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Councils must review behaviour policies

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Protocol for dealing with behavioural issues in social care settings fails to cut criminalisation of children in care, academics warn.

Asylum plans concern councils

Analysis

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Proposals risk undermining local authority responsibilities to asylum-seeking children, leaders warn.

SEND reforms get backing but concerns remain over delivery

Analysis

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Changes to education, health and care plans, new national standards and an overhaul of the tribunal system form the basis of the improvement plan for special educational needs and disabilities services.

Understanding neuroscience can help disadvantaged pupils achieve

Analysis

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| CYP Now

The crisis in children and young people's mental health and wellbeing is finally getting the attention it needs and deserves.

Implications of ratios change

Analysis

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| CYP Now

The government has announced plans to relax rules on how many children childcare staff can look after.

Questions over police use of knife images

Analysis

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Evidence suggests images of knives to "scare" young people from carrying weapons don't work, and may exacerbate the problem.

Young people face ‘unacceptable’ delays in eating disorder services

Analysis

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| CYP Now

NHS waiting times to access treatment for eating disorders are at crisis point following the pandemic, with experts warning that delays could be putting children's lives at risk and need to be tackled urgently.

Establishing early permanence

Analysis

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| CYP Now

New practice standards aim to support social care organisations to develop early permanence.

Schools to extend reach through more places for two-year-olds

Analysis

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Faced with a shortage of childcare provision in some areas, councils are submitting proposals to allow schools to admit two-year-olds, but some experts raise questions over the quality of early education being provided

Conflicted over commissioning

Analysis

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Plans for regional commissioning of care services, while backed, should go further and faster, say experts.

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.

Factors for high DCS turnover

Analysis

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services say they need better training to prepare for demands of the role.

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

Loss of support for deaf children

Analysis

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

| CYP Now

Report reveals shortage of teachers for deaf pupils due to funding cuts is harming children's education.

Play in peril: charting the decline of playgrounds across 40 years

Analysis

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

| CYP Now

Author of a landmark directory of adventure and holiday play provision in 1980 draws on new data that documents how many schemes are still running and assesses the impact that closures have had on children.

Children's care providers dispute ‘harmful’ profiteering rhetoric

Analysis

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

| CYP Now

After critical reports, trust must be rebuilt between local authorities and private sector care companies to increase placement sufficiency for children and deliver better outcomes, cross-sector experts say.

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.

Benefits of expanding childcare provision

Analysis

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

| CYP Now

Research reveals offering disadvantaged pre-schoolers more funded hours can boost child development and ensure they are school ready.

Help children challenge unhealthy messages on social media in RSE

Analysis

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

| CYP Now

The name Andrew Tate will have become worryingly familiar to many professionals in the sector in recent weeks.

Revamped social action scheme sees NCS aim for greater impact

Analysis

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| CYP Now

National Citizen Service boss sets out rationale for moving programme to a year-round offer while slimming down core residential element to reduce costs, but experts fear it may dilute the experience for young people.

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Councils must review behaviour policies

Asylum plans concern councils

SEND reforms get backing but concerns remain over delivery

Understanding neuroscience can help disadvantaged pupils achieve

Implications of ratios change

Questions over police use of knife images

Young people face ‘unacceptable’ delays in eating disorder services

Establishing early permanence

Schools to extend reach through more places for two-year-olds

Conflicted over commissioning

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

Factors for high DCS turnover

Care Review response: funding fails to match scale of reforms

Loss of support for deaf children

Play in peril: charting the decline of playgrounds across 40 years

Children's care providers dispute ‘harmful’ profiteering rhetoric

New era for inspection begins

Benefits of expanding childcare provision

Help children challenge unhealthy messages on social media in RSE

Revamped social action scheme sees NCS aim for greater impact

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