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The value of children's trusts

Monday, July 26, 2010

| CYP Now

Last week, Education Secretary Michael Gove confirmed that the government plans to reform the way children's trusts operate from this autumn. Joe Lepper speaks to three local authorities to ask if they believe their arrangements are worth saving.

Richmond and Kingston consider children's services merger

News

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

| CYP Now

The London boroughs of Richmond and Kingston are the latest councils to consider merging their children's services departments.

Educational psychology services feel strain of budget cuts

News

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils across England have cut funding for educational psychology services by five per cent over the last three years, figures show.

South London councils improve SEND commissioning

Best Practice

Monday, May 27, 2019

| CYP Now

Consortium of local boroughs form a regional framework.

Tougher requirements for independent social work providers rejected

News

Monday, October 28, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has dismissed calls to strengthen requirements for GP-style social work practices to employ registered social workers.

Daily roundup: Forced Caesarean, eating disorders and cigarettes

News

Monday, December 2, 2013

| CYP Now

MP pledges to raise case of Italian woman whose child was taken at birth; more children being treated for eating disorders; and Labour seeks to strengthen law around underage smoking, all in the news today.

Councils 'overlook' children's mental health needs

News

Thursday, December 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Two-thirds of local authorities and health commissioners are failing to properly measure the needs of children and young people with mental health problems.

Study raises prospect of youth mental health service

News

Thursday, January 23, 2014

| CYP Now

A government study to assess the benefits of existing youth health services could be the first step in the development of a national mental health service for adolescents and young adults, campaigners have said.

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Other

Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Wilshaw reveals he called for Ofsted chair to remain; leaving foster care age for young people in Wales raised; and £500,000 fund set up to help male victims of rape, all in the news today.

Opposition to outsourcing of child protection gathers pace

News

Monday, May 19, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 8,000 people have signed a petition condemning government plans to outsource child protection services.

Narey defends private sector role in child protection

News

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's adviser on children's social care has defended proposals to allow child protection services to be outsourced, which he said does not amount to large-scale privatisation.

Daily roundup: Inspections, financial management and mental health

Other

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| CYP Now

East Sussex children's social care judged "good" by Ofsted; spend on agency staff triples at Windsor children's services; and new chair announced for mental health body, all in the news today.

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

News

Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Only non-profit organisations will be allowed to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans to give councils more freedom in the way they work with vulnerable children, it has been announced.

Exclusive: Half of councils fail to secure sufficient free childcare places

News

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

| CYP Now

More than half of local authorities will be unable to provide all disadvantaged two-year-olds with access to free childcare when the government's flagship scheme expands next month, CYP Now can reveal.

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

News

Thursday, August 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authority spending on children's social care has increased by more than five per cent in a single year, government figures show.

Councils look to unite to deliver children's social care, survey finds

News

Monday, August 7, 2017

| CYP Now

A growing number of councils plan to join forces to run children's social care services, a government survey of children's services leaders has found.

Bristol youth services outsourced in £22m deal

News

Friday, September 28, 2012

| CYP Now

A major reorganisation of young people's services in Bristol has resulted in £22m of contracts being awarded for provision over the next five years.

The austerity challenge

Features

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Richard Selwyn assesses the long-term and hidden costs of public-sector austerity, and asks what can we do about it.

Children's services procurement 'too costly and bureaucratic'

News

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Organisations representing 400 providers of services for children have called on Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to address the spiralling cost and bureaucracy of delivering services on behalf of local authorities.

Commissioning: Children's mental health

Features

Thursday, June 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Richard Selwyn says commissioning practice must adapt if it is to help improve the mental health of children and young people.

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The value of children's trusts

Richmond and Kingston consider children's services merger

Educational psychology services feel strain of budget cuts

South London councils improve SEND commissioning

Tougher requirements for independent social work providers rejected

Daily roundup: Forced Caesarean, eating disorders and cigarettes

Councils 'overlook' children's mental health needs

Study raises prospect of youth mental health service

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Opposition to outsourcing of child protection gathers pace

Narey defends private sector role in child protection

Daily roundup: Inspections, financial management and mental health

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

Exclusive: Half of councils fail to secure sufficient free childcare places

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

Councils look to unite to deliver children's social care, survey finds

Bristol youth services outsourced in £22m deal

The austerity challenge

Children's services procurement 'too costly and bureaucratic'

Commissioning: Children's mental health

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