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Ask the Experts: Deter young people from drugs

Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on "legal highs", saving money while safeguarding, partnership working concerns and coping with hot weather.

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

News

Thursday, August 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authority spending on children's social care has increased by more than five per cent in a single year, government figures show.

Quality of serious case reviews blasted by independent panel

News

Friday, August 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The quality of child death reviews are "disturbingly variable" with far too many failing to find out what went wrong, a damning report by a government appointed panel has found.

Daily roundup: FGM, vocational training, and youth employment

Other

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

| CYP Now

New laws to protect FGM victims set to be announced; MPs launch youth training inquiry; and Sandwell Council to offer jobs guarantee to young unemployed, all in the news today.

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.

Exclusive: Analysis links director of children's services retention to Ofsted rating

News

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities that keep hold of their directors of children's services (DCS) perform better in Ofsted inspections than those that change regularly, exclusive analysis by CYP Now has found.

‘Decision fatigue' blights social work practice

News

Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's social workers avoid making decisions later in the working day due to mental exhaustion, an analysis of child protection practitioners' behaviour has shown.

What makes the perfect lead member?

Other

Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

A lead member for children's services can be a powerful advocate for children and young people. Joe Lepper asks what makes the perfect lead member?

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.

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.

ADCS president Alan Wood backs councils to drive social care improvement

News

Thursday, April 10, 2014

| CYP Now

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said local authorities need to be at the centre of driving improvement in children's services.

A provocative president

Other

Monday, March 31, 2014

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett meets Alan Wood, the new president of the ADCS.

Evidencing outcomes on the agenda as the next Spending Review looms

Other

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

CYP Now's Outcomes Conference earlier this month brought together leaders in children's services across the voluntary sector, local authorities and government to debate the way ahead for evidencing what works.

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Other

Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Wilshaw reveals he called for Ofsted chair to remain; leaving foster care age for young people in Wales raised; and £500,000 fund set up to help male victims of rape, all in the news today.

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

News

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services in Warrington has been appointed by Ofsted to spearhead attempts to improve social care across England.

Workshop: Brain, Body and Behaviour: Understanding the ‘Why' of Children's Behaviour

Event

Monday, February 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Ask the Expert: Children's services' support for schools

Other

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on children's services support.

Blame games make the job of a DCS untenable

Opinion

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Last Friday, the Reading Post published a story about how children's services in the town received only one application for each of the three senior social worker jobs it advertised. On the same day, the Coventry Telegraph reported that 30 demonstrators had gathered outside the city's town hall calling for more action to be taken against the agencies involved in the Daniel Pelka case.

Children's charities join forces to unite the voluntary sector

Other

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

The heads of 4Children and NCB explain how the Children's Strategic Partnership will help grassroots voluntary groups have a greater say in shaping future government policy on children and young people.

Who would want to be a DCS today?

Other

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services are under ever-increasing pressure and first in the firing line if tragedy strikes. Jo Stephenson examines what the future holds for the role and why anyone would aspire to do it.

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