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Recruitment agency practices compound workforce pressures

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

| CYP Now

CYP Now investigation shows 10-fold rise in agency social work teams being used by local authorities in last five years, with children’s services leaders saying staff shortages are placing huge pressure on budgets.

Ban or regulation: steps to tackle agency dominance of workforce

Analysis

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

| CYP Now

Children’s services leaders say only regulation of the agency sector or an outright ban can stop rising workforce costs, but recruitment boss derides such ideas as ‘absurd’ and calls for sector to ‘work with us not against us’.

SEND support needs in custody

Analysis

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

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Research shows that around two-thirds to three-quarters of young people living in the youth secure estate have a special educational need or disabilities (SEND).

Plans to reduce cost of childcare: pros and cons of five proposals

Analysis

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

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The government has put forward five proposals for reducing the cost of early years provision including changing child-to-staff ratios and flexibilities for childminders, but expert says just two of the measures have any real merit.

Councils call for ‘more support’

Analysis

Friday, July 1, 2022

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Leaders say they require more funding and guidance to provide the specialist help Ukrainian refugees need.

Initiatives to aid Ukraine arrivals

Analysis

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| CYP Now

Local schemes have been launched to assist Ukrainian children and the youth workers who support them.

National Tutoring Programme: key questions

Analysis

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| CYP Now

Plans to publish data on uptake of the National Tutoring Programme draws criticism from sector leaders.

Call for more training to identify eating disorders in children earlier

Analysis

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| CYP Now

Young people with eating disorders are increasingly needing hospital treatment because they are failing to be diagnosed and offered support in the community before they become severely ill, the Royal College of Psychiatrists has warned.

Homes for Ukraine: safeguarding concerns for vulnerable refugees

Analysis

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

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Government’s ‘hands-off’ approach to safeguarding checks of those participating in the Homes for Ukraine scheme prompts concerns over risk of trafficking and exploitation of vulnerable children and young adults.

Supporting Families gets major revamp

Analysis

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| CYP Now

Experts welcome flagship programme’s new focus on measuring change in outcomes but some fear lack of funding will hold it back.

Factors for Werrington YOI failures

Analysis

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| CYP Now

Staffing issues, offender management and insufficient activities behind rise in violence at once good YOI.

Five ways Covid changed custody

Analysis

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Research into the impact of the pandemic on youth justice services identifies key lessons to improve practice.

Factors for increase in EHCPs

Analysis

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

| CYP Now

The rise in education, health and care plans is partly down to better identification of needs, explains expert.

Review of children’s social care system prioritises family help

Analysis

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Care Review’s final report includes ‘radical’ proposals to redefine family support, shift council early help services into local multi-disciplinary teams, and trial the delegation of responsibilities to community-based providers.

Ratios change: key questions

Analysis

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

| CYP Now

As minister calls for England to adopt Scottish childcare ratios, experts say the systems are very different.

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.