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Wokingham reinstates dedicated DCS post

Friday, March 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Wokingham Borough Council has been forced to backtrack on a senior management overhaul that saw its director of children's services also serve as interim chief executive.

The 2014 Report

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Sector leaders look at the year ahead for children and young people.

Free childcare funding challenge

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Free childcare for two-year-olds is to be backed by £760m. But is it enough to overcome funding issues, asks Nigel Keohane.

Greenwich outsources all its children's centres

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has selected a mixture of schools, charities and a leisure trust to run its 24 children's centres from April this year.

Ask the Expert: Consultation participation

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Councils aim to share burden of reform

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

A Children's Improvement Board scheme is allowing councils to learn from each other's experiences

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Central government must urgently consult local authorities on how new "social value" laws could impact on children's services, it has been has warned.

Daily roundup: Child support, missing children and outsourcing

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Changes to child maintenance system; new national missing children's campaign launches; and children's services chief enters outsourcing debate, all in the news today.

Wakefield Council proposes to close 14 children's centres

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Thursday, July 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Wakefield Council is considering closing the majority of its children's centres as part of efforts to halve the service's budget.

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.

Ageing society has implications for entire children's workforce

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Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

We're all getting older. But what has an ageing society got to do with the children's and young people's sector?

Turning parents into care professionals

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Monday, May 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Gabriella Jozwiak meets participants on a government-funded scheme to train parents to be childminders to find out what lessons were learned.

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.

Children's leaders gather to tackle major issues at ADCS conference

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Monday, July 20, 2015

| CYP Now

The Association of Directors of Children's Services annual conference heard about government plans for adoption reforms, improvements to children's mental health services, social work training and funding challenges.

Children's centres: seven councils responsible for more than half of closures

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Just seven councils are responsible for more than half the closures of children's centres since 2010 according to figures provided by childcare minister Sam Gyimah.

Specialists key to childcare offer

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Monday, August 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Educational psychology services are vital to ensure the free childcare expansion succeeds, says Kate Fallon.

Children's centres face uncertain future amid cuts and closures

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Monday, August 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Sure Start children's centres are at a crossroads. With funding cuts forcing many councils to close or downgrade provision and a government review about to be launched, experts set out what the future holds.

Ask the Experts: Get the best from governing bodies

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Monday, August 31, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on school governing bodies, new youth club members, nursery transitions and learning from job interviews.

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?