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Joint targeted area inspections: Inspections clinic

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  • Tuesday, January 28, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Joint targeted area inspections began in 2016 with the aim of bringing a range of inspectorates together to assess how health and care services for children are delivered. Jo Stephenson assesses the learning so far.

Children’s services inspection

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  • Thursday, January 2, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Ofsted says the children’s services inspection regime is working well, but an independent assessment found areas for improvement. The ADCS’s Steve Crocker tells Jo Stephenson how ILACS can be refined.

Shared Services: Special Report

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  • Thursday, January 2, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Fresh evidence suggests collaboration is helping local authorities to find a wider range of care options for vulnerable children and introduce a greater array of good practice approaches to improve outcomes.

Evidence and Impact: Special Report

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  • Tuesday, November 26, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Innovative programmes are being developed to improve how services gather evidence on the impact they have to ensure resources are used in the most effective ways to boost outcomes for vulnerable children.

The contextual safeguarding debate

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  • Tuesday, October 29, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Local authority leaders discussed how they are using contextual safeguarding approaches to improve young people's safety outside the home, at a CYP Now debate in partnership with Servelec.

The Children Act 1989: 30 Years On

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  • Tuesday, October 29, 2019
  • | CYP Now
As children's services mark the 30th anniversary of the Children Act 1989, key figures from across the sector reflect on the impact the legislation has had and identify emerging threats to its core principles.

Inspections Clinic: Sector-led improvement

Hampshire County Council is one of a handful of high-performing local authorities that helps struggling councils improve children's services, but the benefits flow both ways, as Jo Stephenson reports.

Creating paid internships

Young people are disproportionately affected by low wages and unpaid work, so youth organisations have a responsibility to lead the way by paying the real Living Wage and changing unfair practices

Designing better children's services

The Design in the Public Sector programme is helping councils and partners find new ways of delivering effective children's services using design methods. Jo Stephenson investigates

Children's charities find ways to thrive

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  • Tuesday, February 26, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Funding cuts and austerity mean charities can face an uphill struggle to survive. Joe Lepper speaks to three winners of the CYP Now Awards Children and Young People's Charity Award to see how they are faring.

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