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Daily roundup: FGM arrest, Walsall Council, and children's centres

Monday, July 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Two people arrested in suspected FGM case; government lifts improvement notice on Walsall children's services department; and plans announced to reorganise children's centres in Bradford, all in the news today.

Costs of children in care hit £3.4bn

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

| CYP Now

The cost of supporting children in care has reached £3.4bn, according to an Audit Commission report that exposes widespread variation of spending across councils.

Daily roundup: School sports, tooth decay and academies

News

Monday, March 18, 2013

| CYP Now

£150m for primary school sport, 41 per cent of children in Wales suffer tooth decay by five, and concerns over cost of academies in Birmingham, all in the news today.

Councils call for national outcomes framework for looked-after children

News

Monday, November 24, 2014

| CYP Now

A national outcomes framework should be developed as one of a range of measures to improve services for looked-after children and those with greatest needs, a report has found.

Children's homes providers face £500k bill for new quality standards

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Government proposals to introduce new quality standards in children's homes would significantly drive up costs for providers, it has emerged.

Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

A new social work practice model, low caseloads and joined-up services have helped two of the three councils in a merged children's services department become the first to be judged "outstanding" by Ofsted's inspection system.

Consultancy boss voices concerns on government's Doncaster blueprint

News

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.

'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.

Timpson announces extra £70m for innovation programme

News

Friday, October 31, 2014

| CYP Now

An additional £70m will be made available for projects to improve children's services through the government's innovation programme, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

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.

Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems

News

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

| CYP Now

An expansion of the Troubled Families initiative is to focus on tackling poor health and supporting children under the age of five, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has revealed.

Shared Services: Special Report

Features

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Fresh evidence suggests collaboration is helping local authorities to find a wider range of care options for vulnerable children and introduce a greater array of good practice approaches to improve outcomes.

Cameron speech reignites debate over children's services 'market'

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

The Prime Minister highlighted children's social care as ripe for reform in a speech this month, with failing services handed to trusts or other providers to run. Children's services experts give their views on what this means for the years ahead

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