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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

| CYP Now

A large rise in parental truancy convictions, cancer concerns for children who watch too much telly, and criticism over a cuts consultation in Birmingham, all in the news today.

Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils will be handed powers to outsource a whole range of children's social care services including child protection under proposals announced by the government.

Child protection outsourcing plans 'dead in the water', claims Loughton

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Controversial plans to allow councils to outsource child protection services are "dead in the water" following the departure of Michael Gove from the Department for Education, former children's minister Tim Loughton has claimed.

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

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.

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

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.

Blackpool children's services 'require improvement'

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.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Further austerity is the only election certainty

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.

Ofsted judges two children's homes 'inadequate'

Thursday, September 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two children's homes, including one where a young person displaying sexually harmful behaviour was found to have had access to pornography, have been judged "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on the dangers of legal highs, child protection changes, building a bug hotel and holding a winter bazaar.

Commissioning: Heading in different directions

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

| CYP Now

Children’s services providers are getting larger while commissioning arrangements are fragmenting, says Andrew Rome.

Commissioning Care: Policy context

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| CYP Now

CYP Now’s Special Report on Commissioning Care outlines the key measures in the Care Review, hears from experts across the sector on the impact these could have on services, summarises latest influential research and highlights examples of good commissioning practice involving councils and providers.

Commissioning: Assessing needs and outcomes

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

| CYP Now

Commissioners need to improve the evidence they gather on the impact of services to justify decisions, says Mark Kerr

Commissioning: Person-centred intelligence

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

| CYP Now

In his third article, Mark Kerr assesses how a new piece of software can support evidence-based commissioning.

Commissioning for wellbeing

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Commissioners should consider how best to meet the mental health needs of looked-after children, says Frank McGhee.

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first year target for the numbers of families to be worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

Commissioning Children’s Social Care: Special Report

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Government plans in the wake of the Care Review aim to tackle the challenging environment faced by commissioners, with increasing numbers of children in the system and inflation pushing up care fees.

Commissioning of children's services could be at risk, warns report

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

| CYP Now

The government must urgently clarify the role of local health and wellbeing boards in children's services commissioning, a report has warned.

Local authorities to receive 'definitive guide' to commissioning for looked-after children

Monday, October 18, 2010

| CYP Now

Local authorities are set to benefit from a guide to commissioning for looked-after children, which will offer advice on how to cope with the unprecedented rise in referrals to children's social care teams.

News Insight: Benefits of children's trusts revealed

Monday, November 8, 2010

| CYP Now

The government is lukewarm about children's trusts but Ofsted has revealed they are having a positive effect. Lauren Higgs reports.

Government urged to underwrite social impact bonds

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

| CYP Now

The government should guarantee private investments in social impact bonds to encourage more private funding in the third sector, a charity finance expert has said.

Greenwich outsources all its children's centres

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.

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Central government must urgently consult local authorities on how new "social value" laws could impact on children's services, it has been has warned.

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