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New era for inspection begins

Analysis

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

| CYP Now

Children's services ratings have improved but reforms to system present new challenges say leaders.

Councils deliver support for child migrants as they adapt to UK life

Analysis

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

| CYP Now

How local authorities and agencies are helping thousands of refugee children settle in the UK and overcome barriers to accessing education and mental health support as well as responding to their care requirements.

Cafcass scheme raises concerns

Analysis

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

| CYP Now

Social work experts question if newly qualified practitioners are suitable for Cafcass training programme.

Councils turn to inducements to attract scarce fostering families

Analysis

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Research reveals local authorities and providers face a huge shortage of foster carers to meet demand. Some councils are now offering ‘golden hellos’ to potential carers, but this practice has triggered mixed views.

Social work exits prompt shortage concerns

Analysis

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Complex caseloads, Covid burnout and racism are all factors in children’s social workers quitting which need urgent action, say experts.

Care Review: key proposals for the children’s services workforce

Analysis

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

| CYP Now

A range of challenges including excess bureaucracy, ineffective technology and out-of-date legislation have resulted in a workforce crisis in many aspects of children’s social care, which requires a complete overhaul.

Birmingham's social care transfer

Analysis

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

| CYP Now

England's largest authority outlines plans to transfer children's social care services to an independent trust.

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

Analysis

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes talks to Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children.

Councils turn to ‘golden hellos' to solve social worker shortage

Analysis

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

CYP Now investigation reveals local authorities increasingly using incentive payments to attract and retain social workers and compete with recruitment agencies amid staff shortages and the cost-of-living crisis.

Factors behind social work staff retention

Analysis

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

CYP Now probe highlights importance of wider support package in efforts to retain social workers.

Shining a light on risks outside the home

Analysis

Thursday, December 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Authors set out five key features of promising social care responses to extra-familial risks and harms drawn from studying international systems.

Care Review response: funding fails to match scale of reforms

Analysis

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders back the ‘direction’ of government reforms on social work training, outcomes monitoring and fostering support but say lack of resources and long timescales will undermine delivery

Decade of change: factors driving the rise in care during the 2010

Analysis

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Families under pressure due to austerity and more affected by addiction problems are two reasons for record numbers of children in care, while a legal ruling has seen adoptions fall and special guardianships increase.

England eyes Scotland review for lessons on care system overhaul

Analysis

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Taking three years, Scotland’s care review sets out detailed proposals for changing the “broken” care system. With the UK government pledging its own care review, sector experts identify what England can learn.

'Shared parenting' gets rejected

Analysis

Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

The Family Justice Review has denied the presumption of shared parenting. Kirsten Anderson, Carolyn Hamilton and Jo-Anne Prudhomme from the Coram Children's Legal Centre examine why

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New era for inspection begins

Councils deliver support for child migrants as they adapt to UK life

Cafcass scheme raises concerns

Councils turn to inducements to attract scarce fostering families

Social work exits prompt shortage concerns

Care Review: key proposals for the children’s services workforce

Birmingham's social care transfer

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

Councils turn to ‘golden hellos' to solve social worker shortage

Factors behind social work staff retention

Shining a light on risks outside the home

Care Review response: funding fails to match scale of reforms

Decade of change: factors driving the rise in care during the 2010

England eyes Scotland review for lessons on care system overhaul

'Shared parenting' gets rejected

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