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Innovation funding should help ‘inadequate' councils

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

In early 2014, the tri-borough councils in London became one of the first areas to benefit from the Department for Education's £100m, two-year Children's Social Care Innovation Fund.

The policy context on Attachment and Neglect

Features

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

In recent years there has been a growing recognition of the scale of child neglect, its long-term effect on children's wellbeing and how interventions can prevent and repair the damage caused to children's ability to form strong attachments with parents and carers.

Sharing, caring president: Dave Hill, ADCS president, 2016/17

Other

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett meets Dave Hill, president of the ADCS, 2016/17.

Voice for the vulnerable: Carolyne Willow, director of Article 39

Other

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Jess Brown meets Carolyne Willow, director of Article 39.

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

Other

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

If children's services are to deliver improved outcomes with declining resources, the sector must embrace technology, joint working and volunteers, says Pillars and Foundations, a radical paper from the ADCS.

Key steps that will improve play services for disabled children

Features

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

A charity has devised a blueprint for improved access to good quality play provision for disabled children under five through more national funding, investing in childcare providers' facilities, making play a statutory service and enforcing equalities law.

Safeguarding help for charities

Other

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

The voluntary sector can help to safeguard young people, but needs support and funding, says Sam Marks.

Ask the Experts: Raise young people's job prospects

Other

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on young people's employment, cultivating community spirit, regaining job motivation and discussing depression.

Five lessons for charities and ministers from the collapse of Kids Company

Other

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

The closure of Kids Company highlighted problems over the checks and balances used by government and charities to ensure public funding is spent well, from which the rest of the children's voluntary sector can learn.

Inquiry will identify solutions to stresses in children's services

Other

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Never move house, change jobs or get divorced (or married) in the same year.

Calm in a storm: Eleanor Schooling, Ofsted director of social care

Other

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Eleanor Schooling, Ofsted director of social care.

'Rushed' social work training plans raise 'workforce shortage' fears

Other

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Government plans to introduce a national accreditation scheme for children's social workers by 2020 could see practitioners leave the profession and destabilise the workforce, warn social work education experts.

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).

Ofsted in talks over how to assess 'risk-taking' children's services

News

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Ofsted is in discussions with the Department for Education about how to inspect children's services departments that take risks through innovation in order to improve standards, it has emerged.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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".

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".

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Innovation funding should help ‘inadequate' councils

The policy context on Attachment and Neglect

Sharing, caring president: Dave Hill, ADCS president, 2016/17

Voice for the vulnerable: Carolyne Willow, director of Article 39

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

Key steps that will improve play services for disabled children

Safeguarding help for charities

Ask the Experts: Raise young people's job prospects

Five lessons for charities and ministers from the collapse of Kids Company

Inquiry will identify solutions to stresses in children's services

Calm in a storm: Eleanor Schooling, Ofsted director of social care

'Rushed' social work training plans raise 'workforce shortage' fears

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

Ofsted in talks over how to assess 'risk-taking' children's services

Evaluating early intervention

The refugee crisis needs a collective council response

Ask the Experts: Be smart on your return to work

Good Idea: Council tax exemption reduces care leaver debts

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

Failing local authorities warned: ‘improve or face intervention'

The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

Ask the Experts: Suspected theft in the workplace

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

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