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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

| CYP Now

Covid has made participation more difficult but has highlighted new ways of tackling old challenges, says Toni Badnall.

Children's Homes Research

Research

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

| CYP Now

The concerns of London local authorities in meeting sufficiency duties described in the first study and the severity of this in relation to residential children's homes, are recognised as a theme across the country. This study was commissioned by the LGA to look at the policies, barriers, and facilitators for local authorities and smaller independent providers in establishing children's homes.

Children's Care Commissioning Special Report

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

| CYP Now

Commissioners of children's services are key to ensuring vulnerable young people get the right placements. CYP Now's special report looks at the latest developments, academic research and examples of best practice.

Trauma-informed commissioning delivers savings

Best Practice

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Struggling council transforms how it commissions placements for children in care with the focus on reducing trauma and addressing complex needs.

Payment-by-results money to be included in early intervention grant, confirms children's minister

Thursday, November 25, 2010

| CYP Now

The government's new early intervention grant will include money for payment-by-results, children's minister Sarah Teather has confirmed.

GPs to commission maternity services after u-turn on health reforms

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

| CYP Now

GPs are to commission maternity services as part of radical reforms to the NHS, the government has announced.

DfE appoints commissioner at 'inadequate' council

Friday, September 16, 2016

| CYP Now

??The Department for Education has appointed a commissioner at a council where Ofsted recently rated children's services as "inadequate".

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

Leicestershire lays groundwork for under-5s public health transfer

Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

In October 2015, local authorities will gain responsibility for commissioning the national Healthy Child Programme (HCP).

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Somerset County Council has announced it has terminated the contract of the interim director of children's services (DCS) for failing to deliver improvements at the struggling authority quickly enough.

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

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.

Local authority announces plans to cease funding 22 youth centres to save £1m

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has announced plans that could result in the closure of all 22 of its youth centres in order to make savings of £1m.

Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is holding discussions about the possibility of outsourcing elements of its children's social care work in order to help deal with an influx of asylum-seeking children, it has emerged.

Commissioning: Flexible placement practice

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Danny Wilson, head of children’s residential at Bedspace, sets out why commissioners need a wider range of care placement options.

Commissioning: Why we monitor outcomes

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Needs assessments and outcomes monitoring must be at the centre of children’s care commissioning, says Mark Kerr.

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.

Survey reveals concern over councils' commissioning of further education

Thursday, July 1, 2010

| CYP Now

Colleges and training providers have little confidence in councils' ability to effectively manage funding for further education, according to a latest survey.

Leadership: Commissioning works when you know what young people need

Opinion

Monday, February 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Commissioning is a social model. It is about achieving social outcomes and assigning resources to need, says Garath Symonds.

Cameron unveils plans to let private providers take control of public services

Monday, February 21, 2011

| CYP Now

The Prime Minister has announced plans to liberate the public sector from "the grip of state control" by legislating to allow private companies and charities to compete to run the bulk of public services.

Daily roundup: Child protection warning, university attendance, and youth service cuts

Thursday, October 24, 2013

| CYP Now

National Crime Agency urges more action on child abuse, regional disparities in university attendance and West Sussex youth cuts to be debated, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Social action, sexting, and council cuts

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.

U-turn over approval process for long-distance care placements

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) will not have to personally approve care placements outside of their authority or region after initial plans to do so were watered down.

CYP Now investigation: Play services decimated as funding slashed

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly a third of local authorities in England have closed play facilities as a result of spending on play services over the past three years being slashed by 39 per cent, an investigation by CYP Now has revealed.

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

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.

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