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Daily roundup: Further education, childcare and lone parents

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Details published on vocational alternatives to A-levels; unpaid leave from work should be available to grandparents caring for grandchildren; and study shows impact of austerity on lone parents, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child protection, breastfeeding incentive, and new DCS

Other

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Education secretary Michael Gove calls for radical overhaul of child protection; new mums offered vouchers to breastfeed; and Sally Hodges to be new DCS at Solihull Council, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Care applications, children's TV, and health services

Other

Monday, November 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Care applications rising again; Miliband calls for payday loan advert ban during children's programmes; and health regulator reveals extent of walk-in-centre closures, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: safeguarding procedures, child medicines, and children's happiness

Other

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Study highlights need for professionals to be able to spot signs of abuse; call to ban E numbers from children's medicines; and MP says society is too focused on making children happy, all in the news today.

Access dispute masks challenge to deliver better primary care

Other

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

The goverment wants to get general practice on board to tackle overused hospitals.

Who would want to be a DCS today?

Other

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services are under ever-increasing pressure and first in the firing line if tragedy strikes. Jo Stephenson examines what the future holds for the role and why anyone would aspire to do it.

Daily roundup: housing benefit, Hamzah Khan and Colin Green

News

Thursday, September 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Third of council tenants fall behind with rent since 'bedroom tax' introduced; body of four-year-old Hamzah Khan left in a house for two years, court told; and former Coventry DCS Colin Green joins Tower Hamlets safeguarding children's board, all in the news today.

Call for cross-government crime reduction body

News

Thursday, September 12, 2013

| CYP Now

The government is being urged to create a cross-department crime reduction board to better co-ordinate criminal justice policy across Whitehall.

Daily roundup: Adoption figures, Doncaster and anti-gay school rules

Other

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Adoptions increase at fastest rate for 15 years, Hackney DCS to lead Doncaster changes, and DfE to probe policies banning 'promotion' of homosexuality, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Parenting costs, Section 28 and Norfolk

Other

Monday, August 19, 2013

| CYP Now

The cost of raising a child hits £148,000; seven schools ban promotion of homosexuality; and Norfolk has six months to improve, all in the news today.

Minister urges action to improve child health outcomes

News

Monday, August 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Health minister Dan Poulter has written to local authorities and health and wellbeing boards urging them to sign up to a government pledge to tackle health inequalities among vulnerable groups of children.

Daily roundup: Children's homes, Birmingham DCS and school places

Other

Friday, July 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Education committee launches inquiry into children's residential care, Birmingham's DCS leaves the council, and the government announces which schools will receive funding for new places, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Our Place funding, DCS pay and cancer care

Other

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Extra funding announced for 12 Our Place pilot areas, Rochdale Council changes DCS payment arrangements, and better education support needed for children with cancer, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Reading cash boost, Norfolk DCS appointed, and stop and search

Other

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

| CYP Now

The Reading Agency awarded £1m of funding, Sheila Lock named as interim DCS at Norfolk Council, and police stop and search practice criticised by inspectorate, all in the news today.

Partnership offers huge potential for children's health, says ADCS

News

Thursday, July 4, 2013

| CYP Now

A more integrated approach to commissioning, with NHS-style pooled budgets, should be developed in children's services, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Daily roundup: Play strategy, DCS to retire early, and genital mutilation

Other

Monday, June 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Scotland gets its first national play strategy, Norfolk's children's services boss retires early, and the NSPCC opens a female genital mutilation helpline, all in the news today.

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

Other

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

Other

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

Other

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

Daily roundup: Benefits capped, DCS hurt in car crash, tax credits

News

Monday, April 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Barnardo's attacks cap on benefit rises, ex-YJB chief to fill in at Redbridge after children's services boss is injured, and TUC issues warning on tax credit changes, all in the news today

Remit of children's chiefs expands as Webb takes on ADCS presidency

Other

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Andrew Webb, the first president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services not to have the word "children" in his title, tells CYP Now his policy priorities for the year ahead and his views on an evolving role

Daily roundup: School sports, tooth decay and academies

News

Monday, March 18, 2013

| CYP Now

£150m for primary school sport, 41 per cent of children in Wales suffer tooth decay by five, and concerns over cost of academies in Birmingham, all in the news today.

Ask the Expert: Bad staff attitudes

Best Practice

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Ask the Expert: Motivating staff

Other

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Ask the Expert: Appreciating animals

Best Practice

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

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Daily roundup: Further education, childcare and lone parents

Daily roundup: Child protection, breastfeeding incentive, and new DCS

Daily roundup: Care applications, children's TV, and health services

Daily roundup: safeguarding procedures, child medicines, and children's happiness

Access dispute masks challenge to deliver better primary care

Who would want to be a DCS today?

Daily roundup: housing benefit, Hamzah Khan and Colin Green

Call for cross-government crime reduction body

Daily roundup: Adoption figures, Doncaster and anti-gay school rules

Daily roundup: Parenting costs, Section 28 and Norfolk

Minister urges action to improve child health outcomes

Daily roundup: Children's homes, Birmingham DCS and school places

Daily roundup: Our Place funding, DCS pay and cancer care

Daily roundup: Reading cash boost, Norfolk DCS appointed, and stop and search

Partnership offers huge potential for children's health, says ADCS

Daily roundup: Play strategy, DCS to retire early, and genital mutilation

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

Daily roundup: Benefits capped, DCS hurt in car crash, tax credits

Remit of children's chiefs expands as Webb takes on ADCS presidency

Daily roundup: School sports, tooth decay and academies

Ask the Expert: Bad staff attitudes

Ask the Expert: Motivating staff

Ask the Expert: Appreciating animals

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