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General election: Charities and youth organisations call on next government to 'put children first'

Friday, November 29, 2019

| CYP Now

More than 100 charities and youth organisations have rallied together to urge the next government to put children and young people at the forefront of their policies.

Coronavirus: PM urged to justify decision to keep schools open

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Monday, March 16, 2020

| CYP Now

Education leaders have called on the government to postpone Ofsted inspections and explain the reasons for keeping schools open amid a coronavirus outbreak in England.

Safety concerns over imminent launch of children's trust

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Monday, March 16, 2020

| CYP Now

Plans to launch an independent children's trust in a troubled local authority area by this summer may not allow enough time for it be set up safely, experts have warned.

Ofsted 'cannot ensure children in Stoke are safe'

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Wednesday, March 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Children in Stoke-on-Trent are not safe due to continuing failures within the council’s "inadequate" children’s services, Ofsted has warned.

Children’s services 'ill-prepared for devastating impact of coronavirus', charities warn

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Monday, May 18, 2020

| CYP Now

Children’s services could be hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic as years of underfunding has left them ill-prepared to cope with the volume of extra challenges presented during lockdown, a coalition of the UK’s largest children’s charities has said.

Inside the April edition of CYP Now: Care commissioning reforms, outdoor learning special, CYP Now Awards winners

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

| CYP Now

The latest edition of Children & Young People Now is packed with must-read articles and need-to-know information to help children’s services professionals navigate the emerging policy and practice challenges.

CYP Now Awards 2022: entry deadline extended

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Friday, June 17, 2022

| CYP Now

The deadline for entering the Children & Young People Now Awards 2022 has been extended until Friday 1 July. Judge Alison O'Sullivan, chair of the National Children’s Bureau, offers her top tips on how to ensure last minute applications are top notch.

Ofsted rates Bracknell Forest’s children’s services ‘outstanding’

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Monday, August 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Bracknell Forest Council’s children’s services have received an Ofsted rating of “outstanding”, with inspectors praising the service’s “healthy culture of child-focused support”.

De Souza embarks on children’s commissioner role vowing to 'listen to sector'

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Monday, March 1, 2021

| CYP Now

Dame Rachel De Souza has vowed to “take responsibility for the future of children” as she takes on the role of children’s commissioner for England.

DfE orders reviews at two councils rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted

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Friday, January 8, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has appointed commissioners to assess whether two councils where children's services have been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted should retain control of services.

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

| CYP Now

A new social work organisation to drive up standards and put social workers on a par with high-status professions such as surgeons or lawyers will be established, government has announced.

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils yet to have their children's services inspected by Ofsted are to be given additional support as part of a local government bid to prevent them being rated "inadequate" and facing intervention from the Department for Education (DfE).

DfE set to axe £200m grant scheme for children's charities

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Friday, February 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is set to scrap a grant scheme that has provided more than £200m to voluntary and community sector children's organisations in the past five years, CYP Now understands.

Unexpected rise in children's social worker vacancies

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Thursday, February 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Vacancies for local authority children's social worker posts have increased by 27 per cent in the space of a year, government figures show.

Fresh drive to speed up care proceedings

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Monday, February 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders have unveiled a new tool to help social workers in their bid to speed up care proceedings.

Council set to close 17 children's centres to save £3m

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Monday, March 21, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has announced plans to close one in three of its children's centres in a bid to save £3m.

DfE acts after Ofsted rates council's children's services ‘inadequate'

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has appointed a commissioner to oversee children's services at a council rated "inadequate" by Ofsted due to serious child protection failures.

Former ADCS president to oversee development of mental health services for children in care

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

| CYP Now

A former president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has been appointed by government to oversee attempts to boost support for children in care with mental health problems.

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first year target for numbers of families they worked with in the first year of the government's high profile troubled families initiative, it has emerged.

Charity urges Scottish government to meet needs of forces children

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Monday, August 22, 2022

| CYP Now

A charity supporting children in Scotland whose parents are in the armed forces has unveiled a new strategy which aims to improve outcomes for more young people from veteran or serving families.

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General election: Charities and youth organisations call on next government to 'put children first'

Coronavirus: PM urged to justify decision to keep schools open

Safety concerns over imminent launch of children's trust

Ofsted 'cannot ensure children in Stoke are safe'

Children’s services 'ill-prepared for devastating impact of coronavirus', charities warn

Inside the April edition of CYP Now: Care commissioning reforms, outdoor learning special, CYP Now Awards winners

CYP Now Awards 2022: entry deadline extended

Ofsted rates Bracknell Forest’s children’s services ‘outstanding’

De Souza embarks on children’s commissioner role vowing to 'listen to sector'

DfE orders reviews at two councils rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted

Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

DfE set to axe £200m grant scheme for children's charities

Unexpected rise in children's social worker vacancies

Fresh drive to speed up care proceedings

Council set to close 17 children's centres to save £3m

DfE acts after Ofsted rates council's children's services ‘inadequate'

Former ADCS president to oversee development of mental health services for children in care

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

Charity urges Scottish government to meet needs of forces children

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