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

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.

Social investment advocate: Joanne Hay, Teens and Toddlers chief executive

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Joanne Hay, chief executive of Teens and Toddlers.

Ask the Experts: Dealing with depressed children

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Monday, April 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on tackling depression, monitoring performance, improving story time and protecting children from CSE.

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.

Understanding youth work's impact

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

The Centre for Youth Impact aims to develop new ways to understand the benefits youth work brings.

Ask the Experts: Bereavement, YOI education support, youth work news project and spring in the nursery

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on helping bereaved children, education support in YOIs, a youth work news project and celebrating spring.

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.

Let's be ready to answer for our children's rights record

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's commissioner for England Maggie Atkinson looks ahead as the UNCRC marks its Silver Jubilee.

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

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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.

Ask the Experts: Deter young people from drugs

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Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on "legal highs", saving money while safeguarding, partnership working concerns and coping with hot weather.

Residential trips are a priceless commodity

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Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Necessity is the mother of invention, so the saying goes. It is a maxim that could be applied to most of the services for children and young people today - being able to do more with less is a key requirement for any chief executive, middle manager or frontline practitioner.

Daily roundup: Youth centres, children's services and leadership

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Charities set to take on running of Liverpool youth centres; tri-borough arrangements to be reviewed by Labour; and new DCS appointed in Southwark, all in the news today.

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.

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.

Evidencing outcomes on the agenda as the next Spending Review looms

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

CYP Now's Outcomes Conference earlier this month brought together leaders in children's services across the voluntary sector, local authorities and government to debate the way ahead for evidencing what works.

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.

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.

Randomised trials will drive better decisions for children

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Sandwell starts to tackle service problems after private partner deal

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Simon White, the privately-employed DCS at Sandwell Council, says other struggling authorities may follow their lead by partnering with an outside agency to run children's services

Child safeguarding: leaders' debate

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders from councils across England discussed the current challenges of safeguarding children at a debate hosted by CYP Now in partnership with 4Children. Ravi Chandiramani reports

Daily roundup: Child poverty, spending cuts and Sandwell suspension

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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.

Central intelligence

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Multi-agency safeguarding hubs bring together different professionals to share intelligence about children at risk. As they spring up nationwide, Joe Lepper examines what impact they are having

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: School canteens, television fears, and consultant costs

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Revised school buildings guidance omits kitchens, no television for under-threes, and a row over £800-a-day consultant, all in the news roundup today.

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

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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.

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

Social investment advocate: Joanne Hay, Teens and Toddlers chief executive

Ask the Experts: Dealing with depressed children

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

Understanding youth work's impact

Ask the Experts: Bereavement, YOI education support, youth work news project and spring in the nursery

Youth workers take on social care responsibilities as cuts endure

Let's be ready to answer for our children's rights record

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

Ask the Experts: Deter young people from drugs

Residential trips are a priceless commodity

Daily roundup: Youth centres, children's services and leadership

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

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

Evidencing outcomes on the agenda as the next Spending Review looms

Daily roundup: Social action, sexting, and council cuts

DfE data shows funding shift from universal to targeted services

Randomised trials will drive better decisions for children

Sandwell starts to tackle service problems after private partner deal

Child safeguarding: leaders' debate

Daily roundup: Child poverty, spending cuts and Sandwell suspension

Central intelligence

Daily round up: Blackburn DCS drafted into Rochdale, Ofsted complaints, and profit-making schools

Daily roundup: School canteens, television fears, and consultant costs

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

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