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Leading and delivering early childhood services: 10 insights from 20 places across England and Wales

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

| CYP Now

This report gives 10 insights for leading maternity and early years services, based on the learning from the 20 local areas in England and Wales that engaged with the Early Intervention Foundation in using the maternity and early years maturity matrix planning tool in 2021.

Scheme trains parents to boost literacy skills of disadvantaged children

Features

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

| CYP Now

National Literacy Trust supports parents and under-fives to “chat, play and read” as part of DfE-funded social mobility initiative.

Council redesigns care pathway to boost SLC support

Features

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

| CYP Now

Nottingham City Council aims to boost social mobility by developing a shared speech, language and communication (SLC) strategy.

Children & Young People Now Awards 2019: shortlist revealed

Other

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

| CYP Now

The CYP Now Awards highlight the very best practice in work with children, young people and families.

Early intervention initiative set to expand

News

Monday, April 16, 2018

| CYP Now

A national task force is to expand its efforts to help local authorities, charities and funders intervene early to avoid children and young people experiencing a range of social problems.

Educational impact of children's centres 'impossible to measure', Zahawi claims

News

Friday, February 23, 2018

| CYP Now

It is impossible to measure whether services provided by children's centres improve educational outcomes, children's minister Nadhim Zahawi has said.

Ask the Experts: Help fussy eaters explore food

Other

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on children who are particular about what they eat, the "whole family" approach and sport as part of youth work.

Early years must never become sole focus of early intervention

Other

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Over the past 20 years, there has been a growing recognition of the importance of the early years to life chances into adulthood.

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

Analysis

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes talks to Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children.

Early help needs to harness childhood adversity data

Other

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

| CYP Now

Ask the Experts: Retain a strong voice for children

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on the future of DCSs, helping children of substance misusers, improving speech skills and conflict resolution.

The policy context on Attachment and Neglect

Features

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

In recent years there has been a growing recognition of the scale of child neglect, its long-term effect on children's wellbeing and how interventions can prevent and repair the damage caused to children's ability to form strong attachments with parents and carers.

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

Other

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

If children's services are to deliver improved outcomes with declining resources, the sector must embrace technology, joint working and volunteers, says Pillars and Foundations, a radical paper from the ADCS.

The key lessons parenting classes must heed from previous trials

Other

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Government must learn the lessons from its failed Can Parent programme if it goes ahead with a new voucher scheme for parenting support classes for those with young children, say early years experts.

Ask the Experts: Be smart on your return to work

Other

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on returning to work after absence, effective nursery websites, personal boundaries and young refugees.

Collaboration, creativity and more cuts: 2016 in children's services

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

CYP Now has collected the views of children's services experts from a range of backgrounds to hear what they think the key challenges and opportunities will be in 2016 across services for children, young people and families.

Ask the Experts: Accessing mental health funding

Best Practice

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on mental health services funding, inappropriate sexual behaviour, safeguarding and a nursery compost heap.

How group work boosts children's speech and language progress

Other

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Programme improves the language and communication skills of three- to four-year-olds with delayed language development.

North-south divide apparent by age five, report finds

News

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Poor children in the north of England are faring worse by the age of five than their counterparts in London, a study has found.

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

Other

Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders gathered at CYP Now's Early Help Conference to discuss latest policy developments in early help and hear how local areas are developing interventions across a range of settings and age groups.

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Leading and delivering early childhood services: 10 insights from 20 places across England and Wales

Scheme trains parents to boost literacy skills of disadvantaged children

Council redesigns care pathway to boost SLC support

Children & Young People Now Awards 2019: shortlist revealed

Early intervention initiative set to expand

Educational impact of children's centres 'impossible to measure', Zahawi claims

Ask the Experts: Help fussy eaters explore food

Early years must never become sole focus of early intervention

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

Early help needs to harness childhood adversity data

Ask the Experts: Retain a strong voice for children

The policy context on Attachment and Neglect

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

The key lessons parenting classes must heed from previous trials

Ask the Experts: Be smart on your return to work

Collaboration, creativity and more cuts: 2016 in children's services

Ask the Experts: Accessing mental health funding

How group work boosts children's speech and language progress

North-south divide apparent by age five, report finds

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

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