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ADCS calls for Ofsted workforce shake-up

Friday, October 31, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted must recruit existing children's services professionals to inspect local authority social care arrangements if it is to boost confidence in its judgments, the head of the Association of Directors of children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Family support initiative improves children's behaviour, finds study

News

Monday, December 8, 2014

| CYP Now

A £26m Big Lottery Fund support programme for troubled families is helping to improve parenting skills and reduce child behaviour problems, latest analysis shows.

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

News

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Government changes to tax and benefits have hit families with young children and poorer households the hardest, a major study has found.

Protector of children's services: Alison O'Sullivan, ADCS president

Other

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett meets Alison O'Sullivan, president of the ADCS.

Good Idea: School support service helps cut vulnerable pupil absence

Best Practice

Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

School-Home Support works in partnership with schools to improve the attainment of vulnerable children by engaging with families and communities, and dealing with the root cause of poor attendance and behaviour.

Legal Update: Support for special guardians

Other

Monday, April 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Coram Children's Legal Centre's Child Law Advice Service (CLAS) is receiving an increasing number of queries about special guardianship. Kelly Reeve, team leader of CLAS, examines this trend.

Jane Ellison confirmed as children's health minister

News

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Jane Ellison will take on additional responsibilities for children's health and health visiting following her reappointment as minister for public health, the Department of Health has confirmed.

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

News

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has been handed new responsibilities for boosting the ‘character and resilience' of young people and tackling bullying, the Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed.

Prime Minister creates taskforces to drive childcare and troubled families reforms

News

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Efforts to increase provision of free childcare and expand the troubled families initiative will be monitored by new taskforces, the government has announced.

Troubled Families: how effective has it been?

Other

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

| CYP Now

A government taskforce is to review the Troubled Families programme, but questions remain over its effectiveness, says a leading academic.

Review recommends ‘revision' of YOT funding levels

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Funding levels for youth offending teams (YOTs) should be ‘revised', a major government-commissioned review has concluded.

Evidence-based research is life saving - I should know

Other

Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Behind the Inspection Rating: Structure change drives progress

Best Practice

Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Kingston upon Thames Council - children's services inspection - May 2015

LGA hails "momentous" transfer of public health services for under-fives

News

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Parents will see "massive benefits" for their children as a result of responsibility for public health services for under-fives transferring to local authorities, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said.

Timescales hinder SEN reforms

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils struggle to provide education, health and care plans within the required deadlines, say campaigners

Review set to reveal Gove plans

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Youth justice experts say education of young offenders must not dominate the review of the system

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

Other

Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders gathered at CYP Now's Early Help Conference to discuss latest policy developments in early help and hear how local areas are developing interventions across a range of settings and age groups.

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

News

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is struggling to complete inspections of all local authority children's services departments to schedule because it is "significantly under-resourced against agreed budgets", it has emerged.

DfE gives council more time to improve after ‘inadequate' Ofsted rating

News

Monday, November 9, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been given more time to turn services around in the wake of Ofsted judging its children's services department ‘inadequate' twice in two years.

Grieving children need support to help avoid long-term challenges

Other

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Supporting families to help themselves

Features

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

| CYP Now

Glasgow-based charity 3D Drumchapel has supported families in one of the most deprived areas in Scotland for more than 20 years. Charlotte Goddard explores the challenges and keys to success.

Agile software for an agile sector….the story of ICT in Children's Social Care

Features

Monday, August 15, 2016

| CYP Now

When I started working for the London Borough of Islington in 2006, one of my first major projects was to implement the Integrated Children's System (ICS).

How peer support helps children cope better with grief

Best Practice

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Weekly sessions of peer support give children and families a way to explore their feelings and cope better with the grieving process after the loss of a loved one.

Fostering success in Staying Put

Other

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Sufficient funding and good communication with foster carers are key to improving Staying Put take-up.

Spending on early intervention faces 71 per cent cut

News

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Government funding for early help services is expected to be cut by 71 per cent, between 2010 and 2020, a study has found.

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ADCS calls for Ofsted workforce shake-up

Family support initiative improves children's behaviour, finds study

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

Protector of children's services: Alison O'Sullivan, ADCS president

Good Idea: School support service helps cut vulnerable pupil absence

Legal Update: Support for special guardians

Jane Ellison confirmed as children's health minister

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

Prime Minister creates taskforces to drive childcare and troubled families reforms

Troubled Families: how effective has it been?

Review recommends ‘revision' of YOT funding levels

Evidence-based research is life saving - I should know

Behind the Inspection Rating: Structure change drives progress

LGA hails "momentous" transfer of public health services for under-fives

Timescales hinder SEN reforms

Review set to reveal Gove plans

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

DfE gives council more time to improve after ‘inadequate' Ofsted rating

Grieving children need support to help avoid long-term challenges

Supporting families to help themselves

Agile software for an agile sector….the story of ICT in Children's Social Care

How peer support helps children cope better with grief

Fostering success in Staying Put

Spending on early intervention faces 71 per cent cut

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