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CYP Now Awards: what the winners did next

Friday, May 27, 2022

| CYP Now

The CYP Now Awards can be a springboard for launching a new project or help attract extra funding to aid the development of an existing service. Here, four category winners from 2021 talk about how the Awards helped them plan for the future.

Derby's 'high quality' children’s services rated 'outstanding'

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Friday, May 13, 2022

| CYP Now

Children’s services in Derby have received Ofsted’s highest rating for ensuring that young people in need of help and protection receive a “consistently high-quality service”.

In the new issue of CYP Now: SEND green paper, digital solutions special, the Care Pledge

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

| CYP Now

Check out the May edition of Children & Young People Now for all the latest news, views and analysis about services for disadvantaged children, young people and families.

Abandon plans for bill of rights, government urged

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Monday, April 25, 2022

| CYP Now

A group of 30 children’s charities is calling on the government to scrap its plans to feature a controversial bill of rights in the upcoming Queen’s speech.

Praise for national 'resilience' of children's services in adapting to pandemic

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Friday, April 22, 2022

| CYP Now

Children’s services nationally demonstrated "unprecedented resilience" in response to the challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, a report reveals, but adds that a "cultural shift" is needed to boost recovery for looked-after children.

West Sussex: Independent trust no longer needed to take over children’s services

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Sunday, April 3, 2022

| CYP Now

Plans to hand over control of children’s services in West Sussex to an independent trust have been shelved after “continued and secure progress” was made by the county council, a report says.

Lifelong Links improves children’s mental health and wellbeing, study shows

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Friday, April 1, 2022

| CYP Now

A programme helping children in care to maintain positive relationships with family members has been found to deliver year-on-year improvements to their mental health and wellbeing, a study shows.

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.

Free school meals eligibility for disadvantaged migrant children made permanent

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

| CYP Now

Eligibility for free school meals will be permanently extended to cover children from families who are unable to access benefits due to their immigration status, the children’s minister has said.

Bedfordshire: Early help services effectively support children and families, inspection finds

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Monday, March 21, 2022

| CYP Now

Inspectors have praised early help services for children in Bedfordshire as part of “effective partnership working” that delivers intensive support to children and families.

In the March edition of CYP Now: Levelling up, remote working and therapeutic communities

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Thursday, March 3, 2022

| CYP Now

The new edition of Children and Young People Now is packed with the latest policy analysis, advice from leading experts and examples of best practice for professionals working with children and families.

Children's services at new unitary authority 'impeded' by social work quality

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Monday, February 21, 2022

| CYP Now

Poor social work practice and difficulties around recruitment and retention of staff has impeded the “scale and speed” of improvement for children’s services in Buckinghamshire, Ofsted has found.

North Somerset: Vulnerable childrens' needs secondary to parents', Ofsted finds

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Monday, February 14, 2022

| CYP Now

Inspectors have criticised children’s services at North Somerset Council for putting children’s needs and the assessment of risk for some young people “secondary” to the needs of parents.

Conference shines spotlight on effective evidence and evaluation

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Friday, February 4, 2022

| CYP Now

Leading experts in using evidence and evaluation to improve children’s outcomes will be speaking at CYP Now’s Evaluation in Action conference next month.

In the latest edition of CYP Now: Foster care special, digital poverty, and SEND Review

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Thursday, February 3, 2022

| CYP Now

The February edition of CYP Now is packed with need-to-know information and advice on all the big issues affecting services for children, young people and families.

Make kinship care first port of call for children, charity urges

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Monday, January 17, 2022

| CYP Now

A family rights charity is calling for kinship care to be the “first port of call” in cases where there are concerns for a child’s welfare.

Surge in online sexual abuse of young children

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Thursday, January 13, 2022

| CYP Now

Online sexual abuse of young children aged between seven and 10 increased three-fold last year, new research shows.

In the January edition of CYP Now: Sustainable services special, workforce development, safeguarding in the spotlight

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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

| CYP Now

As we start 2022, Children & Young People Now can help guide you through the key challenges in the year ahead and latest innovation and best practice in supporting vulnerable children, young people and families.

Most influential figures in children’s services policy revealed

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Thursday, December 23, 2021

| CYP Now

Charities Frontline and Teach First have emerged as the best connected organisations to influence government policy on children's services, according to research by academics.

In the December edition of CYP Now: Supporting families, family hubs and residential care

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

| CYP Now

As the festive season approaches, the latest edition of Children & Young People Now has a feast of must-read articles for everyone working with children, young people and families.

Ofsted praises Leicester Council over ‘robust support’ for children

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Thursday, November 25, 2021

| CYP Now

Ofsted has praised Leicester City Council’s children’s services over its “robust level of support” for all children in its care during the pandemic.

Almost 100,000 children could be in care by 2025, councils warn

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Monday, November 22, 2021

| CYP Now

Council leaders have warned that nearly 100,000 children could be in care by 2025, prompting urgent calls to support an “unrelenting” focus on keeping families together.

Lockdowns left thousands of children at risk of exploitation, new figures show

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Monday, November 1, 2021

| CYP Now

Nearly 13,000 children identified as being at risk of criminal exploitation during lockdown could just be the “tip of the iceberg”, an independent commission set up to prevent children becoming involved in gangs has warned.

In the November edition of CYP Now: Tackling youth violence, Care Review, children gambling

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| CYP Now

The new edition of Children & Young People Now has something for everyone working with disadvantaged children, young people and families.

Project to improve sharing of social care data receives £2.8m grant

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

| CYP Now

The Nuffield Foundation has awarded £2.8m to a research project aimed at better understanding the needs and experiences of vulnerable children and families.

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CYP Now Awards: what the winners did next

Derby's 'high quality' children’s services rated 'outstanding'

In the new issue of CYP Now: SEND green paper, digital solutions special, the Care Pledge

Abandon plans for bill of rights, government urged

Praise for national 'resilience' of children's services in adapting to pandemic

West Sussex: Independent trust no longer needed to take over children’s services

Lifelong Links improves children’s mental health and wellbeing, study shows

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

Free school meals eligibility for disadvantaged migrant children made permanent

Bedfordshire: Early help services effectively support children and families, inspection finds

In the March edition of CYP Now: Levelling up, remote working and therapeutic communities

Children's services at new unitary authority 'impeded' by social work quality

North Somerset: Vulnerable childrens' needs secondary to parents', Ofsted finds

Conference shines spotlight on effective evidence and evaluation

In the latest edition of CYP Now: Foster care special, digital poverty, and SEND Review

Make kinship care first port of call for children, charity urges

Surge in online sexual abuse of young children

In the January edition of CYP Now: Sustainable services special, workforce development, safeguarding in the spotlight

Most influential figures in children’s services policy revealed

In the December edition of CYP Now: Supporting families, family hubs and residential care

Ofsted praises Leicester Council over ‘robust support’ for children

Almost 100,000 children could be in care by 2025, councils warn

Lockdowns left thousands of children at risk of exploitation, new figures show

In the November edition of CYP Now: Tackling youth violence, Care Review, children gambling

Project to improve sharing of social care data receives £2.8m grant

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