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The future of early intervention: roundtable debate

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  • Tuesday, January 29, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Children's services leaders discussed how local authorities can provide effective early intervention against a backdrop of rising social need and continued financial constraint at a debate hosted by CYP Now in partnership with Capita One.

Strength-based social work, Australia

Like the UK, Australia has seen rising demand for child protection and care services over the past five years. In response, the latest iteration of the federal government's 10-year child protection strategy focuses on early intervention to keep children and young people out of state care.

Early Help: Special Report

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  • Wednesday, August 28, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Amid rising knife crime, youth homelessness and care referrals, the case for spending on early help has never been so important, yet investment in prevention services has been falling, fuelling late interventions.

Leadership: Scaling up interventions

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  • Tuesday, January 2, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Once the value of an innovative intervention for children and families has been recognised, the next step is to effectively implement and replicate it on a scale that can benefit even more people.

Digital Innovation in Social Care: Special Report

The pandemic has required children’s social care to embrace digital means to maintain vital support. Here, experts set out how this can be built on to improve how services meet children and families’ needs.

The policy context on preventing care proceedings

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  • Tuesday, January 17, 2017
  • | CYP Now
In the face of tightening council budgets and rising demand for children's social care services, policymakers and local leaders have for the past few years been devising ways to reduce children's services' use of care proceedings.