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The A to Z of evaluation

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  • Tuesday, March 4, 2014
    • | CYP Now
Good evaluation is critical for both children's services providers and commissioners since work that can demonstrate results is more likely to gain funding. Joe Lepper covers all the essentials in this A to Z guide.

New act heralds momentous time for children's rights

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  • Tuesday, March 18, 2014
    • | CYP Now
I am a fortnight away from the "go-live" point of a change on which we have been working since 2010. On 1 April, as a result of the royal assent to the Children and Families Bill 2013 making it the 2014 Act, the children's commissioner for England's primary function will change from "representing the views and interests of children" to "the promotion and protection of the rights of the child", with particular but not exclusive regard for the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Happier beginnings

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  • Monday, April 16, 2012
    • | CYP Now
Mothers can be unprepared for having a baby, feeling overwhelmed or depressed, but Family Action's "befriender" projects aim to relieve the pressure. Emily Rogers visits one project in Nottinghamshire

Our children's services need an institute for excellence

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  • Tuesday, October 28, 2014
    • | CYP Now
I've attended dozens of meetings and presentations about how children's services could and should be improved. Almost none of this has had any lasting impact. I've come to the view that we need something like the National Institute for National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) in the NHS, a National Institute for Children's Services Excellence that would promote best practice, with professional authority and based on the evidence. This conclusion is driven by the recognition that nothing else has worked.

Special Report: Children's Mental Health

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  • Tuesday, July 5, 2016
    • | CYP Now
The Future in Mind national strategy and £1.4bn in funding is seeing a reorganisation of children's mental health services that is aiming to transform the outcomes of children and young people.

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