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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.

Research Report: A Study to Investigate the Barriers to Learning from Serious Case Reviews

Other

Monday, August 18, 2014

| CYP Now

A research team from Kingston University investigated barriers to learning from serious case reviews, and examined ways to overcome these problems.

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.

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.

Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings

Other

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.

DfE sanctions urgent probe into children's services spending

News

Friday, August 14, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has ordered a study into the spending habits of local authority children's services departments ahead of expected central government cuts being announced in November.

Inspections future tops agenda

Other

Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's directors' chief outlines vision for a two-tier inspection system at the ADCS annual conference.

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

Police reformer: Olivia Pinkney, national lead for children and young people's policing

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Olivia Pinkney, the National Police Chiefs Council's lead officer for children and young people.

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.

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

News

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) face a fight to protect their role, with more than half now responsible for other directorates or services, the vice president-elect of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

News

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education will consider intervening in the running of children's services in Somerset after the department was labelled "inadequate" by Ofsted for the second time in less than two years.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Leadership: Staff motivation and retention

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

All children's services teams face the challenge of keeping staff turnover low against a landscape of tight budgets, so it is essential employers master the skills to retain, motivate and reward employees.

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.

Ask the Expert: Multi-agency partnerships

Other

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

| CYP Now

Government announces new social worker standards

News

Friday, October 31, 2014

| CYP Now

A new set of professional standards for all levels of children's social workers is to be introduced by the government next year.

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.

Support for care leavers deteriorating, watchdog finds

News

Friday, July 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Support for vulnerable young people leaving care has deteriorated over the past decade, a critical report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

Children's charity closures prompt leaders to call for investigation

Other

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The collapse of Kids Company and the British Association for Adoption & Fostering has raised questions over the charities' management. CYP Now assesses the factors behind the closures and what impact they will have.

Child protection 'will struggle to cope' with Spending Review cuts

News

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Work by councils to protect children from abuse and neglect will struggle to continue at its current level if funding for local authorities is cut further in the autumn's Spending Review, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

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

Research Report: A Study to Investigate the Barriers to Learning from Serious Case Reviews

Councils call for national outcomes framework for looked-after children

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

Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings

DfE sanctions urgent probe into children's services spending

Inspections future tops agenda

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

Police reformer: Olivia Pinkney, national lead for children and young people's policing

Timpson announces extra £70m for innovation programme

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

Government to consider intervention in Somerset children's services

Failing local authorities warned: ‘improve or face intervention'

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

Good Idea: Council tax exemption reduces care leaver debts

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

Leadership: Staff motivation and retention

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

Ask the Expert: Multi-agency partnerships

Government announces new social worker standards

Shared Services: Special Report

Support for care leavers deteriorating, watchdog finds

Children's charity closures prompt leaders to call for investigation

Child protection 'will struggle to cope' with Spending Review cuts

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

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