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Evidence and Impact: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, November 26, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Despite the political parties pledging billions of pounds of additional investment in public services during the election campaign – and assurances from ministers in the previous government that the era of austerity is over – the need for projects and organisations working with vulnerable children, young people and families to demonstrate their interventions are an efficient and effective use of resources has never been greater.

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, March 27, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Rising demand for children's services and increasing expectations of what they should deliver - while coming at a time when resources are shrinking - has created a necessity among local authorities to find new ways of reaching more people at less cost.

Social Media and E-professionalism in Child Welfare: Policy and Practice

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  • Tuesday, March 27, 2018
  • | CYP Now
This article reports that, in the United States, there is little guidance for managers and policymakers about how child welfare workers should search for or communicate with clients via social media. It offers a number of considerations for standards of e-professionalism. As well as the journal article, this summary draws on relevant guidance and frameworks from the UK.

eCDOP

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  • Tuesday, March 27, 2018
  • | CYP Now
IT solution electronically mirrors local safeguarding children boards' process of recording and reviewing deaths of under-18s.

Special Report: Technology in Children's Services

Children's services are increasingly using technology to boost information sharing among professionals and across agency and geographical boundaries to get help to vulnerable children and families earlier.