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Shared Services: Special Report

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.

Worcestershire County Council

Best Practice

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Long-time struggling West Midlands council is the latest to transfer a range of children’s services to a council-owned company.

Councils look to unite to deliver children's social care, survey finds

News

Monday, August 7, 2017

| CYP Now

A growing number of councils plan to join forces to run children's social care services, a government survey of children's services leaders has found.

Leadership: Realising capacity in social care

Features

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

| CYP Now

In straitened times we need to look beyond the entrenched old ideas to truly innovate and deliver better, more flexible people-centric services to the children and families who need our support.

Supporting Long-term Foster Care Placements in the Independent Sector

Research

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

| CYP Now

The impact of Match Foster Care's pilot project to improve outcomes by having the local authority delegate certain statutory duties and related decision making to the provider.

A serene setting to address harmful sexual behaviour

Research

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Glebe House is a residential home providing therapeutic care for young people who display harmful sexual behaviour. Emily Rogers visits staff and residents to find out more about the setting's approach.

Special Report: Children's Mental Health

Other

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

| CYP Now

The Future in Mind national strategy and £1.4bn in funding is seeing a reorganisation of children's mental health services that is aiming to transform the outcomes of children and young people.

Social work set free to innovate

Other

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire are among the authorities chosen to take part in the Partners in Practice programme to transform children's social care. Eileen Fursland finds out about their plans.