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Inspectors praise children's centre support at 'inadequate' council

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

| CYP Now

Effective use of children's centres to offer early support to vulnerable families is helping an "inadequate" council turn around its performance, Ofsted has found.

As many as 1,000 children's centres now closed, study finds

News

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

| CYP Now

Around 1,000 children's centres have closed since 2009, twice as many as officially acknowledged, an education charity has claimed.

Government to trial upfront Troubled Families payments

News

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.

Manchester receives DfE cash to cover terror attack costs

News

Friday, March 16, 2018

| CYP Now

Children's services in Manchester have been given £451,000 from the Department for Education to cover additional costs incurred from supporting young people and families in the aftermath of last year's terror attack at Manchester Arena.

Poor areas worst affected by children's services cuts

News

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

| CYP Now

Council areas with the highest levels of deprivation are bearing the brunt of children's services funding cuts, research has found.

Multisystemic therapy 'no more effective' than conventional support, study finds

News

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

| CYP Now

An intensive family therapy programme, used nationwide to turn around the lives of teenagers involved in antisocial behaviour and on the edge of care, is no more effective than conventional methods, researchers have concluded.

Social impact bond initiative launches to reduce number of children in care

News

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

| CYP Now

Five London boroughs have joined forces to launch a therapeutic care programme funded with a £4.5m social impact bond, in a bid to keeping more than 350 vulnerable young people out of care.

Schools 'failing young carers', claims Barnardo's

News

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's charity Barnardo's has claimed schools are failing young people who care for sick or disabled family members.

Social mobility board quits in protest at 'lack of government action'

News

Sunday, December 3, 2017

| CYP Now

All four members of the board of the Social Mobility Commission have quit in protest at a lack of support from government.

Innovation projects 'struggle to address social worker recruitment problems'

News

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Projects funded by the Department for Education to test new ways of working in children's social care are struggling to address issues with social worker recruitment and retention, research has found.

Government urges councils to prioritise housing for domestic abuse victims

News

Monday, October 30, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils will be "strongly encouraged" to prioritise social housing for children and parents who have fled domestic abuse under new guidance proposed by the government.

Flagship early intervention programme set for further expansion

News

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.

'Inadequate' council set to invest £12m to reduce number of children in care

News

Friday, September 15, 2017

| CYP Now

A council rated as "inadequate" by Ofsted is planning to invest an extra £12m in children's social care in a bid to reduce the number of children coming into care.

More than a third of young people 'living in fear of crime'

News

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Fear of being a victim of crime is currently the biggest concern for young people, a major survey has found.

DfE-funded care initiative 'provides low-cost support for vulnerable families'

News

Friday, July 14, 2017

| CYP Now

A government-funded social care initiative originally developed in Chicago has the potential to support vulnerable families in the UK at low cost and reduce the number of children coming into care, an evaluation report has found.

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

News

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

News

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.

Brighter Futures, Ealing Council

Best Practice

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Pilot aimed to prevent placement and family breakdown among older children in and on the edge of care by developing social workers' skills to build trusting, consistent relationships with them.

Relationship skills protect against a 'robot revolution'

Opinion

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Analysis by think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has found that a third of all jobs - 10 million across the UK - are at risk of being lost to automation over the next 20 years.

Leeds City Council

Best Practice

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Restorative practice crucial to Leeds children's services' journey from Ofsted "inadequate" to best practice status.

Special Report: Social Work With Children and Families

Features

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.

Exploring How Social Workers Experience and Cope with Public Perception of Their Profession

Other

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Social services are highly susceptible to public scrutiny, and public perception of the profession has implications for staff recruitment, acceptance of social work practice, and the vitality and effectiveness of the profession.

Researching Social Work Practice Close Up: Using Ethnographic and Mobile Methods to Understand Encounters between Social Workers, Children and Families

Other

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Ferguson looks at social work practice with families subject to child protection processes to increase understanding of what goes on during home visits.

Child Protection Social Work in England: How Can It Be Reformed?

Research

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Martyn Higgins examines debates about child protection social work in England.

Parental conflict: the impact for children and how to resolve it

Features

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Academic whose research underpins new government drive to resolve parental conflict explains how policy can help councils develop support programmes that mitigate the damage it causes to children's wellbeing.

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Inspectors praise children's centre support at 'inadequate' council

As many as 1,000 children's centres now closed, study finds

Government to trial upfront Troubled Families payments

Manchester receives DfE cash to cover terror attack costs

Poor areas worst affected by children's services cuts

Multisystemic therapy 'no more effective' than conventional support, study finds

Social impact bond initiative launches to reduce number of children in care

Schools 'failing young carers', claims Barnardo's

Social mobility board quits in protest at 'lack of government action'

Innovation projects 'struggle to address social worker recruitment problems'

Government urges councils to prioritise housing for domestic abuse victims

Flagship early intervention programme set for further expansion

'Inadequate' council set to invest £12m to reduce number of children in care

More than a third of young people 'living in fear of crime'

DfE-funded care initiative 'provides low-cost support for vulnerable families'

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

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow

Brighter Futures, Ealing Council

Relationship skills protect against a 'robot revolution'

Leeds City Council

Special Report: Social Work With Children and Families

Exploring How Social Workers Experience and Cope with Public Perception of Their Profession

Researching Social Work Practice Close Up: Using Ethnographic and Mobile Methods to Understand Encounters between Social Workers, Children and Families

Child Protection Social Work in England: How Can It Be Reformed?

Parental conflict: the impact for children and how to resolve it

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