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Richmond and Kingston consider children's services merger

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

Other

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

If children's services are to deliver improved outcomes with declining resources, the sector must embrace technology, joint working and volunteers, says Pillars and Foundations, a radical paper from the ADCS.

Ofsted highlights lack of support for children placed out of area

News

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Not enough is being done by local authorities to support children who are placed in care far away from home, Ofsted has warned.

New Barnardo's chief eyes strategic role in children's services

News

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Barnardo's new chief executive wants the charity to manage, commission and deliver statutory children's services in partnership with local authorities as it evolves into a more strategic organisation over the next few years.

Analysis backs drive for youth-led services

News

Monday, November 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people and communities should be given the authority to decide the shape of youth work services in their area, a study has found.

Health reforms fail to improve prevention services

News

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Reforms to the NHS have failed to address a lack of focus on early intervention and joined-up working in children's health services, a report has found.

NYA issues guidance on involving young people in commissioning

News

Monday, April 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Two toolkits aimed at helping local authorities to engage young people and elected politicians in the process of commissioning services have been published by the National Youth Agency (NYA).

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.

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.

Timpson sceptical of trust solution for Birmingham children's services

News

Thursday, November 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has played down speculation that the Department for Education plans to strip Birmingham Council of responsibility for its struggling children's social services.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

News

Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

Other

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.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

News

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

Leicestershire lays groundwork for under-5s public health transfer

Other

Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

In October 2015, local authorities will gain responsibility for commissioning the national Healthy Child Programme (HCP).

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

News

Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Somerset County Council has announced it has terminated the contract of the interim director of children's services (DCS) for failing to deliver improvements at the struggling authority quickly enough.

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

Other

Monday, March 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Chamber of Commerce warning on youth unemployment figures; fraction of public health spending goes on child obesity; and government launches action plan to tackle violence against females, all in the news today.

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Richmond and Kingston consider children's services merger

Daily roundup: Forced Caesarean, eating disorders and cigarettes

Study raises prospect of youth mental health service

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

Narey defends private sector role in child protection

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

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

Children's services procurement 'too costly and bureaucratic'

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

Ofsted highlights lack of support for children placed out of area

New Barnardo's chief eyes strategic role in children's services

Analysis backs drive for youth-led services

Health reforms fail to improve prevention services

NYA issues guidance on involving young people in commissioning

Shared Services: Policy context

Peterborough contract collapse: key reasons and its implications

Timpson sceptical of trust solution for Birmingham children's services

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Leicestershire lays groundwork for under-5s public health transfer

Somerset sacks £320k DCS over 'too little, too slow' progress

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

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