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Cameron extends Troubled Families programme to 500,000

Monday, August 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of troubled families receiving intensive government support to turn their lives around is to be increased from 120,000 to 500,000.

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

News

Thursday, August 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authority spending on children's social care has increased by more than five per cent in a single year, government figures show.

Ten-year early help drive makes us believe we can transform lives

Other

Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

When I started out in children's services more than 30 years ago, I had high hopes that with hard work I could make a difference. Since then, the biggest learning curve has been to stop hoping.

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

News

Friday, September 12, 2014

| CYP Now

A group of local authorities will face Ofsted inspections on the way they deal with child sexual exploitation (CSE) in a bid to ensure services are up to scratch in the wake of the Rotherham scandal, CYP Now can reveal.

Councils make their case for more self-rule

Other

Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Following the Scottish independence referendum, local government groups call for English councils to gain more control of children's budgets.

Doncaster's deliverer

Other

Monday, October 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett speaks to Paul Moffat, chief executive, Doncaster Children's Services Trust.

Councils look to unite to deliver children's social care, survey finds

News

Monday, August 7, 2017

| CYP Now

A growing number of councils plan to join forces to run children's social care services, a government survey of children's services leaders has found.

Ask the Experts: Parents' contact concerns

Other

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Daily roundup: Children's services complaints, violence against disabled children and unqualified staff in schools

Other

Thursday, July 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Children's services complaints to the Local Government Ombudsman, changes to school staff regulations and the threat of violence on disabled children all hit the headlines today.

Senior Tories call for cabinet-level families post

News

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

| CYP Now

More than 50 Tory MPs and peers are calling on the government to create a cabinet-level families minister post to better co-ordinate family policy across departments.

Co-production vital across child services

Opinion

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

| CYP Now

The first session of this year's Conservative Party conference is set to focus on education, housing and political participation. All three policy issues have, in recent years, under the same party's watch, produced deep fissures of concern, pushing many young people to the margins and causing anxiety, frustration and sometimes alienation. At the heart of this lies a dramatic deterioration in the subjective emotional wellbeing of children and young people, who are struggling to find out where they fit in the modern world. The Children's Society Good Childhood report 2017 is testament to that.

NCB calls for children to be a priority as transfer to new NHS system begins

News

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

| CYP Now

The National Children's Bureau has urged health professionals to put families' views at the heart of the transition to the new NHS, as plans to strip Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) of their management duties six months ahead of their closure have been unveiled.

Kirklees families to benefit from free childcare up to age of 14

News

Monday, August 20, 2012

| CYP Now

A local authority in West Yorkshire has announced plans to trial free childcare for parents of children up to the age of 14.

Inquiry finds council mishandled development of residential children's home

News

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

| CYP Now

Dumfries and Galloway council has been criticised for its handling of plans to develop a residential childcare unit in the area.

Daily roundup: Hospital profits, welfare reforms and parents on play

Other

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

| CYP Now

Government says hospitals such as Great Ormond Street should sell services abroad, a relief fund for young people hit by welfare changes, and parents' views on children's play, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Neets statistics, primary school places and measles on the rise

Other

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

| CYP Now

The number of young people not in employment, education or training increases again, Brent council unveils plan to create thousands of school places, and a rise in measles cases in Birmingham, all in the headlines today.

Barnardo's teams up with KFC on work scheme for vulnerable young people

News

Friday, September 14, 2012

| CYP Now

?Up to 100 young people, including care leavers and young people with disabilities, are to be offered unpaid work placements at KFC, as part of a partnership between the fast food chain and Barnardo's.

Children's ministers need to be excellent listeners

Other

Monday, September 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Understanding £2bn funding gap

Analysis

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Council leaders plan to analyse social care spending to show the funding shortfall in children's services

Ask the Expert: Better risk management

Other

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

| CYP Now

Sector leaders call on government to rethink Early Intervention Grant cut

News

Monday, October 1, 2012

| CYP Now

Children's sector leaders are urging ministers to drop plans to hold back £150m from the Early Intervention Grant, to avoid spending more on crisis support in the long-term.

The 2013 Report: The year ahead for children and young people

Other

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

| CYP Now

The coming year will present a profound set of challenges for all those who work with children, young people and families. CYP Now's 2013 Report aims to pinpoint these issues through a range of professionals. They put their cases for what must happen in policy and practice

Ask the Expert: Demonstrate your success

Other

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Academies Commission warns of ‘covert' pupil selection

News

Thursday, January 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Academies could be increasing social segregation in the school system by "covertly" selecting pupils from more privileged families, a report by the Academies Commission has warned.