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The optimum place

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| CYP Now

As the number of children in care continues to rise, Joe Lepper examines how commissioners are juggling the perennial challenge of placing children according to their needs at reasonable cost.

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

News

Monday, June 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Charities working with children and young people have lost more than £150m of government funding in the past year, it has emerged.

Cameron announces review of children's residential care system

News

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a major "root and branch" review of children's residential care will be conducted by government adviser Sir Martin Narey.

Commissioning – Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training

Other

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

| CYP Now

Commissioning: SEND provision in schools

Features

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

| CYP Now

School leaders and council commissioners must ensure they meet the changing needs of children with SEND, says Anne Heavey.

Shared Services: Policy context

Other

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Defining what shared services are is vital to understand the approaches that work best in services for children and young people and whether there is scope for this to grow.

Commissioning: Foster care relative costs

Features

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Children’s services commissioners need to take into account the relative costs of in-council foster placements, says Andrew Rome.

Peterborough contract collapse: key reasons and its implications

Analysis

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Seen as a blueprint for future charity and council partnerships to deliver children’s services, the £126m contract between Tact and Peterborough City Council has ended after just three years. Experts assess what can be learned.

Non-profit provision the key to solving sufficiency

Opinion

Thursday, May 25, 2023

| CYP Now

The root of the current crisis in social care commissioning is the lack of sufficient placements.

Councils told to consult with children on service provision

Other

Monday, September 27, 2010

| CYP Now

The government's commissioning support programme is calling on councils to radically increase the number of children, young people and families they consult, as part of proposals to overhaul the way local services are planned.

Careers England calls on government to commission and fund careers guidance

News

Friday, August 20, 2010

| CYP Now

The government is being called on to directly commission and fund a careers guidance service for young people, in a report commissioned by Careers England.

Affluent areas will benefit most from big society, warns charity chief executive

News

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

| CYP Now

The big society will benefit affluent areas more than poorer ones, a charity chief executive has claimed.

Commissioning for social value

Features

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

| CYP Now

Toni Badnall-Neill explains how children's services commissioners can incorporate social value into their decision making.

Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

News

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Family Action has developed a tool to help councils track their performance in supporting families through the Troubled Families programme.

Delays and funding cuts blight young offender resettlement project

News

Thursday, November 1, 2012

| CYP Now

A replacement for a controversial resettlement scheme for young offenders in London has been delayed and is facing a reduction in funding, CYP Now has learned.

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The optimum place

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

Cameron announces review of children's residential care system

Commissioning – Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training

Commissioning: SEND provision in schools

Shared Services: Policy context

Commissioning: Foster care relative costs

Peterborough contract collapse: key reasons and its implications

Non-profit provision the key to solving sufficiency

Councils told to consult with children on service provision

Careers England calls on government to commission and fund careers guidance

Affluent areas will benefit most from big society, warns charity chief executive

Commissioning for social value

Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

Delays and funding cuts blight young offender resettlement project

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