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Ask the Experts: Spur on staff to meet SEN reforms

Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on SEN and disability reforms, nursery transition, tackling sexual exploitation and examining gender roles.

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

News

Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Up to 25 local authorities will be judged on their multi-agency child protection arrangements under new inspections being introduced in April 2015, it has been announced.

Ask the Experts: Explore politics with young people

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Monday, June 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on political education, securing permanent staff, nursery literacy and coping with an increased workload.

FGM: Breaking the silence

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Monday, June 9, 2014

| CYP Now

The UK's first prosecutions for female genital mutilation took place this year. Gabriella Jozwiak examines the role of children's services to safeguard and support girls and young women.

Child poverty strategy a missed opportunity, says commission

News

Monday, June 9, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's strategy to reduce child poverty over the next three years has been branded inadequate by the independent body it set up to monitor social mobility.

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

News

Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

The College of Social Work (TCSW) has called for a government consultation on controversial plans to outsource child protection services to be extended.

Ask the Experts: Encourage youth participation

Other

Monday, May 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on young people on interview panels, difficult conversations with parents, summer trips and dealing with bad press.

Children's leaders left 'puzzled' by calls to remove DCS duty on councils

Other

Monday, May 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authority chief executives' group says the requirement for a director of children's services is stifling innovation in children's services and isolating it from the rest of local government - arguments that don't stack up, say leaders.

Research Report: Which Behavioural and Emotional Problems Predict Early Sexual Behaviour?

Other

Monday, May 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Researchers examine the associations between problems children experience in middle childhood and early sexual behaviour.

Council chiefs call for scrapping of DCS role

News

Thursday, May 8, 2014

| CYP Now

The role of director of children's services (DCS) should be scrapped to give local authorities more flexibility over leadership, a report has recommended.

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

News

Thursday, May 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The effectiveness of a specialist court to tackle parental substance misuse could be undermined as a result of the introduction of the 26-week care proceedings target, academics have warned.

Daily roundup: Safeguarding, school security, and children in care

Other

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Campaigners warn over risk to children of drug addict parents; school security concerns raised after teacher death; and Norfolk Council struggles to reduce looked-after children numbers, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Youth reoffending, radicalisation, and mothers in prison

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Friday, April 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth reoffending rate drops to lowest level in a decade; police attempt to curb radicalisation of Kent children; and call for video communications between female prisoners and their children, all in the news today.

Performance-related payments ‘too risky' for charities, analysis warns

News

Thursday, April 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Public sector payment methods that link funding to performance outcomes are putting off many charities from bidding to deliver government programmes, research by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) has found.

Daily roundup: Serious case review, school places, and FGM

News

Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Report highlights safeguarding flaws in Devon; survey finds support for handing school planning powers to councils, and call for teacher vigilance on FGM, all in the news today.

Enter the CYP Now Awards and take your chance to shine

News

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

| CYP Now

The 2014 Children & Young People Now Awards - the gold standard in services for children, young people and families across the UK - are open for entries.

Social reformer called into action

Other

Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett talks to Sir Tony Hawkhead, chief executive of Action for Children.

Government demonstrates poverty of 10-year strategy

Other

Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

I must admit some frustration at how slowly things can move forward in terms of government action for children, and how things that seem to have moved forward can appear to quietly slip back.

Major crackdown on FGM to launch in London

News

Friday, April 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Women who are victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) are to be referred to children's social services and police as part of a pioneering project intended to prevent a further generation of girls being subjected to the abuse.

Daily roundup: School safeguarding, children's services and child injuries

Other

Friday, April 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Gove highlights FGM risk in letter to school head teachers; Coventry councillors work together to improve children's services; and Nottinghamshire councils develop plan to cut child injuries, all in the news today.

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Ask the Experts: Spur on staff to meet SEN reforms

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

Ask the Experts: Explore politics with young people

FGM: Breaking the silence

Child poverty strategy a missed opportunity, says commission

Social work leaders demand extension to outsourcing consultation

Ask the Experts: Encourage youth participation

Children's leaders left 'puzzled' by calls to remove DCS duty on councils

Research Report: Which Behavioural and Emotional Problems Predict Early Sexual Behaviour?

Council chiefs call for scrapping of DCS role

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

Daily roundup: Safeguarding, school security, and children in care

Daily roundup: Youth reoffending, radicalisation, and mothers in prison

Performance-related payments ‘too risky' for charities, analysis warns

Daily roundup: Serious case review, school places, and FGM

Enter the CYP Now Awards and take your chance to shine

Social reformer called into action

Government demonstrates poverty of 10-year strategy

Major crackdown on FGM to launch in London

Daily roundup: School safeguarding, children's services and child injuries

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