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Programme breaks cycle of repeat orders

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  • Thursday, August 1, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Innovative joint working with health, early help and social care teams at Salford City Council helps keep babies with their birth parents and break the cycle of repeated removals into care.

Leadership: Tackling quiet quitting

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  • Thursday, August 1, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Staff who are unhappy in their jobs can have a negative impact on an organisation and the services it provides, so it is important to spot the signs of quiet quitting and take steps to re-engage workers

Special Report: Family support and family hubs

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  • Thursday, August 1, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Disadvantaged families have had a turbulent time over the past decade. Benefit cuts, the rising cost of living and reductions in support services have made life harder for families struggling to make ends meet and provide the best start for children.

Commissioning: Edge of care services

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  • Thursday, August 1, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Jacqueline Gear, chief executive of Walk the Walk Family Support Service, outlines the value that effective commissioning of edge of care support can provide for children’s social care departments.

Family Support and Family Hubs: Key policy developments

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  • Wednesday, July 31, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Poverty is a key driver for both problems arising and the need for support in families, whether that is because of changing personal circumstances such as the loss of work, ill health or divorce, or the impact of benefit changes and rising inflation eating into household income.

The Challenges of Kinship Care

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  • Wednesday, July 31, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Kinship care is the most common type of care arrangement in the UK but many families are struggling. Jo Stephenson explores the issues and how support for kinship families can improve

Legal Update: Deprivation of liberty orders

Barrister Andrew Powell from 4PB explains why the use of deprivation of liberty orders has risen sharpy in recent years and the problems that creates for the children and young people involved.

Inspections Clinic: Pauses to inspections

Planned changes to allow for inspections of state schools to be paused for a short time will now be extended to all provision regulated by Ofsted. Jo Stephenson looks at how the new policy will work.

Recognising the NYA at 60

Leigh Middleton, chief executive of the National Youth Agency, reflects on the youth organisation’s achievements since being founded in 1964 and the role it can play in shaping the future of youth work.

Family courts and care proceedings: Key policy developments

There were 3,828 public law cases – where a local authority makes an application for an order to safeguarding the welfare of a child – starting in October to December 2023 (the most recent data), down 3% compared to the equivalent quarter in 2022. Care applications made up two-thirds of public law orders applied for in this period.

Special Report: Family courts and care proceedings

The family court deals with some of the most sensitive cases involving vulnerable families, overseeing care proceedings, ensuring parents receive support and that decisions taken are in the best interests of children.

Inside a family hub

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  • Wednesday, June 26, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Haringey’s first family hub has been open for just over a year. Nicole Weinstein visited the setting to find out how it works and the difference it makes to local children, young people and families.

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