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The case for social prescribing

Analysis

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Barnardo’s and experts call for a national social prescribing strategy to improve mental wellbeing.

How councils use the retained childcare funding

Analysis

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Four authorities that responded to CYP Now’s FOI enquiry explain how they spend allocations.

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.

Briefing: U-turn on agency ban

Analysis

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Instead of banning agency social work teams, the government wants councils to monitor their use.

The value of measuring SEND impact

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Changes in the way data is collated provides a more holistic view of provision, but still fails to capture a child’s outcomes, expert says.

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.

Cafcass sets out plan to address delays in family court system

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

The boss of the children’s guardians body wants to work collaboratively with local authorities to reduce the length of care proceedings and strengthen social work practice as it launches its refreshed strategic plan.

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.

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.

Children England’s demise reveals ‘existential’ risk to charity sector

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

A key feature of the children’s voluntary sector for more than 80 years, infrastructure body Children England is to close, citing financial challenges, with its chief executive warning that more will follow.

Briefing: custody restraint ban

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Painful restraint on children in secure settings to be banned except in exceptional circumstances.

Speech and language challenges

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Experts call for prioritisation as post-pandemic speech and language challenges reach record high.

Dental problems erode learning

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Experts warn an increase in decay and a decline in dental services is impacting school attendance.

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.

Spotlight on sibling sexual abuse

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Guide helps children’s practitioners support families to address trauma of sibling sexual abuse.

Crisis hits behaviour and safety in schools

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Latest research shows how the cost-of-living crisis is hitting children’s education and the ability of schools to give additional support.

Time to scrap the requirement of foster carers to keep diaries

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Why do we insist on recording diaries, detailing the private lives of foster children?

Youth organisations face changing landscape of residential schemes

Analysis

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Experts reflect on the evolving challenges around residential programmes as the uniformed youth work sector grapples with post-pandemic delivery at home and abroad alongside the cost-of-living crisis.

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.

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The case for social prescribing

How councils use the retained childcare funding

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

Briefing: U-turn on agency ban

The value of measuring SEND impact

Four key obstacles to improving children’s services in England

Family hubs: early adopter sites share knowledge of what works

Cafcass sets out plan to address delays in family court system

Sector hopes updated sufficiency rules will boost access to youth services

Charities confront giving decline

Children England’s demise reveals ‘existential’ risk to charity sector

Briefing: custody restraint ban

Speech and language challenges

Dental problems erode learning

Ministerial churn draws criticism

Spotlight on sibling sexual abuse

Crisis hits behaviour and safety in schools

Time to scrap the requirement of foster carers to keep diaries

Youth organisations face changing landscape of residential schemes

Disparity between the discharge of care orders in England and Wales

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