildren receive short breaks.

If a social worker was involved in making the arrangements for the child to live with you it could be that the child is actually «looked after» by the local authority, even if they've since said that it's a «private arrangement» between you and the parents.

Our work operates within the guiding principles of Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) and also supports several of the 15 National Outcomes which underpin the Single Outcome Agreement between the Scottish Government and every Local Authority in Scotland.

assistance, including mediation services, in relation to contact between the child and their parents or relatives or any other person with whom the child has a relationship that the local authority considers to be beneficial to the welfare of the child

• A Care Order (under Section 31 (1)(a) of the Children Act) places the child in the care of the Local Authority, with parental responsibility being shared between the parents and the Local Authority.

Also, a contact order made in private law proceedings (legal proceedings between two private individuals where the local authority is not a party) is now called a Child Arrangements Order (saying who the child should Child Arrangements Order (saying who the child should child should see).

Public bodies, including further education institutions, local authorities, maintained schools, maintained nursery schools, academies and free schools are covered by the public sector equality duty and when carrying out their functions must have regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, promote equality of opportunity and foster good relations between disabled and non-disabled children and young people.

Inter-Agency Fee Funding Scheme — helping to place hard to place children You will be aware that the Department had been allocated # 30m to reimburse local authorities for the cost of using the Inter-Agency fee to place hard to place children between July 8th 2015 and the end of July 2016.

Impact of Family Justice reforms — research into local authority practice In January, the DfE is planning to visit between six to eight local authorities to ask a range of professionals about the impact of the Family Justice reforms on their processes and practice in relation to delivery of children's services.

The Regulations amend the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010 to make clear that, when considering whether contact between a child in care and their birth family (and certain others) is consistent with safeguarding and promoting the child's welfare, the local authority must have regard to the child's care plan.