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Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education will consider intervening in the running of children's services in Somerset after the department was labelled "inadequate" by Ofsted for the second time in less than two years.

Failing local authorities warned: ‘improve or face intervention'

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Ministers give "inadequate" children's services departments six months to improve or face having social care removed; plans for improvement bodies also unveiled alongside review of safeguarding boards.

Collaboration, creativity and more cuts: 2016 in children's services

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

CYP Now has collected the views of children's services experts from a range of backgrounds to hear what they think the key challenges and opportunities will be in 2016 across services for children, young people and families.

Good Idea: Council tax exemption reduces care leaver debts

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has made changes to its tax policies to help care leavers transition to independent living by reducing the burden of debt.

Raising awareness of neglect

Other

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

A new guide to neglect offers children's professionals advice on how to best identify and respond to it.

Calm in a storm: Eleanor Schooling, Ofsted director of social care

Other

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Eleanor Schooling, Ofsted director of social care.

Leadership: Staff motivation and retention

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

All children's services teams face the challenge of keeping staff turnover low against a landscape of tight budgets, so it is essential employers master the skills to retain, motivate and reward employees.

Local authorities prepare for cuts of up to eight per cent next year

News

Thursday, December 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Councils are to be hit with spending cuts of up to eight per cent next year, under plans set out in the provisional local government finance settlement.

Changes at Work: Children's services merge

Other

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Three Conservative-controlled councils in London are forging ahead with merging their children's services departments.

Troubled families initiative misses first-year target

News

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first-year target for the number of families they worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

Birmingham seeks £340m in education savings

News

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

| CYP Now

The UK's most populous local authority wants views on how to slash a further £340m from its education budget by 2016/17.

Reform proposals for social work are 'privatisation through the back door'

Other

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders say the Education Secretary's desire to allow councils to contract out children's social care services to independent providers represents a fundamental change that requires proper debate.

Daily roundup: Free school meals, policing and council cuts

Other

Thursday, March 6, 2014

| CYP Now

Small schools to get funding to deliver free school meals; taser use rises fivefold in five years; and Islington children's services hit with £4m cut, all in the news today.

Ask the Expert: Multi-agency partnerships

Other

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

| CYP Now

Government announces new social worker standards

News

Friday, October 31, 2014

| CYP Now

A new set of professional standards for all levels of children's social workers is to be introduced by the government next year.

Shared Services: Special Report

Features

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Fresh evidence suggests collaboration is helping local authorities to find a wider range of care options for vulnerable children and introduce a greater array of good practice approaches to improve outcomes.

Support for care leavers deteriorating, watchdog finds

News

Friday, July 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Support for vulnerable young people leaving care has deteriorated over the past decade, a critical report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

Children's charity closures prompt leaders to call for investigation

Other

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The collapse of Kids Company and the British Association for Adoption & Fostering has raised questions over the charities' management. CYP Now assesses the factors behind the closures and what impact they will have.

Child protection 'will struggle to cope' with Spending Review cuts

News

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Work by councils to protect children from abuse and neglect will struggle to continue at its current level if funding for local authorities is cut further in the autumn's Spending Review, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Cameron speech reignites debate over children's services 'market'

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

The Prime Minister highlighted children's social care as ripe for reform in a speech this month, with failing services handed to trusts or other providers to run. Children's services experts give their views on what this means for the years ahead

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Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

Failing local authorities warned: ‘improve or face intervention'

Collaboration, creativity and more cuts: 2016 in children's services

Good Idea: Council tax exemption reduces care leaver debts

Raising awareness of neglect

Calm in a storm: Eleanor Schooling, Ofsted director of social care

Leadership: Staff motivation and retention

Local authorities prepare for cuts of up to eight per cent next year

Changes at Work: Children's services merge

Troubled families initiative misses first-year target

Birmingham seeks £340m in education savings

Reform proposals for social work are 'privatisation through the back door'

Daily roundup: Free school meals, policing and council cuts

Ask the Expert: Multi-agency partnerships

Government announces new social worker standards

Shared Services: Special Report

Support for care leavers deteriorating, watchdog finds

Children's charity closures prompt leaders to call for investigation

Child protection 'will struggle to cope' with Spending Review cuts

Cameron speech reignites debate over children's services 'market'

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