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Good practices identified by Ofsted's tough single inspection framework

Monday, August 31, 2015

| CYP Now

As Ofsted figures reveal that only 14 of 59 children's social care services assessed under the single inspection framework were rated as "good", CYP Now looks at three local authorities that have impressed inspectors.

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?

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.

Trafford sets agenda for integration of children's care and health services

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Having outsourced day-to-day management of its children's services to an NHS trust, Trafford Council plans to become the first area to fully integrate social care and community health services for children and adults.

Editorial: Service integration breaks cycles of disadvantage

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on problem academies, whole-family assessments, supporting parents at nursery and a squatting protest.

Leadership: Working with elected members

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Forging good relationships with local politicians can be challenging for children's services leaders, but if managed well, they can be mutually beneficial and help local authorities be more successful.

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

Other

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's professionals struggle to keep pace with child abusers' tactics; 23 campaign groups highlight need for child-friendly policies; and Bracknell Forest youth hub set to open by 2016, all in the news today.

Research Report: Child Neglect is Everyone's Business: Achieving a Sense of Shared Responsibility

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Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Researchers investigate how local authorities identify and intervene in child neglect cases.

Better together: Interview with Bridget Robb, BASW chief executive

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Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Bridget Robb, chief executive, the British Association of Social Workers.

Early help must stem the flow of neglect cases to social care

Other

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

With the number of children on child protection plans due to neglect on the rise, research by the NSPCC suggests a lack of understanding is resulting in universal services referring some cases that could be managed with early help.

The refugee crisis needs a collective council response

Other

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.

Who would want to be a DCS today?

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services are under ever-increasing pressure and first in the firing line if tragedy strikes. Jo Stephenson examines what the future holds for the role and why anyone would aspire to do it.

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.

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The way public services are commissioned is undergoing considerable change, but charities pitched into competition for funding with private companies have a possible advantage - as long as they can demonstrate the additional social values they provide above and beyond the primary aims of a project.

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

NCAS conference: Children's services leaders debate policy and practice challenges

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Protecting children from extremist ideology, improving care leaver support, reforming child mental health services and changes to Ofsted social care inspections were all issues on the agenda at the NCAS conference this month.

Somerset gains from peer help

Other

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

| CYP Now

Somerset DCS Julian Wooster says working with Essex has helped its children's services to improve.

Leadership: Children's services -- the good, the bad and the future

Other

Friday, April 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Do you remember Spangles? Do you listen to music on an iPod? Do you remember having milk in a bottle at playtime in primary school? Do you communicate with your friends via Facebook?

Ask the Experts: Social care budget cuts

Other

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

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Good practices identified by Ofsted's tough single inspection framework

The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

Evaluating early intervention

Trafford sets agenda for integration of children's care and health services

Editorial: Service integration breaks cycles of disadvantage

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

Leadership: Working with elected members

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

Research Report: Child Neglect is Everyone's Business: Achieving a Sense of Shared Responsibility

Better together: Interview with Bridget Robb, BASW chief executive

Early help must stem the flow of neglect cases to social care

The refugee crisis needs a collective council response

Who would want to be a DCS today?

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

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

NCAS conference: Children's services leaders debate policy and practice challenges

Somerset gains from peer help

Leadership: Children's services -- the good, the bad and the future

Ask the Experts: Social care budget cuts

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