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Care leavers are more likely to struggle to access education, employment and training opportunities. Joe Lepper looks at the challenges and highlights areas helping young people to achieve their goals.

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on the dangers of legal highs, child protection changes, building a bug hotel and holding a winter bazaar.

Care still a barrier to university

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

With a drop in the number of care leavers going to university, new initiatives aim to raise academic aspirations.

NCAS conference: Children's services leaders debate policy and practice challenges

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Protecting children from extremist ideology, improving care leaver support, reforming child mental health services and changes to Ofsted social care inspections were all issues on the agenda at the NCAS conference this month.

Cuts 'fuel rise in homelessness'

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Cuts in prevention services see more vulnerable young people experiencing housing crisis, say charities.

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

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

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

Children's services leaders: When are two hats better than one?

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Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Some local authorities have combined the functions of director of children's services with those of other top-tier managers. Joe Lepper explores the benefits and potential pitfalls of different approaches.

Ask The Experts: Ensure nursery outings are safe

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Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on planning a nursery trip; safely examining online grooming; boosting workers' skills and police complaints.

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

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Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders gathered at CYP Now's Early Help Conference to discuss latest policy developments in early help and hear how local areas are developing interventions across a range of settings and age groups.

Children's leaders collaborate to drive improvement in services

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Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services directors have developed regional models to improve services that draw on their collective strengths to tackle areas of weakness, and which could help prevent critical Ofsted inspection judgments.

Housing crisis highlights failure to meet children's basic needs

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Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

When it comes to identifying priorities for improving children's services, it is understandable that many of us turn our attention to the issues that are the focus of our daily professional lives.

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Qualification requirements and training provision for working with children and young people is continuously adapting in line with changes in policy and practice. Charlotte Goddard provides a comprehensive overview.

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

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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

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

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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

Behind the Inspection Rating: Structure change drives progress

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Kingston upon Thames Council - children's services inspection - May 2015

Weight of expectation: Eustace de Sousa, children's lead, Public Health England

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Eustace de Sousa, children's lead, Public Health England.

Skills for the Job: Sharing data for safeguarding

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Ensuring data is collected and shared efficiently by all professionals is crucial for protecting children and young people.

Imagine if children's services emulated 'smart city' thinking

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Monday, August 31, 2015

| CYP Now

Last week, Milton Keynes played host to a delegation from the Jinjiang Municipal People's Government. They made the very long trip from South East China to take a look at our new driverless cars, which are soon to be trialled in the city centre.

School nursing profession demands support on children's mental health

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Monday, August 31, 2015

| CYP Now

As young people begin the new school year, the current national focus on mental health sees pupil wellbeing high on the agenda - so what role should school nurses play to address problems early and improve mental health?

Children's charity closures prompt leaders to call for investigation

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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.

A further 100 children's centres face closure

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Monday, August 17, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 100 children's centres will close or are under threat of closure, it has emerged.

DfE sanctions urgent probe into children's services spending

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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.

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Collaboration call for youth sector

Ask the Experts: Accessing mental health funding

Architect of inspection: Jacky Tiotto, director of children's services, Bexley

Raising ambitions for care leavers

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

Care still a barrier to university

NCAS conference: Children's services leaders debate policy and practice challenges

Cuts 'fuel rise in homelessness'

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

Children's services leaders: When are two hats better than one?

Ask The Experts: Ensure nursery outings are safe

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

Children's leaders collaborate to drive improvement in services

Housing crisis highlights failure to meet children's basic needs

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

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

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

Behind the Inspection Rating: Structure change drives progress

Weight of expectation: Eustace de Sousa, children's lead, Public Health England

Skills for the Job: Sharing data for safeguarding

Imagine if children's services emulated 'smart city' thinking

School nursing profession demands support on children's mental health

Children's charity closures prompt leaders to call for investigation

A further 100 children's centres face closure

DfE sanctions urgent probe into children's services spending

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