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Evaluating early intervention

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Intervening early can prevent problems escalating and save money in the long term. But how do services demonstrate this? Joe Lepper asked a range of experts for advice on effective evaluation.

How young people learn employability skills

Other

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Project helps disadvantaged 16- to 21-year-olds progress into employment.

The refugee crisis needs a collective council response

Other

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

A report by MPs published this month called for the government to take an extra 3,000 child refugees from Syria currently stranded in makeshift camps in mainland Europe.

Children's centres review is needed now before it's too late

Other

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

The government's much vaunted consultation on the future of children's centres has been delayed - following its proclamation by the childcare minister back in July.

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.

Academy evangelist: Clive Webster, Kent Catholic Schools Partnership chief executive

Other

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Clive Webster, chief executive of the Kent Catholic Schools Partnership.

Council seeks to transfer youth centres to voluntary sector

News

Monday, January 18, 2016

| CYP Now

An East Midlands council has announced proposals to close two youth centres unless it can find an alternative provider to run them.

Jobs can only be Open to All if we overcome our degree obsession

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Good Idea: Council tax exemption reduces care leaver debts

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has made changes to its tax policies to help care leavers transition to independent living by reducing the burden of debt.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Ducklings takes learning outside

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Sarratt Ducklings Pre-School, Hertfordshire | early years inspection | November 2015

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.

Providers of children's centres look at new models to offset budget cuts

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

As local authority data reveals a doubling of cuts in spending on children's centres, forcing them to prioritise the protection of statutory functions, a DfE report suggests that councils' ability to do this is being stretched to the limit.

Failing local authorities warned: ‘improve or face intervention'

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Ministers give "inadequate" children's services departments six months to improve or face having social care removed; plans for improvement bodies also unveiled alongside review of safeguarding boards.

The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

Other

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Measures announced in the Chancellor's Spending Review will result in core funding for councils falling 24 per cent in real terms over the next four years. How will this affect children, young people and their families?

Good Idea: College prepares young people for armed forces

Best Practice

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

A specialist training college aimed at helping young people get fit and ready for careers in the armed forces and public service sector has set up its first London base.

Ask the Experts: Suspected theft in the workplace

Other

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on investigating theft, youth club discussions, pupil premium use and safeguarding in the "night-time economy".

Spending Review should usher in consolidation on many fronts

Other

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

So now we know for certain about the money.

Council proposes closing all children's centres to save £600k

News

Friday, December 4, 2015

| CYP Now

A council is preparing to close its remaining children's centres in order to save money in 2016/17.

Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

News

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is holding discussions about the possibility of outsourcing elements of its children's social care work in order to help deal with an influx of asylum-seeking children, it has emerged.

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

News

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Government is considering forcing local authorities to take on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in order to ease pressure on Kent County Council, it has emerged.

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services standards

News

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been told to improve the quality of its work with children and young people after Ofsted inspectors identified "significant areas for development".

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

News

Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

An independent children's services trust that was established on government orders has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

News

Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

A children's services department that was providing support for three vulnerable children who died in the space of a month has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Fighting for the frontline: Association of YOT Managers chair Gareth Jones

Other

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett meets Gareth Jones, chair of the Association of Youth Offending Team Managers.

Putting children's rights at the heart of services for children

Other

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

A Unicef UK programme is helping five councils change how they deliver and commission a range of children's services by redesigning them using the principles that underpin the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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Evaluating early intervention

How young people learn employability skills

The refugee crisis needs a collective council response

Children's centres review is needed now before it's too late

Ask the Experts: Be smart on your return to work

Academy evangelist: Clive Webster, Kent Catholic Schools Partnership chief executive

Council seeks to transfer youth centres to voluntary sector

Jobs can only be Open to All if we overcome our degree obsession

Good Idea: Council tax exemption reduces care leaver debts

Behind the Inspection Rating: Ducklings takes learning outside

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

Providers of children's centres look at new models to offset budget cuts

Failing local authorities warned: ‘improve or face intervention'

The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

Good Idea: College prepares young people for armed forces

Ask the Experts: Suspected theft in the workplace

Spending Review should usher in consolidation on many fronts

Council proposes closing all children's centres to save £600k

Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

Ofsted tells council to improve children's services standards

Ofsted rates government-imposed children's services trust 'inadequate'

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

Fighting for the frontline: Association of YOT Managers chair Gareth Jones

Putting children's rights at the heart of services for children

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