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Calm in a storm: Eleanor Schooling, Ofsted director of social care

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Eleanor Schooling, Ofsted director of social care.

Zika threat highlights need for public health investment

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

In the first half of the 20th Century, polio became feared across the world.

Councils launch innovative ways to trial expanded free childcare offer

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Matching childcare to local employers' needs, offering more care at weekends and funding provision all year round are the focus of some of the areas testing delivery of 30 hours per week of free childcare.

Committed local democrat: Roy Perry, chair, LGA children and young people board

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Roy Perry, chair of the LGA children and young people board.

'Rushed' social work training plans raise 'workforce shortage' fears

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Government plans to introduce a national accreditation scheme for children's social workers by 2020 could see practitioners leave the profession and destabilise the workforce, warn social work education experts.

Ask the Experts: Run supportive training sessions

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on delivering sensitive training, school place planning, bilingual nursery support and a bereaved young carer.

Free childcare plans are unfair and unaffordable

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Supporting young fathers to succeed

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

London project the Young Dads Collective is helping vulnerable fathers play a more active role in their children's upbringing and become role models to look up to. Charlotte Santry investigates.

Youth sector unites to prove worth

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

More joint working by providers will improve outcomes for young people, say youth sector leaders.

Councils face increased pressure to respond to child refugee crisis

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Kent Council is struggling to cope with a major rise in the number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children it is caring for, to the point where the government is preparing to force other authorities to share the burden.

Action vital to protect children from public health services cuts

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Cuts to local authority public health services seem inevitable after the government announced it is to slash budgets from this year, with councils considering a range of options to reconfigure some services and reduce others.

Evaluating early intervention

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Intervening early can prevent problems escalating and save money in the long term. But how do services demonstrate this? Joe Lepper asked a range of experts for advice on effective evaluation.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Staff ensure quality short breaks

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Ade Adepitan Short Break Centre, London - short break centre inspection - September 2015.

Children's centres review is needed now before it's too late

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

The government's much vaunted consultation on the future of children's centres has been delayed - following its proclamation by the childcare minister back in July.

Raising awareness of neglect

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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.

Ask the Experts: Be smart on your return to work

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on returning to work after absence, effective nursery websites, personal boundaries and young refugees.

Academy evangelist: Clive Webster, Kent Catholic Schools Partnership chief executive

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Clive Webster, chief executive of the Kent Catholic Schools Partnership.

Good Idea: Council tax exemption reduces care leaver debts

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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.

Peer landlords: Helping others to feel at home

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

The Peer Landlord scheme sees young people supporting others to live independently. Emily Rogers visited the south London housing initiative to find out how it works.

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

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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.

Providers of children's centres look at new models to offset budget cuts

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

As local authority data reveals a doubling of cuts in spending on children's centres, forcing them to prioritise the protection of statutory functions, a DfE report suggests that councils' ability to do this is being stretched to the limit.

Failing local authorities warned: ‘improve or face intervention'

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Ministers give "inadequate" children's services departments six months to improve or face having social care removed; plans for improvement bodies also unveiled alongside review of safeguarding boards.

'The Family Nurse Partnership is making a difference'

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Analysis of the Family Nurse Partnership underplayed the programme's benefits, says an early years expert.

The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Measures announced in the Chancellor's Spending Review will result in core funding for councils falling 24 per cent in real terms over the next four years. How will this affect children, young people and their families?

Spending Review should usher in consolidation on many fronts

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

So now we know for certain about the money.

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Calm in a storm: Eleanor Schooling, Ofsted director of social care

Zika threat highlights need for public health investment

Councils launch innovative ways to trial expanded free childcare offer

Committed local democrat: Roy Perry, chair, LGA children and young people board

'Rushed' social work training plans raise 'workforce shortage' fears

Ask the Experts: Run supportive training sessions

Free childcare plans are unfair and unaffordable

Supporting young fathers to succeed

Youth sector unites to prove worth

Councils face increased pressure to respond to child refugee crisis

Action vital to protect children from public health services cuts

Evaluating early intervention

Behind the Inspection Rating: Staff ensure quality short breaks

Children's centres review is needed now before it's too late

Raising awareness of neglect

Ask the Experts: Be smart on your return to work

Academy evangelist: Clive Webster, Kent Catholic Schools Partnership chief executive

Good Idea: Council tax exemption reduces care leaver debts

Peer landlords: Helping others to feel at home

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

Providers of children's centres look at new models to offset budget cuts

Failing local authorities warned: ‘improve or face intervention'

'The Family Nurse Partnership is making a difference'

The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

Spending Review should usher in consolidation on many fronts

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