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Ensuring care leaver provisions deliver

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

| CYP Now

Leaving care adviser Mark Riddell explains how local authorities can strengthen their local offers by engaging with key partner agencies.

Debate over care boarders

Features

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

| CYP Now

Two new schemes aim to encourage councils to place more looked-after children at boarding schools.

Special Report: Recruitment and Retention in Social Care

Features

Monday, April 23, 2018

| CYP Now

As the social care workforce expands, the number of vacant posts remains high, prompting councils and policymakers to develop new ways to support practitioners to boost staff recruitment and retention.

New Ofsted social care chief hails era of intelligence-led inspections

Features

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

| CYP Now

Yvette Stanley, Ofsted's new director of social care, says the latest children's services inspection framework focuses more on frontline social work practice and uses data analysis to identify emerging problems.

The Social Care Academy

Features

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Vacancy rates and staff turnover have plummeted in Essex since the opening of its children's social work training academy. Charlotte Goddard asks those behind the initiative how it has been achieved.

Commissioning: Flexible placement practice

Features

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Danny Wilson, head of children’s residential at Bedspace, sets out why commissioners need a wider range of care placement options.

Legal Update: The Online Safety Bill

Features

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| CYP Now

With the delay of the Online Safety Bill, the UK should not abandon its obligations to protect children from online sexual exploitation and abuse, says Awaz Raoof, head of law and programmes at Coram International.

Interview: Matthew Gordon, chief executive of Spectra

Features

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes talks to the chief executive of Spectra, provider of the Care Leaver Covenant.

Domestic Abuse Bill: Key measures for children and sector reaction

Features

Thursday, April 29, 2021

| CYP Now

The Domestic Abuse Bill is set to become law, recognising children as victims of domestic abuse for the first time.

Children & Young People Now Awards 2021 Shortlist

Features

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

| CYP Now

The CYP Now Awards highlight the very best practice in work with children, young people and families.

Legal Update: Post-commencement adoptions

Features

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

| CYP Now

Alexandra Conroy Harris, legal consultant at CoramBAAF, sets out the process to access information under 2005 adoption reforms as the first children adopted “post-commencement” reach adulthood.

Commissioning: Why we monitor outcomes

Features

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Needs assessments and outcomes monitoring must be at the centre of children’s care commissioning, says Mark Kerr.

Legal Update: Review of Ukraine schemes

Features

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| CYP Now

With Homes for Ukraine and other schemes to support Ukrainians having been running for a year, Alison East, senior solicitor at Coram Children's Legal Centre, assesses their successes.

Legal Update: Family group conferences

Features

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Emily Blackshaw, lead quantitative analyst and Max Stanford, head of impact and evaluation at Coram outline findings from an evaluation of the use of FGCs at the pre-proceedings stage.

Supporting families affected by online sexual offending

Features

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

When a parent is found to have viewed child sexual abuse images online, the impact on families is devastating. New guidance aims to help professionals give a considered and supportive response.

Government policy briefs for children and young people

Features

Thursday, September 29, 2022

| CYP Now

CYP Now lays out the responsibilities of ministers responsible for services for children and young people.

Policy and Practice Implications from the English and Romanian Adoptees (ERA) Study: Forty Five Key Questions

Features

Friday, March 12, 2010

| CYP Now

Michael Rutter, Celia Beckett, Jennifer Castle, Jana Kreppner, Suzanne Stevens & Edmund Sonuga-BarkeBritish Association for Adoption and FosteringISBN 97819056647576.95 + 2.00p&p48 pages

Managing Children's Homes: Developing Effective Leadership in Small Organisations

Features

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

| CYP Now

Leslie Hicks, Ian Gibbs, Helen Weatherly and Sarah ByfordJessica Kingsley PublishersPaperbackISBN 978184310542825224 pages

Lead member supreme - Shireen Ritchie, chair of the children and young people board, LGA

Features

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

| CYP Now

Shireen Ritchie's mother was adopted. So when she was elected to the council, she wanted to sit on the adoption and fostering panel.

Mr Pugnacious - Barry Sheerman MP, chairman, Children, Schools and Families Select Committee

Features

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

| CYP Now

Barry Sheerman bridles at recent suggestions that the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee carries little influence. "Some irritating journalist said that select committees make no difference but I don't believe it," he says.

Standing up to Supernanny

Features

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

| CYP Now

Jennie Bristow with the Institute of Ideas Parents ForumImprint AcademicISBN 97818454017028.95128 pages

Interview: Happier families: Elspeth Bromiley, family therapist for children and adults, Liverpool City Council.

Features

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

| CYP Now

Partnership Working

Features

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

| CYP Now

Anthony DouglasRoutledge, Taylor & Francis GroupISBN 9780415311663 (paperback)19.99236 pages

Understanding Looked After Children - An Introduction to Psychology for Foster Care

Features

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

| CYP Now

Jeune Guishard-Pine, Suzanne McCall and Lloyd HamiltonJessica Kingsley PublishersISBN 978184310370714.99176 pages

Legal Update: Children and Social Work Bill

Features

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

| CYP Now

Marianne Lagrue, project officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the government's recent defeat in the House of Lords over controversial exemption clauses in the Children and Social Work Bill.

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Ensuring care leaver provisions deliver

Debate over care boarders

Special Report: Recruitment and Retention in Social Care

New Ofsted social care chief hails era of intelligence-led inspections

The Social Care Academy

Commissioning: Flexible placement practice

Legal Update: The Online Safety Bill

Interview: Matthew Gordon, chief executive of Spectra

Domestic Abuse Bill: Key measures for children and sector reaction

Children & Young People Now Awards 2021 Shortlist

Legal Update: Post-commencement adoptions

Commissioning: Why we monitor outcomes

Legal Update: Review of Ukraine schemes

Legal Update: Family group conferences

Supporting families affected by online sexual offending

Government policy briefs for children and young people

Policy and Practice Implications from the English and Romanian Adoptees (ERA) Study: Forty Five Key Questions

Managing Children's Homes: Developing Effective Leadership in Small Organisations

Lead member supreme - Shireen Ritchie, chair of the children and young people board, LGA

Mr Pugnacious - Barry Sheerman MP, chairman, Children, Schools and Families Select Committee

Standing up to Supernanny

Interview: Happier families: Elspeth Bromiley, family therapist for children and adults, Liverpool City Council.

Partnership Working

Understanding Looked After Children - An Introduction to Psychology for Foster Care

Legal Update: Children and Social Work Bill

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