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Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

Thursday, January 14, 2016

| CYP Now

A new social work organisation to drive up standards and put social workers on a par with high-status professions such as surgeons or lawyers will be established, government has announced.

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

News

Thursday, January 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils yet to have their children's services inspected by Ofsted are to be given additional support as part of a local government bid to prevent them being rated "inadequate" and facing intervention from the Department for Education (DfE).

More cash to support SEN plans

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Extra funding alone will not improve the transfer of SEN children to integrated care plans, warn campaigners.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

News

Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

Ask the Experts: Precautions to ensure staff safety

Other

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

News

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Family Action has developed a tool to help councils track their performance in supporting families through the Troubled Families programme.

Daily roundup: Youth work, parental leave, charity funding

Other

Monday, March 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Hospital youth workers could help girls trapped in gangs; quarter of dads take no parental leave, study finds; and warning for charities over fundraising methods, all in the news today.

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

News

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities would be able to save a total of £150m a year by improving the way they work with prospective foster parents, a report has claimed.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

News

Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Structure change drives progress

Best Practice

Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Kingston upon Thames Council - children's services inspection - May 2015

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

News

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is struggling to complete inspections of all local authority children's services departments to schedule because it is "significantly under-resourced against agreed budgets", it has emerged.

DfE gives council more time to improve after ‘inadequate' Ofsted rating

News

Monday, November 9, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been given more time to turn services around in the wake of Ofsted judging its children's services department ‘inadequate' twice in two years.

Spending on early intervention faces 71 per cent cut

News

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Government funding for early help services is expected to be cut by 71 per cent, between 2010 and 2020, a study has found.

Effective Working with Neglected Children and their Families: Linking Interventions to Long-term Outcomes

Other

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Authors Elaine Farmer and Eleanor Lutman; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 978-1-84905-288-7; £25; 240pp

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

News

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.

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

News

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.

Children's social worker vacancies soar

News

Thursday, February 26, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of vacant children's social worker posts has increased by nearly 20 per cent in a single year, latest government statistics show.

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.

DfE: 'No link' between spending on children's social care and quality

News

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has said there is no link between the amount of money spent on children's social care and the effectiveness of services.

Evaluating early intervention

Other

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.

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Morgan unveils plans for new social work body

Support boost for councils at risk of 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

More cash to support SEN plans

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

Ask the Experts: Precautions to ensure staff safety

Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

Daily roundup: Youth work, parental leave, charity funding

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Behind the Inspection Rating: Structure change drives progress

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

DfE gives council more time to improve after ‘inadequate' Ofsted rating

Spending on early intervention faces 71 per cent cut

Effective Working with Neglected Children and their Families: Linking Interventions to Long-term Outcomes

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

Children's social worker vacancies soar

Ofsted slams poor practice at council where three children died

DfE: 'No link' between spending on children's social care and quality

Evaluating early intervention

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