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Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

Friday, October 24, 2014

| CYP Now

A lack of authority-wide support for change and an "arcane" IT system were key reasons for slow progress in improving children's services in Somerset, the council's former director of children's services (DCS) has claimed.

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.

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

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Friday, August 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Poorer parents struggle to feed their children during the summer holidays; Department for Education publishes child-friendly guide to the special educational needs reforms; and judge warns of "paedophile panic", all in the news today.

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

| CYP Now

A new director of children's services has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to turn around the troubled department.

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: FGM arrest, Walsall Council, and children's centres

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Monday, July 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Two people arrested in suspected FGM case; government lifts improvement notice on Walsall children's services department; and plans announced to reorganise children's centres in Bradford, all in the news today.

Unison figures reveal sharp fall in children's centres funding

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities have closed or merged nearly 300 children's centres over the last four years after making tens of millions of pounds of budget cuts, research by the union Unison has found.

Swindon considers halving number of children's centres

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Swindon Borough Council wants to slash £770,000 from its £2m children's centres budget, just a year after cutting the service's spend by £380,000.

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.

Children's leaders left 'puzzled' by calls to remove DCS duty on councils

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Monday, May 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authority chief executives' group says the requirement for a director of children's services is stifling innovation in children's services and isolating it from the rest of local government - arguments that don't stack up, say leaders.

Daily roundup: Child protection, mental health and early years

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Monday, May 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Academics criticise government plans to outsource children's social care; NHS England raises concerns over failure to meet child mental health needs; and nursery to investigate after toddler found wandering streets, all in the news today.

New Barnardo's chief eyes strategic role in children's services

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Barnardo's new chief executive wants the charity to manage, commission and deliver statutory children's services in partnership with local authorities as it evolves into a more strategic organisation over the next few years.

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.

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.

Children's charities join forces to unite the voluntary sector

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

The heads of 4Children and NCB explain how the Children's Strategic Partnership will help grassroots voluntary groups have a greater say in shaping future government policy on children and young people.

Daily roundup: Childcare in schools, perinatal mental health and domestic abuse

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Monday, June 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Minister moots late opening schools plan; report warns of postcode lottery for perinatal mental health, and serious case review identifies missed opportunities, all in the news today.

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

Political row erupts over Barnet children's centre cuts

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Friday, September 21, 2012

| CYP Now

A political row has broken out over the future of children's centres in the London Borough of Barnet.??

Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

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Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Politicians in Kensington & Chelsea have outlined their vision of standards for children's services for a new combined department across three authorities, stating that outstanding inspection ratings are expected.

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Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

Ask the Experts: Deter young people from drugs

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

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

Daily roundup: FGM arrest, Walsall Council, and children's centres

Unison figures reveal sharp fall in children's centres funding

Swindon considers halving number of children's centres

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

Children's leaders left 'puzzled' by calls to remove DCS duty on councils

Daily roundup: Child protection, mental health and early years

New Barnardo's chief eyes strategic role in children's services

Greenwich outsources all its children's centres

Evidencing outcomes on the agenda as the next Spending Review looms

Children's charities join forces to unite the voluntary sector

Daily roundup: Childcare in schools, perinatal mental health and domestic abuse

Sandwell starts to tackle service problems after private partner deal

Child safeguarding: leaders' debate

Political row erupts over Barnet children's centre cuts

Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

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