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Leicestershire lays groundwork for under-5s public health transfer

Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

In October 2015, local authorities will gain responsibility for commissioning the national Healthy Child Programme (HCP).

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

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Monday, March 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Chamber of Commerce warning on youth unemployment figures; fraction of public health spending goes on child obesity; and government launches action plan to tackle violence against females, all in the news today.

Children's Care Commissioning Special Report: Policy Context

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Tuesday, May 25, 2021

| CYP Now

Most care commissioning involves developing contracts with independent providers from the voluntary and private sectors to provide places in residential children's homes and foster families. There is a shortage of places in both settings.

Trafford sets agenda for integration of children's care and health services

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Having outsourced day-to-day management of its children's services to an NHS trust, Trafford Council plans to become the first area to fully integrate social care and community health services for children and adults.

Daily roundup: Child protection warning, university attendance, and youth service cuts

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

| CYP Now

National Crime Agency urges more action on child abuse, regional disparities in university attendance and West Sussex youth cuts to be debated, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Social action, sexting, and council cuts

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Postcode lottery for volunteering opportunities; prevalence of sexting highlighted; and Nottinghamshire Council outlines plans to cut children's services, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's professionals struggle to keep pace with child abusers' tactics; 23 campaign groups highlight need for child-friendly policies; and Bracknell Forest youth hub set to open by 2016, all in the news today.

Research Report: Understanding the Market and the Use of Out-of-Authority Placements

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Researchers set out to identify the key factors influencing local authority decisions to place children in residential care inside and outside local authority boundaries.

Daily round up: Blackburn DCS drafted into Rochdale, Ofsted complaints, and profit-making schools

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Rochdale appoints an interim head of children's social services, Ofsted is criticised over its new complaints framework, and a call for profit-making firms to take charge of the worst schools, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Truancy convictions, TV, and Birmingham cuts

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

| CYP Now

A large rise in parental truancy convictions, cancer concerns for children who watch too much telly, and criticism over a cuts consultation in Birmingham, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

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Friday, August 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Poorer parents struggle to feed their children during the summer holidays; Department for Education publishes child-friendly guide to the special educational needs reforms; and judge warns of "paedophile panic", all in the news today.

Cost of foster care recruitment explored: agencies vs in-house

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Monday, October 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Public sector consultant Impower has calculated that local authorities could save £150m by placing more fostered children with their own carers, but independent providers say its analysis of the costs and benefits is flawed.

Further austerity is the only election certainty

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Monday, April 27, 2015

| CYP Now

As the curtain comes down on this Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government, it is worth reflecting on what we've learnt from the past five years - as it looks increasingly likely that the future holds more of the same.

Commissioning: Heading in different directions

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020

| CYP Now

Children’s services providers are getting larger while commissioning arrangements are fragmenting, says Andrew Rome.

Commissioning Care: Policy context

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| CYP Now

CYP Now’s Special Report on Commissioning Care outlines the key measures in the Care Review, hears from experts across the sector on the impact these could have on services, summarises latest influential research and highlights examples of good commissioning practice involving councils and providers.

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Leicestershire lays groundwork for under-5s public health transfer

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

Children's Care Commissioning Special Report: Policy Context

Trafford sets agenda for integration of children's care and health services

Daily roundup: Child protection warning, university attendance, and youth service cuts

Daily roundup: Social action, sexting, and council cuts

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

Research Report: Understanding the Market and the Use of Out-of-Authority Placements

Daily round up: Blackburn DCS drafted into Rochdale, Ofsted complaints, and profit-making schools

Daily roundup: Truancy convictions, TV, and Birmingham cuts

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

Cost of foster care recruitment explored: agencies vs in-house

Further austerity is the only election certainty

Commissioning: Heading in different directions

Commissioning Care: Policy context

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