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Daily roundup: Child poverty, spending cuts and Sandwell suspension

Monday, March 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Child poverty adviser warns government over "muddled" reforms, £850m cut predicted for Department for Education, and Sandwell suspends children's service director, all in the news today.

Councils identify elements of 'gold standard' in leaving care services

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

The New Belongings programme has seen councils devise improvements for young people leaving care, with senior buy-in and care leaver involvement critical to making positive changes as they make the move to independent living.

Culture change required for mental health services

Other

Sunday, March 29, 2015

| CYP Now

The Mental Health Taskforce has published its long-awaited report on children and young people's mental health and wellbeing.

Five ways to develop successful and sustainable youth groups

Other

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

UK Youth has identified five key characteristics that underpin successful youth groups: a wide range of services, high-quality provision, young people's input, measurable outcomes and a sustainable business model.

Sharing, caring president: Dave Hill, ADCS president, 2016/17

Other

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett meets Dave Hill, president of the ADCS, 2016/17.

Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings

Other

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

A new social work practice model, low caseloads and joined-up services have helped two of the three councils in a merged children's services department become the first to be judged "outstanding" by Ofsted's inspection system.

Big-picture inspection: guide to the new JTAI

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

New Joint Targeted Area Inspections to assess how different agencies are working together to support vulnerable children have just been launched. Joe Lepper explores how they work.

Youth Work: 'Open-access youth work principles must be instilled into all services'

Other

Monday, July 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Increasing the contribution of volunteers and forming partnerships with other sector providers are two measures councils must develop if they are to make future youth provision available to all, says a leading academic.

Fight to educate 'remote' Australians has lessons for UK

Other

Monday, July 20, 2015

| CYP Now

I have worked in several local authorities and they all seemed very different to each other - Inner London, Birmingham, Somerset, Dudley.

Putting children's rights at the heart of services for children

Other

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

A Unicef UK programme is helping five councils change how they deliver and commission a range of children's services by redesigning them using the principles that underpin the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Is there a future for family hubs?

Other

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Children's commissioner says councils should follow the Isle of Wight and turn children's centres into hubs.

Children at risk from council mergers

Other

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Vulnerable children could be placed at risk if neighbouring local authorities merge their children services departments, the union Unison has warned.

How coaching helps transform staff attitude

Other

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

| CYP Now

A programme of "transformational coaching" empowers professionals to handle tough situations and provide families with better support.

Ask the Expert: Reviewing risk in systems

Other

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Inspections future tops agenda

Other

Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's directors' chief outlines vision for a two-tier inspection system at the ADCS annual conference.

Daily roundup: Youth centres, children's services and leadership

Other

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Charities set to take on running of Liverpool youth centres; tri-borough arrangements to be reviewed by Labour; and new DCS appointed in Southwark, all in the news today.

Head teachers for children on the move

Other

Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children can find it harder to achieve at school. Gabriella Jozwiak reports on a scheme that saw councils employ virtual head teachers to help improve education for this group.

Birmingham bids to put children's views at the heart of 10-year vision

Other

Monday, October 13, 2014

| CYP Now

An independent review of growing up in Birmingham has highlighted the priorities for children and young people and puts forward some radical ideas for how to solve them - with council involvement key to delivering change.

Daily roundup: Tobacco packaging, play scheme arson and maths lessons in schools

Other

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

| CYP Now

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child health speak out on tobacco packaging, a charity counts the cost of an arson attack and fears over maths proposals, all make the news roundup today.

Ask the Expert: Emergency placements

Other

Monday, August 20, 2012

| CYP Now

Funding cuts lead councils to seek new ways of delivering youth work

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

A new round of government funding through the Delivering Differently for Young People programme will aim to help more local authorities develop effective models of providing youth services at a reduced cost

Behind the Inspection Rating: PRU succeeds in raising grades

Other

Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Heybridge Alternative Provision School, Essex - Pupil referral unit inspection - July 2015

Cuts 'fuel rise in homelessness'

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Cuts in prevention services see more vulnerable young people experiencing housing crisis, say charities.

Minister should visit Holland to get childcare expansion right

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Police reformer: Olivia Pinkney, national lead for children and young people's policing

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Olivia Pinkney, the National Police Chiefs Council's lead officer for children and young people.

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Daily roundup: Child poverty, spending cuts and Sandwell suspension

Councils identify elements of 'gold standard' in leaving care services

Culture change required for mental health services

Five ways to develop successful and sustainable youth groups

Sharing, caring president: Dave Hill, ADCS president, 2016/17

Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings

Big-picture inspection: guide to the new JTAI

Youth Work: 'Open-access youth work principles must be instilled into all services'

Fight to educate 'remote' Australians has lessons for UK

Putting children's rights at the heart of services for children

Is there a future for family hubs?

Children at risk from council mergers

How coaching helps transform staff attitude

Ask the Expert: Reviewing risk in systems

Inspections future tops agenda

Daily roundup: Youth centres, children's services and leadership

Head teachers for children on the move

Birmingham bids to put children's views at the heart of 10-year vision

Daily roundup: Tobacco packaging, play scheme arson and maths lessons in schools

Ask the Expert: Emergency placements

Funding cuts lead councils to seek new ways of delivering youth work

Behind the Inspection Rating: PRU succeeds in raising grades

Cuts 'fuel rise in homelessness'

Minister should visit Holland to get childcare expansion right

Police reformer: Olivia Pinkney, national lead for children and young people's policing

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