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Restraint training needed for entire workforce

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  • Tuesday, April 21, 2009
  • | CYP Now
The whole of the children's workforce would benefit from basic training on the law relating to the use of restraint, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Funding foundations feel the squeeze

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  • Tuesday, April 28, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Many children's and youth organisations rely heavily on charitable foundations to help fund their work. As the recession takes hold, Mathew Little investigates to what extent this financial support will be cut back.

Family charities urge services to work together

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  • Tuesday, November 10, 2009
  • | CYP Now
A coalition of family charities has called for all forms of children and young people's services to consider ways of working together to prevent family breakdown during the recession.

Joint working - Arise, the next children's commissioner

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  • Tuesday, June 16, 2009
  • | CYP Now
England's first children's commissioner is preparing to step down as recruitment for his successor gets under way. Joe Lepper considers Sir Al Aynsley-Green's achievements, the remit of the role and some of the potential candidates to take his place.

Balls should recognise 'grown-up Baby Ps'

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  • Monday, January 4, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The director of the Howard League for Penal Reform has called on Children's Secretary Ed Balls to recognise that children in the criminal justice system are "grown-up Baby Ps" and treat them accordingly, as the sector gives its views on resolutions Balls should make this New Year.

Skills council seeking input on CAF guidance

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  • Thursday, January 8, 2009
  • | CYP Now
The sector skills council for the children's workforce is looking for practitioners and managers to help update guidance on the Common Assessment Framework and the lead professional role.

Think Big Society

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  • Monday, September 13, 2010
  • | CYP Now
David Cameron has pledged to scale back state-run public services and give citizens the power to "build the Britain they want". Here, six leading figures from the sector explore what the Prime Minister's vision will mean.

Former DCS to manage quango cuts

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  • Monday, October 4, 2010
  • | CYP Now
An influential former director of children's services (DCS) has been tasked with overseeing the abolition of quangos within the Department for Education (DfE).

Interview: Baroness Beverley Hughes, Labour peer

Beverley Hughes, the former children's minister who was awarded a peerage in May, is preparing to get stuck into her new role in the House of Lords, in which she says her old brief will be her top priority.

Election 2010: Party Policy Guide

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  • Friday, April 23, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The general election will have a huge influence on how we improve young lives. CYP Now has scrutinised the manifestos and other policy commitments to bring you the definitive guide to what the main parties pledge on the key issues for children, young people and their families.

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