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Four key obstacles to improving children’s services in England

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Analysis on the performance and standards of children’s services in England over recent years has identified four key issues that are holding back improvement.

Family hubs: early adopter sites share knowledge of what works

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

With half of English local authorities developing a network of family hubs, a report collates the lessons from six areas about how they have implemented provision that meets the needs of their communities.

Cafcass sets out plan to address delays in family court system

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

The boss of the children’s guardians body wants to work collaboratively with local authorities to reduce the length of care proceedings and strengthen social work practice as it launches its refreshed strategic plan.

Sector hopes updated sufficiency rules will boost access to youth services

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Revised government guidance on assessment and delivery of council youth work aims to make it clearer what level of provision is needed, but experts warn little will change if it is not backed with extra funding.

Charities confront giving decline

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Changing demographics, rising costs and shifting public priorities are factors in charity donations fall.

Children England’s demise reveals ‘existential’ risk to charity sector

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

A key feature of the children’s voluntary sector for more than 80 years, infrastructure body Children England is to close, citing financial challenges, with its chief executive warning that more will follow.

Briefing: custody restraint ban

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Painful restraint on children in secure settings to be banned except in exceptional circumstances.

Speech and language challenges

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Experts call for prioritisation as post-pandemic speech and language challenges reach record high.

Dental problems erode learning

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Experts warn an increase in decay and a decline in dental services is impacting school attendance.

Ministerial churn draws criticism

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Questions over commitment to sector as Johnston becomes 10th children’s minister in a decade.

Spotlight on sibling sexual abuse

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Guide helps children’s practitioners support families to address trauma of sibling sexual abuse.

Crisis hits behaviour and safety in schools

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Latest research shows how the cost-of-living crisis is hitting children’s education and the ability of schools to give additional support.

Time to scrap the requirement of foster carers to keep diaries

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Why do we insist on recording diaries, detailing the private lives of foster children?

Youth organisations face changing landscape of residential schemes

Analysis

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Experts reflect on the evolving challenges around residential programmes as the uniformed youth work sector grapples with post-pandemic delivery at home and abroad alongside the cost-of-living crisis.

Disparity between the discharge of care orders in England and Wales

Analysis

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Researchers investigate the benefits and pitfalls of different ways in which care orders are discharged, asking what needs to change in policy and practice to better meet the needs of children and families.

Justin Russell charts key youth justice developments

Analysis

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

The outgoing chief inspector of probation charts key changes in youth justice system during his tenure.

Briefing: School counselling

Analysis

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Guide explains the role of school counselling and how leaders can commission an effective service.

Three trailblazer councils to pilot MacAlister's ‘families first’ plan

Analysis

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Council leaders share early proposals on delivery of the government's Families First for Children scheme designed to ‘test new ways to reform every part of children's social care’ in response to the Care Review.

County councils seek to innovate to tackle social care challenges

Analysis

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Rising demand for care services and falling funding for early help has put huge pressure on county council budgets, forcing many areas to think creatively about how they can deliver more support for less money.

Youth workers: degree vs apprenticeship debate

Analysis

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Experts at a recent conference assessed the merits of different training routes for youth workers.

Funded childcare expansion plans in doubt amid nursery closures

Analysis

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Councils are increasingly worried about a shortage of early education places, particularly in disadvantaged areas, and echo warnings from sector leaders that it could hit government plans for funded childcare.

Tailoring Neet interventions

Analysis

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Study reveals how geography and background are key risk factors in young people being out of work.

NHS at 75: The major challenges facing children’s health services

Analysis

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

| CYP Now

To mark 75 years of the NHS, four sector experts assess how well the national institution is meeting the needs of children and what key improvements could be made to ensure health outcomes improve.

Schools connect with youth work

Analysis

Saturday, July 1, 2023

| CYP Now

Inquiry calls for collaboration between schools and youth workers to improve pupils' outcomes.

Momentum builds around using alternatives to school exclusion

Analysis

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Amid rising levels of exclusions, education and children's mental health campaigners are calling on schools to adopt restorative approaches to challenging behaviour as evidence grows on its effectiveness.

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Four key obstacles to improving children’s services in England

Family hubs: early adopter sites share knowledge of what works

Cafcass sets out plan to address delays in family court system

Sector hopes updated sufficiency rules will boost access to youth services

Charities confront giving decline

Children England’s demise reveals ‘existential’ risk to charity sector

Briefing: custody restraint ban

Speech and language challenges

Dental problems erode learning

Ministerial churn draws criticism

Spotlight on sibling sexual abuse

Crisis hits behaviour and safety in schools

Time to scrap the requirement of foster carers to keep diaries

Youth organisations face changing landscape of residential schemes

Disparity between the discharge of care orders in England and Wales

Justin Russell charts key youth justice developments

Briefing: School counselling

Three trailblazer councils to pilot MacAlister's ‘families first’ plan

County councils seek to innovate to tackle social care challenges

Youth workers: degree vs apprenticeship debate

Funded childcare expansion plans in doubt amid nursery closures

Tailoring Neet interventions

NHS at 75: The major challenges facing children’s health services

Schools connect with youth work

Momentum builds around using alternatives to school exclusion

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