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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

Monday, August 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on guardianship orders, dealing with bereavement, restructures at work and complaints about youth activities.

Children's leaders collaborate to drive improvement in services

Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services directors have developed regional models to improve services that draw on their collective strengths to tackle areas of weakness, and which could help prevent critical Ofsted inspection judgments.

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

A children's services department that was providing support for three vulnerable children who died in the space of a month has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

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

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

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

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

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

Outstanding leadership practice in children's services identified

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Ofsted had made visits to a small number of high-performing organisations in a bid to capture some essential attributes and strong examples of excellent leadership practice in children's services across the country.

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| CYP Now

It is now one week since an independent report by Professor Alexis Jay estimated that approximately 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. CYP Now looks at what has happened since publication last Tuesday.

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

Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

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

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Imagine if children's services emulated 'smart city' thinking

Monday, August 31, 2015

| CYP Now

Last week, Milton Keynes played host to a delegation from the Jinjiang Municipal People's Government. They made the very long trip from South East China to take a look at our new driverless cars, which are soon to be trialled in the city centre.

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on the dangers of legal highs, child protection changes, building a bug hotel and holding a winter bazaar.

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

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.

Collaboration call for youth sector

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Leading youth organisations want to see closer working between youth services providers and other sectors.

Good Idea: College prepares young people for armed forces

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

A specialist training college aimed at helping young people get fit and ready for careers in the armed forces and public service sector has set up its first London base.

Peterborough City Council: Local Spotlight

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

| CYP Now

Children’s services in prosperous commuter city are rated ‘good’, but young people face health and social challenges

Warwickshire County Council: Local Spotlight

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Midlands authority has invested in the children’s workforce and early help services after “requires improvement” rating.

Ask the Experts: Run supportive training sessions

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.

Youth Mental Health: New Economic Evidence

Research

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

Study of the economic impact of youth mental health services in the UK.

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

Thursday, September 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly 500 children in Manchester were potentially left at risk because social work assessments were not carried out quickly enough, a report that has rated the city's children's services as "inadequate", has found.

Slough children's services to become independent trust