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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

| CYP Now

The Nuffield Foundation has awarded £2.8m to a research project aimed at better understanding the needs and experiences of vulnerable children and families.

Councils focus on tackling multiple problems

Analysis

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

| CYP Now

How two councils will invest in innovative approaches to support better outcomes for young adults living with a range of linked disadvantages.

Adverse Childhood Experiences: Special Report

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

| CYP Now

Research has shown that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can increase the risk of poor life outcomes, so policymakers and practitioners are developing new ways to prevent ACEs and support children at risk of them.

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

At its best, technology speeds up laborious inputting of information, enabling children’s services practitioners to spend more time with their clients, helps commissioners to identify trends so they can prioritise resources, and enable leaders to make informed choices on how services are structured.

Gaps in knowledge on ACEs

Analysis

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

Review shows negative impact of adverse childhood experiences and says understanding must improve.

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.

Early Help: Special Report

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.

Government to trial upfront Troubled Families payments

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Some councils will receive upfront funding to pay for support provided through the government's Troubled Families programme as part of a trial, it has been announced.

Children's services company making 'steady progress' on early help

Thursday, February 15, 2018

| CYP Now

Efforts to improve standards at a children's services department rated "inadequate" in 2015 are making steady progress on early help provision, Ofsted has found.

Flagship early intervention programme set for further expansion

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

| CYP Now

A Department for Education-backed early intervention project is set for expansion after receiving a funding boost from lottery funding.

DfE innovation project 'saves councils up to £2m a year'

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

| CYP Now

An early intervention project that received funding through the Department for Education's social care innovation programme saves councils up to £2.1m a year, an evaluation report has found.

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Agencies across the London borough of Hounslow have been praised for their work to support children who have experienced domestic abuse.

Special Report: Social Work With Children and Families

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Social workers are among the most important people in the lives of vulnerable children, so a number of initiatives are aimed at re-energising a profession dogged by high caseloads and recruitment difficulties.

One in four troubled families 'not satisfied' with access to services

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

| CYP Now

A quarter of people receiving support through the government's flagship Troubled Families programme have said they were "dissatisfied" with how easy it was to access support.

Young carers missing out on support due to 'fear of social services'

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

| CYP Now

Young carers continue to be fearful of being identified because of concerns about what action social services may take, a study commissioned by the Department for Education has found.

How group support helps families stay together

Best Practice

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Family group conferencing is enabling family members to come up with their own solutions to problems and keep children out of care.

Special Report: Technology in Social Work

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

| CYP Now

Social work leaders, practitioners and teams are increasingly using technology to improve how they engage with children, young people and families, and share vital safeguarding information with partner agencies.

Special Report: Technology in Social Work - Policy context

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

| CYP Now

NCAS conference: ADCS president urges investment to reduce care numbers

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils must invest heavily in early intervention services in order to stem recent increases in the number of children being taken into care.

Troubled Families delivers gains despite damning study findings

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

| CYP Now

In-depth research has found no link between the Troubled Families programme and improved outcomes for participants, but children's services leaders claim the government's flagship initiative still has merits.

The policy context on Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education leads on child protection in government, but it shares responsibility for child sexual exploitation (CSE) with the Home Office.

Social work set free to innovate

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.

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

Analysis

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes talks to Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children.

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