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Government leaves children's chiefs to decide 'savage' cuts

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  • Monday, June 14, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Children's services leaders have been left to agonise over where the axe should fall after the Department for Education (DfE) confirmed councils must decide how to distribute the 311m cuts to the overall area-based grant, leaving school support and Connexions services at risk.

Joint Working: Lessons from total place

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  • Friday, June 18, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The Total Place initiative aims to combine efficiency with effectiveness through a "whole-area approach" to public services. Tom de Castella looks at the focus of Total Place in five areas, and the scale of the savings anticipated.

Quiz of the year 2015

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  • Tuesday, December 8, 2015
  • | CYP Now
An election result that defied pollsters, turmoil in children's charity funding and plummeting adoption figures - 2015 was a turbulent year. Test your knowledge of the past 12 months' events in children's services by taking the CYP Now quiz!

Joint working: ContactPoint - The verdict so far

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  • Tuesday, October 6, 2009
  • | CYP Now
The Conservatives have vowed to scrap ContactPoint if they win the next election, and concerns have been raised about information security. But what do some of the local authorities using the controversial database think? Nancy Rowntree finds out.

Analysis: Safeguarding - Safety plan permits measure of risk

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  • Tuesday, February 12, 2008
  • | CYP Now
There is little doubt that an element of fear has taken a hold on today's society, particularly when it comes to the safety of children and young people. But a new government action plan aims to shift this culture of fear. Cathy Wallace reports.

Skills shake-up to unify sector

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  • Tuesday, February 26, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Distinctions between professions such as teaching, youth work and childcare could disappear under government plans to strenghten the concept of children's professionals, CYP Now has learnt.

Marketing ban sparks charity concern

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  • Monday, August 9, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Concerns have been raised that government-imposed restrictions on charities marketing their activities will undermine work with children and young people.

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