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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.

Online user feedback is as vital to choosing care as it is a restaurant

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Monday, October 13, 2014

| CYP Now

These days, it's absolutely expected to be able to see genuine user feedback before making any kind of buying decision.

Early intervention leaders' debate

Features

Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders from councils across England discussed the current challenges of resourcing effective early help services at a debate hosted by CYP Now in partnership with Capita One.

Ask the Experts: Deter young people from drugs

Other

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'

Other

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.

Campaigners criticise progress of free childcare drive

News

Thursday, August 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years campaigners have questioned the government's handling of its flagship childcare scheme after CYP Now revealed a widespread shortfall in the number of places available for disadvantaged two-year-olds.

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

News

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

Other

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

Other

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

News

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.

Daily roundup: FGM, vocational training, and youth employment

Other

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

| CYP Now

New laws to protect FGM victims set to be announced; MPs launch youth training inquiry; and Sandwell Council to offer jobs guarantee to young unemployed, all in the news today.

Swindon considers halving number of children's centres

News

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

Other

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.

Daily roundup: Child protection, mental health and early years

Other

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

News

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.

A provocative president

Other

Monday, March 31, 2014

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett meets Alan Wood, the new president of the ADCS.

Greenwich outsources all its children's centres

News

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.

Public sceptical of charities' role in delivering services

News

Thursday, March 6, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly a quarter of the public believe charities are becoming too involved in delivering state services, research by a think-tank shows.

Evidencing outcomes on the agenda as the next Spending Review looms

Other

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.

Daily roundup: Youth custody, child health, and charity leadership

Other

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Campaigners and charities call for review of child deaths in custody; consultation launched on school support for children with medical conditions; and Contact a Family appoints new head, all in the news today.

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Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

Online user feedback is as vital to choosing care as it is a restaurant

Early intervention leaders' debate

Ask the Experts: Deter young people from drugs

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

Campaigners criticise progress of free childcare drive

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

Daily roundup: FGM, vocational training, and youth employment

Swindon considers halving number of children's centres

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

Daily roundup: Child protection, mental health and early years

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

A provocative president

Greenwich outsources all its children's centres

Public sceptical of charities' role in delivering services

Evidencing outcomes on the agenda as the next Spending Review looms

Daily roundup: Youth custody, child health, and charity leadership

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