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Further austerity is the only election certainty
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- Monday, April 27, 2015 | CYP Now
As the curtain comes down on this Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government, it is worth reflecting on what we've learnt from the past five years - as it looks increasingly likely that the future holds more of the same.
Commissioning residential care: challenges and solutions
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- Monday, April 27, 2015 | CYP Now
Working within tight budgets, commissioners of residential care are seeking the best quality for children at the best price. Joe Lepper explores the challenges and a range of different approaches.
Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post
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- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 | CYP Now
Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.
How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners
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- Tuesday, March 17, 2015 | CYP Now
The way public services are commissioned is undergoing considerable change, but charities pitched into competition for funding with private companies have a possible advantage - as long as they can demonstrate the additional social values they provide above and beyond the primary aims of a project.
Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out
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- 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.
Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress
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- Monday, October 20, 2014 | CYP Now
Somerset County Council has announced it has terminated the contract of the interim director of children's services (DCS) for failing to deliver improvements at the struggling authority quickly enough.
Birmingham bids to put children's views at the heart of 10-year vision
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- Monday, October 13, 2014 | CYP Now
An independent review of growing up in Birmingham has highlighted the priorities for children and young people and puts forward some radical ideas for how to solve them - with council involvement key to delivering change.
Slough children's services to become independent trust
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- Wednesday, October 8, 2014 | CYP Now
Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.
Leicestershire lays groundwork for under-5s public health transfer
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- Monday, September 29, 2014 | CYP Now
In October 2015, local authorities will gain responsibility for commissioning the national Healthy Child Programme (HCP).
County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services
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- Wednesday, September 17, 2014 | CYP Now
County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.
Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'
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- Tuesday, September 9, 2014 | CYP Now
Children's services in Blackpool are improving but problems remain with support for care leavers and planning for looked-after children, inspectors have found.
Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating
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- Thursday, September 4, 2014 | CYP Now
Nearly 500 children in Manchester were potentially left at risk because social work assessments were not carried out quickly enough, a report that has rated the city's children's services as "inadequate", has found.
Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on
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- Wednesday, September 3, 2014 | CYP Now
It is now one week since an independent report by Professor Alexis Jay estimated that approximately 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. CYP Now looks at what has happened since publication last Tuesday.
Children's social care spending rises five per cent
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- Thursday, August 28, 2014 | CYP Now
Local authority spending on children's social care has increased by more than five per cent in a single year, government figures show.
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.
Costs of children in care hit £3.4bn
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- Thursday, August 21, 2014 | CYP Now
The cost of supporting children in care has reached £3.4bn, according to an Audit Commission report that exposes widespread variation of spending across councils.
Campaigners criticise progress of free childcare drive
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- 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
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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.
Councils face £26m shortfall in free school meals pledge
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- Tuesday, August 19, 2014 | CYP Now
Councils are having to divert money from school maintenance budgets to meet a £26m shortfall in the government's free school meal pledge, according to latest research.
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