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Consultancy boss voices concerns on government's Doncaster blueprint

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Government plans to strip Doncaster Council of responsibility for children's services risk affecting the quality of services, the head of a private consulting company has said.

Parents to foot bill for putting children in care

News

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Worcestershire parents who put their children into care could be made to pay the cost under council plans.

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.

Councils face £26m shortfall in free school meals pledge

News

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.

Birmingham bids to put children's views at the heart of 10-year vision

Other

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.

Commissioning for outcomes

Features

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

| CYP Now

All commissioning decisions should be judged by the impact they have on children's outcomes, says Richard Selwyn.

Ask the Expert: Emergency placements

Other

Monday, August 20, 2012

| CYP Now

'Pioneering' children's services partnership given green light

News

Friday, November 9, 2012

| CYP Now

A private firm has been signed up to improve children's services at Sandwell Council over the next two-and-a-half years, in what is though to be the first initiative of its kind.

Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

News

Friday, February 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Efforts to create an independent trust to run children's services in Doncaster are weeks behind schedule, it has emerged.

Payment-by-results must not jeopardise key services, charities warned

News

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

| CYP Now

The voluntary sector must make sure the introduction of payment-by-results does not threaten the existence of core services for vulnerable families, two charities have said.

Funding cuts lead councils to seek new ways of delivering youth work

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

A new round of government funding through the Delivering Differently for Young People programme will aim to help more local authorities develop effective models of providing youth services at a reduced cost

Commissioning: Coping with price rises

Features

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Legal expert Léonie Cowen gives advice on how councils can navigate the impact of rising costs and insufficient places.

Commissioning Children’s Social Care: Key policy developments

Other

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Faced with a 25 per cent rise in children in care over the past decade and funding levels that have failed to keep pace with this demand, some local authorities have struggled to ensure there are enough placements in their local area to meet the number and needs of children.

Virtual commissioning

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

| CYP Now

Virtual commissioning is here to stay, and when done well there are benefits for commissioners and children, says Toni Badnall.

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.

Local authorities prepare for cuts of up to eight per cent next year

News

Thursday, December 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Councils are to be hit with spending cuts of up to eight per cent next year, under plans set out in the provisional local government finance settlement.

Payment-by-results could drive out smaller charities, say leaders

Other

Monday, July 5, 2010

| CYP Now

Government plans to introduce payment-by-results for providers of children and young people's services could jeopardise early intervention work and drive small charities out of business, sector leaders have warned.

Commissioning aid is terminated despite saving councils millions

Other

Monday, February 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Significant variations in the expertise of commissioning staff fuel doubts over councils' ability to maintain efficiency savings as the government's Commissioning Support Programme draws to a close.

Troubled families initiative misses first-year target

News

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first-year target for the number of families they worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

Birmingham seeks £340m in education savings

News

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

| CYP Now

The UK's most populous local authority wants views on how to slash a further £340m from its education budget by 2016/17.

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.

Daily roundup: Free school meals, policing and council cuts

Other

Thursday, March 6, 2014

| CYP Now

Small schools to get funding to deliver free school meals; taser use rises fivefold in five years; and Islington children's services hit with £4m cut, all in the news today.

Bureaucracy scuppers youth employment efforts, claims LGA

News

Monday, March 19, 2012

| CYP Now

Efforts to get more than one million young people into work are being hampered by bureaucracy, duplication and government control, a report by the Local Government Association has claimed.

Ask the Expert: Multi-agency partnerships

Other

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

| CYP Now

Director and lead member guidance boosts local accountability

Other

Monday, April 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Government's revised statutory guidance on the role of directors of children's services and lead members is already having an impact across the country. Sector leaders express their opinions on the changes

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Consultancy boss voices concerns on government's Doncaster blueprint

Parents to foot bill for putting children in care

Daily roundup: Youth centres, children's services and leadership

Councils face £26m shortfall in free school meals pledge

Birmingham bids to put children's views at the heart of 10-year vision

Commissioning for outcomes

Ask the Expert: Emergency placements

'Pioneering' children's services partnership given green light

Doncaster report reveals delays in establishing trust

Payment-by-results must not jeopardise key services, charities warned

Funding cuts lead councils to seek new ways of delivering youth work

Commissioning: Coping with price rises

Commissioning Children’s Social Care: Key policy developments

Virtual commissioning

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

Local authorities prepare for cuts of up to eight per cent next year

Payment-by-results could drive out smaller charities, say leaders

Commissioning aid is terminated despite saving councils millions

Troubled families initiative misses first-year target

Birmingham seeks £340m in education savings

Access dispute masks challenge to deliver better primary care

Daily roundup: Free school meals, policing and council cuts

Bureaucracy scuppers youth employment efforts, claims LGA

Ask the Expert: Multi-agency partnerships

Director and lead member guidance boosts local accountability

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