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Chair announced for new government award scheme

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

| CYP Now

Dame Denise Platt, chair of the recently abolished Commission for Social Care Inspection, is to chair a new government award scheme to recognise innovation and excellence in local government.

Local authorities may lose control of special needs assessment

News

Friday, March 14, 2008

| CYP Now

A group of experts is to examine whether distancing special educational needs (SEN) assessment from local authorities would increase parents' confidence in the system.

Green paper sets out measures to prevent family breakdown

News

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

| CYP Now

The government is to launch a comprehensive review of the family justice system that will focus on settling disputes out of court, under plans set out in the families green paper today.

Joint working - Total Place bids to do more with less

Other

Monday, February 1, 2010

| CYP Now

Councils can yield big savings by adopting a joined-up approach to public spending, dubbed Total Place. Lauren Higgs reports.

Calls for joint service plans to improve care of looked-after children

News

Monday, February 15, 2010

| CYP Now

Children's trusts should develop joint service plans for looked-after children spanning health, education and social care services, according to proposals announced by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice).

Therapy not helping abuse victims

Other

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

| CYP Now

Residential and play therapy experts have hit out at a government-funded report that says their work is failing to improve outcomes for child victims of physical abuse.

Feature - Mental Health: Recovery in the right place

Other

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

| CYP Now

Children and young people with mental health problems should no longer be placed on adult hospital wards. Joe Lepper finds out how this new duty is being implemented.

It's the preventative services, stupid

Opinion

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

| CYP Now

Bill Clinton unseated George Bush (Senior) in the 1992 US presidential election owing partly to the slogan, "It's the economy, stupid".

Special report: Conservative Conference 2009 - Tory fringe debates focus on the quality of services

Other

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

| CYP Now

Fringe events at the conference in Manchester looked at Tory plans to rid children and young people's services of bureaucracy and to boost the quality of education and family life. CYP Now brings you some of the highlights