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Election 2015: Party Policy Guide

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes has trawled the manifestos to provide the definitive guide to what the main parliamentary parties are pledging on key issues for children, young people and families.

Skills for the Job: How to cope with bereavement

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Monday, April 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Bereaved children can struggle to come to terms with their loss, but the right support can help them make sense of death.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

News

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Children & Young People Now Awards 2015: Step forward the class of 2015

Other

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The Children & Young People Now Awards represent the gold standard in services for children, young people and families across the UK. They recognise the most innovative and effective work in transforming young lives and building a better society.

Declaration of independence: Anne Longfield, children's commissioner for England

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Gabriella Jozwiak meets Anne Longfield, children's commissioner for England.

Ask The Experts: Recognise young carers' needs

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on getting help for a young carer, school safeguarding, International Women's Day, and exploring light and shade.

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The way public services are commissioned is undergoing considerable change, but charities pitched into competition for funding with private companies have a possible advantage - as long as they can demonstrate the additional social values they provide above and beyond the primary aims of a project.

Recruitment in children's services: trends and challenges

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Funding cuts coupled with increased demand for services are intensifying the recruitment challenges for children's services employers. Joe Lepper explores the trends across the children's workforce.

Ask the Experts: Bereavement, YOI education support, youth work news project and spring in the nursery

Other

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on helping bereaved children, education support in YOIs, a youth work news project and celebrating spring.

Ask The Experts: Nursery medicine, CSE concerns, council help for academies and youth film nights

Best Practice

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on drugs in nursery settings, addressing CSE concerns, council help for academies and youth club film nights.

Ask the Experts: Stand up for young people's rights

Other

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on helping young people accused of theft, CSE prevention, improving resilience and clearing nursery clutter.

The 2015 Report: The year ahead for children and young people

Other

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

| CYP Now

The year 2015 looks set to be pivotal in determining the direction of services for children, young people and families over the rest of the decade.

Ask the Experts: Christmas activities at nursery

Other

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on Christmas activities at nurseries, tackling self-harm, managing budget proposals and secret engagements.

Ask The Experts: Helping a child with dyspraxia

Other

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on dyspraxia, sexually transmitted infections, countering radicalisation and a councillor speaking out of turn.

Independent voice a must for commissioner Anne Longfield

Other

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The next children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield must stand up to the government if she is to champion the rights of children and young people and allay concerns over the role's independence.

Ask the Experts: Listening to the voice of the child

Other

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on listening to children's views, bereavement support, tackling sexual orientation and teaching empathy.

Let's be ready to answer for our children's rights record

Other

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's commissioner for England Maggie Atkinson looks ahead as the UNCRC marks its Silver Jubilee.

Ask the Experts: Buying condoms is not your job

Other

Monday, October 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on condom distribution, writing a vision statement, being turned down for promotion and nursery staff contracts.

Early intervention leaders' debate

Features

Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders from councils across England discussed the current challenges of resourcing effective early help services at a debate hosted by CYP Now in partnership with Capita One.

Ten-year early help drive makes us believe we can transform lives

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Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

When I started out in children's services more than 30 years ago, I had high hopes that with hard work I could make a difference. Since then, the biggest learning curve has been to stop hoping.