Editorial: Service integration breaks cycles of disadvantage
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- Tuesday, April 26, 2016 | CYP Now
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Innovation funding should help ‘inadequate' councils
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- Tuesday, April 12, 2016 | CYP Now
In early 2014, the tri-borough councils in London became one of the first areas to benefit from the Department for Education's £100m, two-year Children's Social Care Innovation Fund.
The refugee crisis needs a collective council response
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- Tuesday, January 19, 2016 | CYP Now
A report by MPs published this month called for the government to take an extra 3,000 child refugees from Syria currently stranded in makeshift camps in mainland Europe.
No quick fixes in turning around children's services
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- Tuesday, January 5, 2016 | CYP Now
Management standards, specifically how to deal with inadequate leadership, were very much in the news at the end of December.
A fair fee is critical to free childcare expansion
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- Monday, October 12, 2015 | CYP Now
The past few weeks have seen mixed messages coming from the government over the expansion of the free childcare policy.
Councils alone cannot tackle child health issues
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- Monday, September 14, 2015 | CYP Now
We've come a long way on improving the health of young children since the turn of the millennium.
The toughest job in the land just got tougher
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- Monday, July 20, 2015 | CYP Now
If you are looking for evidence of just how tough a job it is to be a director of children's services (DCS) at the moment, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) conference provided it.
Election result should provide policy clarity
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- Monday, May 11, 2015 | CYP Now
The general election result looks set to be a defining one.
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.
Quality and speed of care proceedings is paramount
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- Monday, April 13, 2015 | CYP Now
Over the past four years, the average length of care proceedings in the family court system has plummeted from 56 weeks to just over 28 weeks.
'Wilful neglect' laws won't help recruit social workers
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- Tuesday, March 17, 2015 | CYP Now
A number of reports over the past few weeks have highlighted the extent of the problem facing children's services departments in recruiting experienced social workers. Latest Department for Education figures show that over the past year, children's social worker vacancies have risen nearly 20 per cent so that on average, each English authority now has almost 30 full-time posts unfilled.
Editorial: Cuts to council funding create a fool's economy
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- Tuesday, January 6, 2015 | CYP Now
There was little festive cheer in the draft local government funding settlement for 2015/16 delivered by ministers just before the Christmas break.
Somerset row shows DCSs need greater authority
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- Tuesday, October 28, 2014 | CYP Now
It is rare for the sacking of a director of children's services (DCS) to be played out in public, but that has been the case in Somerset over the past week.
Residential trips are a priceless commodity
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- Monday, August 4, 2014 | CYP Now
Necessity is the mother of invention, so the saying goes. It is a maxim that could be applied to most of the services for children and young people today - being able to do more with less is a key requirement for any chief executive, middle manager or frontline practitioner.
Editorial: Outsourcing proposals could benefit charities
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- Tuesday, May 13, 2014 | CYP Now
The announcement last month of the consultation into the widescale outsourcing of children's services would have surprised few in the sector. Controversial though it may be, the government has been laying the groundwork for the creation of a children's social care "market" for the past year. But although the direction of travel has been clear for some time, the ramifications of such a move are only now starting to be thought through.
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