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Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's consultation over allowing councils to delegate children's social care services to third parties was insufficient and needs further debate, chair of the all-party parliamentary group on child protection has said.

Daily roundup: FGM arrest, Walsall Council, and children's centres

Other

Monday, July 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Two people arrested in suspected FGM case; government lifts improvement notice on Walsall children's services department; and plans announced to reorganise children's centres in Bradford, all in the news today.

Costs of children in care hit £3.4bn

News

Thursday, August 21, 2014

| CYP Now

The cost of supporting children in care has reached £3.4bn, according to an Audit Commission report that exposes widespread variation of spending across councils.

Vox Pop: Will child heart surgery unit closures put children at risk?

Other

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Campaigners have won a High Court victory against plans to consolidate heart surgery units in England

Daily roundup: Child poverty, spending cuts and Sandwell suspension

Other

Monday, March 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Child poverty adviser warns government over "muddled" reforms, £850m cut predicted for Department for Education, and Sandwell suspends children's service director, all in the news today.

Forms of business support for youth sector identified

News

Friday, May 4, 2012

| CYP Now

A range of different types of support that businesses can provide youth organisations have been identified as part of a project to strengthen links between commerce and the youth sector.

Salford rubberstamps plans to cut youth budget by further 1.3m

News

Thursday, February 23, 2012

| CYP Now

Cuts of 1.3m to youth services have been signed off by politicians in Salford, taking the total reduction to 3m in the past two years.

Andrew Christie to take charge at first tri-borough children's services department

News

Friday, July 22, 2011

| CYP Now

England's first director of children's services to be charged with managing provision across three local authorities is to control an annual budget of more than 500m.

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

News

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two more English authorities have been told by Ofsted that their children's services are not up to scratch.

Culture change required for mental health services

Other

Sunday, March 29, 2015

| CYP Now

The Mental Health Taskforce has published its long-awaited report on children and young people's mental health and wellbeing.

Five ways to develop successful and sustainable youth groups

Other

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

UK Youth has identified five key characteristics that underpin successful youth groups: a wide range of services, high-quality provision, young people's input, measurable outcomes and a sustainable business model.

Sharing, caring president: Dave Hill, ADCS president, 2016/17

Other

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett meets Dave Hill, president of the ADCS, 2016/17.

Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings

Other

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

A new social work practice model, low caseloads and joined-up services have helped two of the three councils in a merged children's services department become the first to be judged "outstanding" by Ofsted's inspection system.

Big-picture inspection: guide to the new JTAI

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

New Joint Targeted Area Inspections to assess how different agencies are working together to support vulnerable children have just been launched. Joe Lepper explores how they work.

System links council’s education and social care data

Best Practice

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

Visibility of children’s wider needs helps care and education staff make better decisions.

Youth Work: 'Open-access youth work principles must be instilled into all services'

Other

Monday, July 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Increasing the contribution of volunteers and forming partnerships with other sector providers are two measures councils must develop if they are to make future youth provision available to all, says a leading academic.

Fight to educate 'remote' Australians has lessons for UK

Other

Monday, July 20, 2015

| CYP Now

I have worked in several local authorities and they all seemed very different to each other - Inner London, Birmingham, Somerset, Dudley.

DfE sanctions urgent probe into children's services spending

News

Friday, August 14, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has ordered a study into the spending habits of local authority children's services departments ahead of expected central government cuts being announced in November.

A further 100 children's centres face closure

News

Monday, August 17, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 100 children's centres will close or are under threat of closure, it has emerged.

Putting children's rights at the heart of services for children

Other

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

A Unicef UK programme is helping five councils change how they deliver and commission a range of children's services by redesigning them using the principles that underpin the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Children at risk from council mergers

Other

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Vulnerable children could be placed at risk if neighbouring local authorities merge their children services departments, the union Unison has warned.

How coaching helps transform staff attitude

Other

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

| CYP Now

A programme of "transformational coaching" empowers professionals to handle tough situations and provide families with better support.

Consultancy boss voices concerns on government's Doncaster blueprint

News

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Government plans to strip Doncaster Council of responsibility for children's services risk affecting the quality of services, the head of a private consulting company has said.

Ask the Expert: Reviewing risk in systems

Other

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Cabinet Office supports development of eight youth mutuals

News

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Eight local authorities are in the early stages of developing youth mutuals, the Cabinet Office has confirmed.

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Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

Daily roundup: FGM arrest, Walsall Council, and children's centres

Costs of children in care hit £3.4bn

Vox Pop: Will child heart surgery unit closures put children at risk?

Daily roundup: Child poverty, spending cuts and Sandwell suspension

Forms of business support for youth sector identified

Salford rubberstamps plans to cut youth budget by further 1.3m

Andrew Christie to take charge at first tri-borough children's services department

Ofsted tells two further authorities to improve children's services

Culture change required for mental health services

Five ways to develop successful and sustainable youth groups

Sharing, caring president: Dave Hill, ADCS president, 2016/17

Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings

Big-picture inspection: guide to the new JTAI

System links council’s education and social care data

Youth Work: 'Open-access youth work principles must be instilled into all services'

Fight to educate 'remote' Australians has lessons for UK

DfE sanctions urgent probe into children's services spending

A further 100 children's centres face closure

Putting children's rights at the heart of services for children

Children at risk from council mergers

How coaching helps transform staff attitude

Consultancy boss voices concerns on government's Doncaster blueprint

Ask the Expert: Reviewing risk in systems

Cabinet Office supports development of eight youth mutuals

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