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Lockdown widens digital divide

Analysis

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

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Campaigners call for improvements in national scheme to provide care leavers with digital equipment.

Children’s professionals develop local projects to aid Covid recovery

Analysis

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

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Grants totalling £300,000 have been awarded to 32 individuals across the UK developing innovative solutions to some of the worst effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on children and families.

Practitioners reflect on lockdown problems

Analysis

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

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NSPCC has analysed staff diaries to identify key challenges of lockdown for services and vulnerable families so future lessons can be learned

Early adopters set out the key features of children’s trusts

Analysis

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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When it launched its children’s social care reform programme nearly five years ago, the Department for Education expressed an ambition that a third of councils should be in the process of handing responsibility for services to a children’s trust, or had completed the process, by 2020.

Coping with pandemic lockdowns

Analysis

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

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A fifth of England’s population is under local restrictions, presenting challenges for children’s services.

Remembering Dave Hill: passionate advocate of sector-led improvement

Analysis

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

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“Compassionate”, “big-hearted”, “inspirational” are just some of the words used by colleagues to describe Dave Hill following his sudden death in June aged 61.

Changes to care responsibilities divide opinion among leaders

Analysis

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

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Easing and removing some council duties governing care and protection of vulnerable children is ‘dangerous’ say some experts, but others argue the flexibilities are necessary to help them respond to the Covid-19 pandemic

Covid-19 response offers lessons for improving children’s services

Analysis

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

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A resource centre for families on the edge of care and youth work group sessions via Zoom are two of the ways support for vulnerable groups is being maintained. Leaders assess what can be learnt for the future

Gaps in knowledge on ACEs

Analysis

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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Review shows negative impact of adverse childhood experiences and says understanding must improve.

Immigration status and Brexit

Analysis

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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Expert says councils must take measures to ensure children in care have leave to remain from 2021.

Coronavirus: campaigners warn on capacity of children’s charities

Analysis

Monday, March 30, 2020

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Amid the response to the Covid-19 crisis, third sector leaders have called on the government to prioritise economic assistance for children’s charities so they can meet the rising support needs of vulnerable groups.

Group to push for more support for ‘hidden army’ of young carers

Analysis

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

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I am delighted that a new APPG for young carers is being constituted in parliament. Our aim is to raise the profile of the too often neglected hidden army of young carers, and lobby government for better recognition and support.

England eyes Scotland review for lessons on care system overhaul

Analysis

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

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Taking three years, Scotland’s care review sets out detailed proposals for changing the “broken” care system. With the UK government pledging its own care review, sector experts identify what England can learn.

Project 2035 looks to the future

Analysis

Thursday, January 2, 2020

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Directors need to plan to meet the challenges children’s services could face in 15 years’ time, says body.

Spending Round: key measures for children and family services

Analysis

Monday, September 23, 2019

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An extra £13bn is to be pumped into government departments in the next financial year, with local authorities and other providers of children's services set to benefit. Here, experts analyse what this means for provision.

Government outlines efforts to reform children's services funding

Analysis

Monday, July 29, 2019

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By 2024/25, councils face an estimated funding gap - the difference between how much money councils receive and how much they need to deliver services - of £8bn, according to analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA).

Blueprint for better health and social care integration

Analysis

Monday, June 24, 2019

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Closer working between children's health and social care services can be achieved through five key changes.

Factors behind decline of twin-hat directors of children's services

Analysis

Monday, May 27, 2019

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Funding changes and more complex policy could be reasons for the fall in twin-hat DCSs, say experts.

Tackling lack of diversity in the children's services workforce

Analysis

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

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Two-thirds of social workers are white, but in some areas that figure is much higher. Leaders say work needs to be done to encourage more ethnic minorities into the sector in frontline and leadership roles.

Visualising a child's care journey

Analysis

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Data visualisation tool could boost efficiency and stop vulnerable children from slipping through the net.

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Lockdown widens digital divide

Children’s professionals develop local projects to aid Covid recovery

Practitioners reflect on lockdown problems

Early adopters set out the key features of children’s trusts

Coping with pandemic lockdowns

Remembering Dave Hill: passionate advocate of sector-led improvement

Changes to care responsibilities divide opinion among leaders

Covid-19 response offers lessons for improving children’s services

Gaps in knowledge on ACEs

Immigration status and Brexit

Coronavirus: campaigners warn on capacity of children’s charities

Group to push for more support for ‘hidden army’ of young carers

England eyes Scotland review for lessons on care system overhaul

Project 2035 looks to the future

Spending Round: key measures for children and family services

Government outlines efforts to reform children's services funding

Blueprint for better health and social care integration

Factors behind decline of twin-hat directors of children's services

Tackling lack of diversity in the children's services workforce

Visualising a child's care journey

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