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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

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Three parenting experts on the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and how to tackle it.

Award winners show what sets them apart

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

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Since their launch in 2005, the Children & Young People Now Awards have forged a reputation as being the gold standard for services supporting children, young people and families.

Proven strategies benefit adoptive parents

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

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Social workers deliver adoption-specific parenting skills using proven behaviour management strategies tailored to meet the needs of children who have experienced neglect or maltreatment.

Parenting Programmes: Special Report

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

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Renewed recognition of the value of parenting support has seen policymakers develop targeted programmes to help address the needs of struggling families alongside more universal provision.

Ofsted praises 'significant' improvements at council's children's services

Monday, March 27, 2023

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East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s children’s services has seen “significant and sustained changes”, since its last inspection in 2019 Ofsted has found, resulting in the withdrawal of an improvement notice from the Department for Education.

Ofsted: Rochdale not making ‘sufficient progress’ to improve

Thursday, March 23, 2023

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Rochdale Council’s children’s services department has “not made sufficient progress” to correct failures in supporting vulnerable young people over the last five years, Ofsted has warned.

Artificial Intelligence – the new digital confidant

Opinion

Thursday, March 23, 2023

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As a teenager in the 1970s my Jackie magazine was essential reading. Agony aunts honestly answered questions to relieve my teenage angst. It was the big sister I never had.

Solihull Council ‘must develop three-year plan’ to improve children's services

Monday, March 20, 2023

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Solihull Council should develop a three-year improvement plan in social care, focusing on improving the quality of social work practice and its impact on outcomes for children, a child protection expert has recommended.

Budget 2023: Chancellor urged to offer permanent financial aid to vulnerable families

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

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Councillors across England and Wales are supporting The Children’s Society’s call for the government to offer long-term welfare assistance to families struggling to cope with rising living costs in the upcoming Spring Budget.

Local Spotlight: Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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North West borough has plans to transform children's social care but a shortage of permanent practitioners remains a problem.

Test and learn approach improves outcomes in Southend

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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Families in deprived areas of Southend are being supported by a unique “test and learn” programme that aims to give vulnerable children the best possible start in life.

Reforms need a cabinet-level champion

Opinion

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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The government has set out its ambition to reform children's social care, with a focus on providing vulnerable children with loving, stable homes.

Childline uses tech to track impact of its online support

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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Childline Online Services aims to empower children and young people to use its range of internet-based resources in ways that will benefit them individually.

Legal Update: Legal aid changes

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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Richard Oldershaw, senior legal consultant at Coram Children's Legal Centre's Child Law Advice Service, looks at the impact of changes to legal aid arrangements on children's access to justice.

In the new edition of CYP Now: Care reforms, evaluating impact, police commissioners

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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The March edition of Children & Young People Now has the most up-to-date news, views and analysis on all the major issues affecting services for children, young people and families.

Workforce shortage is threat to care reforms

Opinion

Thursday, February 23, 2023

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The government's Care Review response, Stable Homes, Built on Love, sets ambitious targets for improving children's outcomes, testing new approaches to early help, and boosting professional standards in child protection work.

Directors blame disjointed policy and onerous inspection for high turnover rates

Monday, February 20, 2023

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Rising workloads, an onerous inspection regime and lack of policy leadership are key factors in the high turnover of directors of children’s services (DCS), latest research shows.

Children's social care funding key driver behind council tax increases

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

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Three in four councils are planning to increase their council tax by the maximum amount in April, in order to fund vital public services such as children’s social care, research from the County Councils Network (CCN) has found.

Ofsted praises ‘transformation’ of children’s services at Lancashire County Council

Monday, February 13, 2023

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Ofsted has praised the “transformation” of Lancashire County Council's children’s services, lifting its rating from “requires improvement” to “good”.

Council failed to support woman and children fleeing violence, ombudsman finds