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Daily roundup: Youth club closures, Scottish nurseries and bus tickets for young people

Friday, August 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Council chiefs criticised over youth club closures, survey reveals plight of Scottish nurseries, and cheaper bus fares for young people in Norfolk, all in the headlines today.

Editorial: Outsourcing proposals could benefit charities

Other

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.

Daily roundup: Child poverty, spending cuts and Sandwell suspension

Other

Monday, March 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Child poverty adviser warns government over "muddled" reforms, £850m cut predicted for Department for Education, and Sandwell suspends children's service director, all in the news today.

Culture change required for mental health services

Other

Sunday, March 29, 2015

| CYP Now

The Mental Health Taskforce has published its long-awaited report on children and young people's mental health and wellbeing.

Sharing, caring president: Dave Hill, ADCS president, 2016/17

Other

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett meets Dave Hill, president of the ADCS, 2016/17.

Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings

Other

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

A new social work practice model, low caseloads and joined-up services have helped two of the three councils in a merged children's services department become the first to be judged "outstanding" by Ofsted's inspection system.

Big-picture inspection: guide to the new JTAI

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

New Joint Targeted Area Inspections to assess how different agencies are working together to support vulnerable children have just been launched. Joe Lepper explores how they work.

Youth Work: 'Open-access youth work principles must be instilled into all services'

Other

Monday, July 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Increasing the contribution of volunteers and forming partnerships with other sector providers are two measures councils must develop if they are to make future youth provision available to all, says a leading academic.

Putting children's rights at the heart of services for children

Other

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

A Unicef UK programme is helping five councils change how they deliver and commission a range of children's services by redesigning them using the principles that underpin the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

How coaching helps transform staff attitude

Other

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

| CYP Now

A programme of "transformational coaching" empowers professionals to handle tough situations and provide families with better support.

Inspections future tops agenda

Other

Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's directors' chief outlines vision for a two-tier inspection system at the ADCS annual conference.

Birmingham bids to put children's views at the heart of 10-year vision

Other

Monday, October 13, 2014

| CYP Now

An independent review of growing up in Birmingham has highlighted the priorities for children and young people and puts forward some radical ideas for how to solve them - with council involvement key to delivering change.

Funding cuts lead councils to seek new ways of delivering youth work

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

A new round of government funding through the Delivering Differently for Young People programme will aim to help more local authorities develop effective models of providing youth services at a reduced cost

Cuts 'fuel rise in homelessness'

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Cuts in prevention services see more vulnerable young people experiencing housing crisis, say charities.

Police reformer: Olivia Pinkney, national lead for children and young people's policing

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Olivia Pinkney, the National Police Chiefs Council's lead officer for children and young people.

Ask the Experts: Understanding online dangers

Other

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on internet grooming concerns, schools' academy regrets, young mothers at youth club and nursery numeracy.

Children's services merger pays dividends

Other

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Creating a social enterprise to provide children's services in Kingston and Richmond councils is delivering benefits six months in, says its chief.

Collaboration, creativity and more cuts: 2016 in children's services

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

CYP Now has collected the views of children's services experts from a range of backgrounds to hear what they think the key challenges and opportunities will be in 2016 across services for children, young people and families.

Good Idea: Council tax exemption reduces care leaver debts

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has made changes to its tax policies to help care leavers transition to independent living by reducing the burden of debt.

Raising awareness of neglect

Other

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

A new guide to neglect offers children's professionals advice on how to best identify and respond to it.

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Daily roundup: Youth club closures, Scottish nurseries and bus tickets for young people

Editorial: Outsourcing proposals could benefit charities

Daily roundup: Child poverty, spending cuts and Sandwell suspension

Culture change required for mental health services

Sharing, caring president: Dave Hill, ADCS president, 2016/17

Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings

Big-picture inspection: guide to the new JTAI

Youth Work: 'Open-access youth work principles must be instilled into all services'

Putting children's rights at the heart of services for children

How coaching helps transform staff attitude

Inspections future tops agenda

Birmingham bids to put children's views at the heart of 10-year vision

Funding cuts lead councils to seek new ways of delivering youth work

Cuts 'fuel rise in homelessness'

Police reformer: Olivia Pinkney, national lead for children and young people's policing

Ask the Experts: Understanding online dangers

Children's services merger pays dividends

Collaboration, creativity and more cuts: 2016 in children's services

Good Idea: Council tax exemption reduces care leaver debts

Raising awareness of neglect

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