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Ask the Experts: Help fussy eaters explore food

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on children who are particular about what they eat, the "whole family" approach and sport as part of youth work.

‘Good enough' children's centres are better than closed centres

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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Another day and another council announces that yet more children's centres are to close.

‘Childcare passport' plans outlined

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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Consolidating childcare support schemes into a single fund could reduce costs and improve services.

Childcare recruitment crisis risks creating shortage of placements

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Recruitment of early years staff is falling fast as a result of the planned introduction of tougher qualification standards, prompting many experts to call for them to be scrapped or face a shortage in childcare places.

Ask the Experts: Retain a strong voice for children

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on the future of DCSs, helping children of substance misusers, improving speech skills and conflict resolution.

Big-picture inspection: guide to the new JTAI

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

New Joint Targeted Area Inspections to assess how different agencies are working together to support vulnerable children have just been launched. Joe Lepper explores how they work.

Leadership: Staff motivation and retention

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

All children's services teams face the challenge of keeping staff turnover low against a landscape of tight budgets, so it is essential employers master the skills to retain, motivate and reward employees.

Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

A new social work practice model, low caseloads and joined-up services have helped two of the three councils in a merged children's services department become the first to be judged "outstanding" by Ofsted's inspection system.

Ask the Experts: Post-retirement work options

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on working with children after retiring, joint commissioning, internet safety and the role of key workers.

England childcare strategy needs more European-style flexibilities

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. If only we knew then what we know now. And now is an opportune moment to reflect over the past 18 years.

Sharing, caring president: Dave Hill, ADCS president, 2016/17

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett meets Dave Hill, president of the ADCS, 2016/17.

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

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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.

Skills For The Job: Paying the National Living Wage

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

The introduction of the living wage will have a major impact on nursery providers' business, which need to be well prepared for.

Councils launch innovative ways to trial expanded free childcare offer

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Matching childcare to local employers' needs, offering more care at weekends and funding provision all year round are the focus of some of the areas testing delivery of 30 hours per week of free childcare.

Committed local democrat: Roy Perry, chair, LGA children and young people board

Other

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Roy Perry, chair of the LGA children and young people board.

Ask the Experts: Run supportive training sessions

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on delivering sensitive training, school place planning, bilingual nursery support and a bereaved young carer.

Free childcare plans are unfair and unaffordable

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Children's centres review is needed now before it's too late

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

The government's much vaunted consultation on the future of children's centres has been delayed - following its proclamation by the childcare minister back in July.

Ask the Experts: Be smart on your return to work

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on returning to work after absence, effective nursery websites, personal boundaries and young refugees.

No quick fixes in turning around children's services

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Management standards, specifically how to deal with inadequate leadership, were very much in the news at the end of December.

Collaboration, creativity and more cuts: 2016 in children's services

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

CYP Now has collected the views of children's services experts from a range of backgrounds to hear what they think the key challenges and opportunities will be in 2016 across services for children, young people and families.

Providers of children's centres look at new models to offset budget cuts

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

As local authority data reveals a doubling of cuts in spending on children's centres, forcing them to prioritise the protection of statutory functions, a DfE report suggests that councils' ability to do this is being stretched to the limit.

Awards highlight how hard work improves children's lives

Other

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Every year, two events are guaranteed to re-energise my diminishing bank of optimism - the judging for the CYP Now Awards, and the awards ceremony itself.

Quiz of the year 2015

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

An election result that defied pollsters, turmoil in children's charity funding and plummeting adoption figures - 2015 was a turbulent year. Test your knowledge of the past 12 months' events in children's services by taking the CYP Now quiz!

The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Measures announced in the Chancellor's Spending Review will result in core funding for councils falling 24 per cent in real terms over the next four years. How will this affect children, young people and their families?

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Ask the Experts: Help fussy eaters explore food

‘Good enough' children's centres are better than closed centres

‘Childcare passport' plans outlined

Childcare recruitment crisis risks creating shortage of placements

Ask the Experts: Retain a strong voice for children

Big-picture inspection: guide to the new JTAI

Leadership: Staff motivation and retention

Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings

Ask the Experts: Post-retirement work options

England childcare strategy needs more European-style flexibilities

Sharing, caring president: Dave Hill, ADCS president, 2016/17

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

Skills For The Job: Paying the National Living Wage

Councils launch innovative ways to trial expanded free childcare offer

Committed local democrat: Roy Perry, chair, LGA children and young people board

Ask the Experts: Run supportive training sessions

Free childcare plans are unfair and unaffordable

Children's centres review is needed now before it's too late

Ask the Experts: Be smart on your return to work

No quick fixes in turning around children's services

Collaboration, creativity and more cuts: 2016 in children's services

Providers of children's centres look at new models to offset budget cuts

Awards highlight how hard work improves children's lives

Quiz of the year 2015

The implications of the Spending Review on services for children

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