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Legal Update: Child safeguarding and preventing radicalisation

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

| CYP Now

A recent case in the High Court highlights the challenges of safeguarding children and the government's Prevent strategy

Challenge to protect personal data

Analysis

Monday, August 26, 2019

| CYP Now

The fallout between the National Citizen Service (NCS) Trust and one of its regional delivery partners, The Challenge, has highlighted the importance IT systems play in protecting young people's details.

Childcare feels the Brexit effect

Analysis

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Childcare's reliance on staff from the EU means Brexit could exacerbate early years workforce crisis.

Birmingham's social care transfer

Analysis

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

| CYP Now

England's largest authority outlines plans to transfer children's social care services to an independent trust.

Unexpected opportunity: Helen Marshall, chief executive, Brook

Analysis

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes talks to Helen Marshall, chief executive of youth health charity Brook.

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

Analysis

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes talks to Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children.

School catch-up: key questions

Analysis

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Disadvantaged children set to receive tutoring support to help offset learning time lost due to Covid-19

Youth Investment Fund to boost vital support for young people

Analysis

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Construction of an OnSide youth zone, refurbishment of a youth centre and involvement of young people in a regeneration project are just some of the recipients of the government's flagship funding programme.

Shift the balance of power in youth justice

Analysis

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Youth justice services need to adopt a more collaborative approach with young people, say experts.

Councils turn to ‘golden hellos' to solve social worker shortage

Analysis

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

CYP Now investigation reveals local authorities increasingly using incentive payments to attract and retain social workers and compete with recruitment agencies amid staff shortages and the cost-of-living crisis.

Factors behind social work staff retention

Analysis

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

CYP Now probe highlights importance of wider support package in efforts to retain social workers.

Secure school nears completion

Analysis

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Oasis Restore founder tells CYP Now why long-awaited initiative is a ‘revolution’ for youth justice.

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.

Sector hopes updated sufficiency rules will boost access to youth services

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Revised government guidance on assessment and delivery of council youth work aims to make it clearer what level of provision is needed, but experts warn little will change if it is not backed with extra funding.

Expansion of PAVA ignites debate on youth custody force and restraint

Analysis

Monday, April 29, 2024

| CYP Now

The UK government’s consideration of expanding the use of PAVA spray – a chemical irritant legally used in adult prisons – into child establishments has ignited a contentious debate.

Progress on child mental health

Analysis

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

| CYP Now

Three experts identify issues for the newly launched parliamentary inquiry on delivering 2017 reforms.

Back child health reforms with the necessary funds, says sector

Analysis

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

| CYP Now

Andrea Leadsom's review of early child health sets out plans for councils to publish ‘Start for Life’ offers and create hubs offering a range of family services. Sector leaders back the vision but say it will need proper funding.

Further delay sparks fears over much-anticipated SEND Review

Analysis

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

| CYP Now

Amid a third delay of the government review of special educational needs and disability provision, experts call on policymakers to use the time to ensure plans improve co-ordination of support across the children’s system.

Provider survey reveals scale of childcare workforce crisis

Analysis

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

| CYP Now

Few parts of the children and families sector have been hit as hard by the pandemic as early years services. Shortages of staff and government funding have only been exacerbated by Covid-19 as demand for places has failed to return to pre-pandemic levels resulting in settings closing.

Using the law to uphold vulnerable children’s rights and entitlements

Analysis

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

| CYP Now

It is 40 years since Coram Children’s Legal Centre published Locked Up in Care, its first major report. It has championed the rights of marginalised groups of children and is still holding policymakers to account.

Debate: School-run chaperones

Analysis

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Youth workers will chaperone pupils to reduce violence, but expert says scheme will create more trauma.

Plan to boost mental wellbeing

Analysis

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Cross-government vision for mental health must deliver more funding for children’s services, say experts.

‘Without more help, childcare’s infrastructure may be destroyed’

Analysis

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| CYP Now

In the first of a series on the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on services for children and families, childcare leaders and practitioners warn of an ‘existential threat’ to early education for disadvantaged communities.

Shining a light on risks outside the home

Analysis

Thursday, December 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Authors set out five key features of promising social care responses to extra-familial risks and harms drawn from studying international systems.

Benefits of expanding childcare provision

Analysis

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

| CYP Now

Research reveals offering disadvantaged pre-schoolers more funded hours can boost child development and ensure they are school ready.

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Legal Update: Child safeguarding and preventing radicalisation

Challenge to protect personal data

Childcare feels the Brexit effect

Birmingham's social care transfer

Unexpected opportunity: Helen Marshall, chief executive, Brook

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

School catch-up: key questions

Youth Investment Fund to boost vital support for young people

Shift the balance of power in youth justice

Councils turn to ‘golden hellos' to solve social worker shortage

Factors behind social work staff retention

Secure school nears completion

Framework closure risks reforms

Sector hopes updated sufficiency rules will boost access to youth services

Expansion of PAVA ignites debate on youth custody force and restraint

Progress on child mental health

Back child health reforms with the necessary funds, says sector

Further delay sparks fears over much-anticipated SEND Review

Provider survey reveals scale of childcare workforce crisis

Using the law to uphold vulnerable children’s rights and entitlements

Debate: School-run chaperones

Plan to boost mental wellbeing

‘Without more help, childcare’s infrastructure may be destroyed’

Shining a light on risks outside the home

Benefits of expanding childcare provision

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