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Ofsted judges two children's homes 'inadequate'

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  • Thursday, September 3, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Two children's homes, including one where a young person displaying sexually harmful behaviour was found to have had access to pornography, have been judged "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Commissioning Care: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, June 21, 2022
  • | CYP Now
CYP Now’s Special Report on Commissioning Care outlines the key measures in the Care Review, hears from experts across the sector on the impact these could have on services, summarises latest influential research and highlights examples of good commissioning practice involving councils and providers.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

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  • Wednesday, October 8, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

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  • Tuesday, March 17, 2015
  • | CYP Now
The way public services are commissioned is undergoing considerable change, but charities pitched into competition for funding with private companies have a possible advantage - as long as they can demonstrate the additional social values they provide above and beyond the primary aims of a project.

Commissioning: Parent-infant relationship services

Dr Karen Bateson, clinical psychologist and Wook Hamilton, head of development at the Parent-Infant Foundation, outline how a new toolkit can help commissioners develop provision that enhances relationships between parents and young children.

Children's trust rules removed

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  • Monday, September 13, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The government has officially revoked the requirement for children's trusts to publish local children and young people's plans.