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Government accused of allowing 'back door' privatisation of child protection

Friday, June 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Private companies will be able to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans via the "back door" by setting up separate subsidiaries, it has been claimed.

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly 500 children in Manchester were potentially left at risk because social work assessments were not carried out quickly enough, a report that has rated the city's children's services as "inadequate", has found.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

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Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Politicians in Kensington & Chelsea have outlined their vision of standards for children's services for a new combined department across three authorities, stating that outstanding inspection ratings are expected.

Distribution of early intervention grant sparks concerns

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Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Fairness in the distribution of the early intervention grant has been called into question after it emerged that many deprived areas have fared worse than those that are better off.

Doncaster brings in Impower to overhaul children's services

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Doncaster Council has appointed consultants Impower and Penna to help it turn around its failing children's services department.

First 'innovation' funds handed to tri-borough councils

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

London's tri-borough children's services are to receive £4m from the government's innovation fund, the first award to be made under the initiative.

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

| CYP Now

A new director of children's services has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to turn around the troubled department.

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

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Friday, October 24, 2014

| CYP Now

A lack of authority-wide support for change and an "arcane" IT system were key reasons for slow progress in improving children's services in Somerset, the council's former director of children's services (DCS) has claimed.

Fee cuts 'could threaten residential placements'

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Residential care providers have warned children's services leaders that any attempts by councils to cut the fees paid to independent homes could see care placements jeopardised.

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

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Monday, February 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Sheffield has been told to improve its children's services after an inspection highlighted weaknesses in performance on looked-after children and adoption.

Pioneering youth service mutual gets green light

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Monday, July 23, 2012

| CYP Now

A London borough is poised to launch the first employee-led youth services mutual after the concept was rubberstamped by politicians.

Councils urged to tackle preventable child deaths and injuries

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities must do more to prevent the deaths of more than 60 children each year from preventable accidents, a report has found.

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's consultation over allowing councils to delegate children's social care services to third parties was insufficient and needs further debate, chair of the all-party parliamentary group on child protection has said.

Daily roundup: School sports, tooth decay and academies

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Monday, March 18, 2013

| CYP Now

£150m for primary school sport, 41 per cent of children in Wales suffer tooth decay by five, and concerns over cost of academies in Birmingham, all in the news today.

Forms of business support for youth sector identified

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Friday, May 4, 2012

| CYP Now

A range of different types of support that businesses can provide youth organisations have been identified as part of a project to strengthen links between commerce and the youth sector.

Councils call for national outcomes framework for looked-after children

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Monday, November 24, 2014

| CYP Now

A national outcomes framework should be developed as one of a range of measures to improve services for looked-after children and those with greatest needs, a report has found.

DfE sanctions urgent probe into children's services spending

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Friday, August 14, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has ordered a study into the spending habits of local authority children's services departments ahead of expected central government cuts being announced in November.

A further 100 children's centres face closure

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Monday, August 17, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 100 children's centres will close or are under threat of closure, it has emerged.

Hurd hails young generation at CYP Now Awards but says some youth services are 'ok to lose'

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Thursday, November 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Civil society minister Nick Hurd has said some local authority youth services closed in recent years because they were not good enough.

Payment-by-results must not jeopardise key services, charities warned

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

| CYP Now

The voluntary sector must make sure the introduction of payment-by-results does not threaten the existence of core services for vulnerable families, two charities have said.

Timpson announces extra £70m for innovation programme

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Friday, October 31, 2014

| CYP Now

An additional £70m will be made available for projects to improve children's services through the government's innovation programme, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

Local authorities prepare for cuts of up to eight per cent next year

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Councils are to be hit with spending cuts of up to eight per cent next year, under plans set out in the provisional local government finance settlement.

Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

| CYP Now

An expansion of the Troubled Families initiative is to focus on tackling poor health and supporting children under the age of five, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has revealed.

Bureaucracy scuppers youth employment efforts, claims LGA

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Monday, March 19, 2012

| CYP Now

Efforts to get more than one million young people into work are being hampered by bureaucracy, duplication and government control, a report by the Local Government Association has claimed.

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Government accused of allowing 'back door' privatisation of child protection

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

Slough children's services to become independent trust

Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

Distribution of early intervention grant sparks concerns

Doncaster brings in Impower to overhaul children's services

First 'innovation' funds handed to tri-borough councils

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

Fee cuts 'could threaten residential placements'

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

Pioneering youth service mutual gets green light

Councils urged to tackle preventable child deaths and injuries

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

Daily roundup: School sports, tooth decay and academies

Forms of business support for youth sector identified

Councils call for national outcomes framework for looked-after children

DfE sanctions urgent probe into children's services spending

A further 100 children's centres face closure

Hurd hails young generation at CYP Now Awards but says some youth services are 'ok to lose'

Payment-by-results must not jeopardise key services, charities warned

Timpson announces extra £70m for innovation programme

Local authorities prepare for cuts of up to eight per cent next year

Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems

Bureaucracy scuppers youth employment efforts, claims LGA

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