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Commissioning Children’s Social Care: Key policy developments

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  • 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.

Managing the costs of care

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  • Monday, May 14, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Local authorities are increasingly joining forces to commission services for looked-after children. Jo Stephenson asks whether cutting costs will compromise the quality of care

Daily roundup: Policing, teachers and youth crime

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  • Thursday, April 18, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Nottinghamshire will not get a youth police commissioner; Michael Gove wants teachers to do more admin, and a briefing highlights adult social services' youth justice role, all in the news today.

Reimagining the children's care procurement system

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  • Tuesday, May 25, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Solicitor and local government procurement specialist Léonie Cowen outlines why the way councils commission and purchase children's care services is broken and identifies what authorities can do now.

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