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Commissioning Children’s Social Care: Key policy developments

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Faced with a 25 per cent rise in children in care over the past decade and funding levels that have failed to keep pace with this demand, some local authorities have struggled to ensure there are enough placements in their local area to meet the number and needs of children.

Children and Social Work Bill: main measures, key questions

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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Sector leaders explain how proposals in the Children and Social Work Bill could affect care leavers, safeguarding and adoption services, as well as the impact they will have for social workers and councils.

Special Report: Attachment and Neglect

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The importance of strong attachments from early childhood - and of tackling the damage caused by neglect where these attachments are lacking - is seeing greater recognition in both policy and practice.

Government sets out blueprint to reverse decline in adoption

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

Plans to reverse a fall in the number of children being adopted include changes to prioritise adoption over other forms of care, increased post-adoption support and speeding up the process of finding prospective adopters.

Relentless increase in children's care applications set to continue

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A record number of care applications were made in February, but experts differ over whether this is a sign of better child protection practice, the result of cuts to early help services or rising levels of poverty.

Children in Care: Policy and Practice

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Special supplement on the latest innovation and implementation of policy reforms to enable children in care to lead healthy, happy lives.

Councils gear up to tackle needs of refugee children and families

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Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Local authorities and refugee charities are preparing to support the 20,000 Syrian refugees to be resettled in the UK, while a large rise in the number of unaccompanied children is already putting some councils under pressure.

Cameron speech reignites debate over children's services 'market'

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

The Prime Minister highlighted children's social care as ripe for reform in a speech this month, with failing services handed to trusts or other providers to run. Children's services experts give their views on what this means for the years ahead

Review: Facilitating Meaningful Contact in Adoption and Fostering

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's charity closures prompt leaders to call for investigation

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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The collapse of Kids Company and the British Association for Adoption & Fostering has raised questions over the charities' management. CYP Now assesses the factors behind the closures and what impact they will have.

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Haringey told to improve children's social care, major early intervention guide launched, and Nicky Morgan pledges to continue tough stance on term-time holidays, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Early years, adoption support and foster care

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham Council delays childcare business charter plans; post-adoption support tops Martin Narey's priority list; and "Staying Put" duty comes in, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Drug treatment, Doncaster children's services, and foster care

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Four-year-olds referred for drug and alcohol treatment; launch date for independent children's services trust in Doncaster delayed a month; and call for long-term foster care to be used more, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Hampshire children's services receive "good" Ofsted judgment; Salford DCS to become Solihull chief executive; and Bristol gets new child protection service, all in the news today.

Social reformer called into action

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Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett talks to Sir Tony Hawkhead, chief executive of Action for Children.

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Commissioning Children’s Social Care: Key policy developments

Children and Social Work Bill: main measures, key questions

Special Report: Attachment and Neglect

Government sets out blueprint to reverse decline in adoption

Relentless increase in children's care applications set to continue

Children in Care: Policy and Practice

Councils gear up to tackle needs of refugee children and families

Cameron speech reignites debate over children's services 'market'

Review: Facilitating Meaningful Contact in Adoption and Fostering

Children's charity closures prompt leaders to call for investigation

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

Daily roundup: Early years, adoption support and foster care

Daily roundup: Drug treatment, Doncaster children's services, and foster care

Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection

Social reformer called into action

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