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Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls
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- Monday, March 10, 2014 | CYP Now
Chamber of Commerce warning on youth unemployment figures; fraction of public health spending goes on child obesity; and government launches action plan to tackle violence against females, all in the news today.
Skills for the Job: How to manage agency staff
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- Monday, July 20, 2015 | CYP Now
With more agency workers being employed in children's services, managing this growing part of the workforce well is vital.
Ask the Experts: Making guardianship orders work
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- Monday, August 3, 2015 | CYP Now
Our panel offers advice on guardianship orders, dealing with bereavement, restructures at work and complaints about youth activities.
Good practices identified by Ofsted's tough single inspection framework
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- 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
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- 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.
DfE data shows funding shift from universal to targeted services
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- Tuesday, October 15, 2013 | CYP Now
Latest local authority spending figures suggest that early intervention is being sacrificed to fund statutory services as children's departments grapple with making a dwindling pot of money stretch further.
Daily roundup: Social action, sexting, and council cuts
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- Wednesday, November 6, 2013 | CYP Now
Postcode lottery for volunteering opportunities; prevalence of sexting highlighted; and Nottinghamshire Council outlines plans to cut children's services, all in the news today.
Daily round up: Blackburn DCS drafted into Rochdale, Ofsted complaints, and profit-making schools
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- Wednesday, October 17, 2012 | CYP Now
Rochdale appoints an interim head of children's social services, Ofsted is criticised over its new complaints framework, and a call for profit-making firms to take charge of the worst schools, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Truancy convictions, TV, and Birmingham cuts
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- Tuesday, January 8, 2013 | CYP Now
A large rise in parental truancy convictions, cancer concerns for children who watch too much telly, and criticism over a cuts consultation in Birmingham, all in the news today.
Youth workers take on social care responsibilities as cuts endure
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- Tuesday, February 3, 2015 | CYP Now
A report on youth services provision suggests that more and more local authority youth workers are being deployed in social care-related roles. CYP Now analyses the evidence and looks at the likely ramifications.
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.
Research Report: Effectiveness of a Nurse-led Programme for First-time Teenage Mothers
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- Tuesday, November 10, 2015 | CYP Now
A team of researchers, led by Dr Michael Robling at Cardiff University's School of Medicine, set out to assess the impact of the Family Nurse Partnership programme on outcomes for babies and mothers up to 24 months after birth.
Early help must stem the flow of neglect cases to social care
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- 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.
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
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- 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.
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