CYP Now - In the May edition of CYP Now: SEND reforms, preventing youth violence, and recruitment and retention in children's social care

With 94 per cent of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) having been transferred to a new support system, the May edition of CYP Now takes an in-depth look at how councils have redesigned services to improve outcomes for most families.

Children's leaders say the improvements the new system has introduced are working for the vast majority of children with SEND, but campaigners are concerned about the quality of some care plans.

In addition, measures to tackle youth violent crime contained in the government's new Serious Violence Strategy are analysed, with experts questioning whether they need to be more focused on working with younger children.

The special report assesses the latest policy, practice and research on recruitment and retention in children's social care. Practice examples include the FutureSocial initiative in the West Midlands; the use of social media to recruit staff in West Sussex; how North Yorkshire has ended reliance on agency workers; and the Return to Social Work run by the Local Government Association.

Other articles in the May edition of CYP Now include:

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