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Leadership: Updating your strategy

Saturday, June 1, 2024

| CYP Now

Barnardo’s has recognised the time is right to update its strategy and branding to keep up with the changes to children’s lives in recent years and ensure it resonates with service users and supporters.

Challenges in next parliament

Analysis

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Two senior politicians set out the key children’s services issues the next government must tackle.

National roadmap to ACE recovery

Analysis

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Report for MPs says government must lead fight on tackling harm of adverse childhood experiences.

Research reveals trends in child social care demand and outcomes

Analysis

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| CYP Now

An analysis of more than three million social care assessments in England has uncovered trends in demand and links to outcomes for vulnerable children which, researchers say, could help councils to better understand local population challenges and adapt service provision accordingly.

NCAS Conference: three key issues for children’s sector

Analysis

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

| CYP Now

Children’s services leaders recently gathered in Bournemouth for the annual National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCASC) 2023, against a backdrop of increasing rates of vulnerability among children and dwindling finances for local authorities.

Making the case for putting youth services on a sustainable footing

Analysis

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

| CYP Now

Amid rising needs for support among young people and a tough funding climate, councils face a challenge to ensure sufficient local youth provision – and need policymakers to set an ambitious national agenda.

The city putting children’s rights at the forefront of its strategies

Analysis

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Cardiff has become the first UK city to be awarded ‘child-friendly’ status by Unicef, with the city’s council playing a crucial role in embedding a children’s rights-based approach across its services and policies.

Four key obstacles to improving children’s services in England

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Analysis on the performance and standards of children’s services in England over recent years has identified four key issues that are holding back improvement.

Family hubs: early adopter sites share knowledge of what works

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

With half of English local authorities developing a network of family hubs, a report collates the lessons from six areas about how they have implemented provision that meets the needs of their communities.

Charities confront giving decline

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Changing demographics, rising costs and shifting public priorities are factors in charity donations fall.

Ministerial churn draws criticism

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Questions over commitment to sector as Johnston becomes 10th children’s minister in a decade.

Disparity between the discharge of care orders in England and Wales

Analysis

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Researchers investigate the benefits and pitfalls of different ways in which care orders are discharged, asking what needs to change in policy and practice to better meet the needs of children and families.

Three trailblazer councils to pilot MacAlister's ‘families first’ plan

Analysis

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Council leaders share early proposals on delivery of the government's Families First for Children scheme designed to ‘test new ways to reform every part of children's social care’ in response to the Care Review.

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.

Framework closure risks reforms

Analysis

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| CYP Now

End of regional group for commissioning children's homes threatens government plans, experts say.

Foundations sets out priorities

Analysis

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Two experts explain what they hope good practice research body for the children's sector will achieve.

Racial diversity in leadership

Analysis

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Training programme helps black and Asian leaders to progress but experts say more action is needed.

2014 act ‘a missed opportunity’

Analysis

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| CYP Now

Peer who led review of Children and Families Act says key legislation has had limited impact on lives.

Jury out on proposed mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse

Analysis

Friday, December 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Key sector leaders back independent inquiry recommendation that reporting of child sex abuse should be made compulsory in law, but others remain concerned that it would lead to children’s services being ‘overwhelmed’.

Councils dig deep to help children and families below poverty line

Analysis

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

As the rise in the cost-of-living pushes more families into poverty, local authorities are developing a range of schemes, services and support packages to try to reduce the impact on children’s health and wellbeing.

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Leadership: Updating your strategy

Challenges in next parliament

National roadmap to ACE recovery

Research reveals trends in child social care demand and outcomes

NCAS Conference: three key issues for children’s sector

Making the case for putting youth services on a sustainable footing

The city putting children’s rights at the forefront of its strategies

Four key obstacles to improving children’s services in England

Family hubs: early adopter sites share knowledge of what works

Charities confront giving decline

Ministerial churn draws criticism

Disparity between the discharge of care orders in England and Wales

Three trailblazer councils to pilot MacAlister's ‘families first’ plan

County councils seek to innovate to tackle social care challenges

Framework closure risks reforms

Foundations sets out priorities

Racial diversity in leadership

2014 act ‘a missed opportunity’

Jury out on proposed mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse

Councils dig deep to help children and families below poverty line

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