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Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on problem academies, whole-family assessments, supporting parents at nursery and a squatting protest.

Outstanding leadership practice in children's services identified

Other

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Ofsted had made visits to a small number of high-performing organisations in a bid to capture some essential attributes and strong examples of excellent leadership practice in children's services across the country.

Better assessments key to the right support

Opinion

Thursday, May 25, 2023

| CYP Now

The care system should support children and young people to secure permanence without delay when they can’t live safely with their birth families.

County councils seek to innovate to tackle social care challenges

Analysis

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Rising demand for care services and falling funding for early help has put huge pressure on county council budgets, forcing many areas to think creatively about how they can deliver more support for less money.

Interview: Peter O’Hara, health and social care technology entrepreneur

Features

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes speaks to the health and social care technology entrepreneur.

Leadership: Commissioning works when you know what young people need

Opinion

Monday, February 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Commissioning is a social model. It is about achieving social outcomes and assigning resources to need, says Garath Symonds.

DfE data shows funding shift from universal to targeted services

Other

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Latest local authority spending figures suggest that early intervention is being sacrificed to fund statutory services as children's departments grapple with making a dwindling pot of money stretch further.

Daily roundup: Social action, sexting, and council cuts

Other

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Postcode lottery for volunteering opportunities; prevalence of sexting highlighted; and Nottinghamshire Council outlines plans to cut children's services, all in the news today.

CYP Now investigation: Play services decimated as funding slashed

News

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly a third of local authorities in England have closed play facilities as a result of spending on play services over the past three years being slashed by 39 per cent, an investigation by CYP Now has revealed.

Communicating children's services

Features

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Communicating the day-to-day work of children's services can be a challenge but is also vital. Jo Stephenson speaks to communication experts to identify 10 key ways to do this effectively.

Daily round up: Blackburn DCS drafted into Rochdale, Ofsted complaints, and profit-making schools

Other

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Rochdale appoints an interim head of children's social services, Ofsted is criticised over its new complaints framework, and a call for profit-making firms to take charge of the worst schools, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Truancy convictions, TV, and Birmingham cuts

Other

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

| CYP Now

A large rise in parental truancy convictions, cancer concerns for children who watch too much telly, and criticism over a cuts consultation in Birmingham, all in the news today.

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

News

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils could save more than £32,000 for each troubled family they work with by providing services in a more effective way, a government report has claimed.

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

News

Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils will be handed powers to outsource a whole range of children's social care services including child protection under proposals announced by the government.

Child protection outsourcing plans 'dead in the water', claims Loughton

News

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services are "dead in the water" following the departure of Michael Gove from the Department for Education, former children's minister Tim Loughton has claimed.

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

Other

Friday, August 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Poorer parents struggle to feed their children during the summer holidays; Department for Education publishes child-friendly guide to the special educational needs reforms; and judge warns of "paedophile panic", all in the news today.

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

News

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| CYP Now

It is now one week since an independent report by Professor Alexis Jay estimated that approximately 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. CYP Now looks at what has happened since publication last Tuesday.

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

News

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services in Blackpool are improving but problems remain with support for care leavers and planning for looked-after children, inspectors have found.

DCS 'revolving door' slows down

Analysis

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Funding and organisation changes are behind fewer children's services directors moving jobs.

Behind the Inspection Rating: PRU profits from relationships

Other

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Encouraging an entrepreneurial spirit has earned Wycombe Grange pupil referral unit its third "outstanding" Ofsted rating.

Youth workers take on social care responsibilities as cuts endure

Other

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

A report on youth services provision suggests that more and more local authority youth workers are being deployed in social care-related roles. CYP Now analyses the evidence and looks at the likely ramifications.

Research Report: Child Neglect is Everyone's Business: Achieving a Sense of Shared Responsibility

Other

Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Researchers investigate how local authorities identify and intervene in child neglect cases.

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.

Imagine if children's services emulated 'smart city' thinking

Other

Monday, August 31, 2015

| CYP Now

Last week, Milton Keynes played host to a delegation from the Jinjiang Municipal People's Government. They made the very long trip from South East China to take a look at our new driverless cars, which are soon to be trialled in the city centre.

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on the dangers of legal highs, child protection changes, building a bug hotel and holding a winter bazaar.

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Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

Outstanding leadership practice in children's services identified

Better assessments key to the right support

County councils seek to innovate to tackle social care challenges

Interview: Peter O’Hara, health and social care technology entrepreneur

Leadership: Commissioning works when you know what young people need

DfE data shows funding shift from universal to targeted services

Daily roundup: Social action, sexting, and council cuts

CYP Now investigation: Play services decimated as funding slashed

Communicating children's services

Daily round up: Blackburn DCS drafted into Rochdale, Ofsted complaints, and profit-making schools

Daily roundup: Truancy convictions, TV, and Birmingham cuts

Troubled families intervention could save councils ‘billions'

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

Child protection outsourcing plans 'dead in the water', claims Loughton

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

DCS 'revolving door' slows down

Behind the Inspection Rating: PRU profits from relationships

Youth workers take on social care responsibilities as cuts endure

Research Report: Child Neglect is Everyone's Business: Achieving a Sense of Shared Responsibility

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Imagine if children's services emulated 'smart city' thinking

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

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