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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

| CYP Now

A Department for Education-backed early intervention project is set for expansion after receiving a funding boost from lottery funding.

'Inadequate' council set to invest £12m to reduce number of children in care

Friday, September 15, 2017

| CYP Now

A council rated as "inadequate" by Ofsted is planning to invest an extra £12m in children's social care in a bid to reduce the number of children coming into care.

Senior Tories call for cabinet-level families post

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

| CYP Now

More than 50 Tory MPs and peers are calling on the government to create a cabinet-level families minister post to better co-ordinate family policy across departments.

More than a third of young people 'living in fear of crime'

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Fear of being a victim of crime is currently the biggest concern for young people, a major survey has found.

Parents struggling to afford basics for children, study finds

Monday, August 21, 2017

| CYP Now

Inflation and the current benefits freeze are widening the gap between what families with children have and what they need to cover the basic costs of living, a Child Poverty Action Group study has claimed.

DfE-funded care initiative 'provides low-cost support for vulnerable families'

Friday, July 14, 2017

| CYP Now

A government-funded social care initiative originally developed in Chicago has the potential to support vulnerable families in the UK at low cost and reduce the number of children coming into care, an evaluation report has found.

DfE innovation project 'saves councils up to £2m a year'

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

| CYP Now

An early intervention project that received funding through the Department for Education's social care innovation programme saves councils up to £2.1m a year, an evaluation report has found.

Leading the charge for families: Ellen Broome, chief executive, the Family and Childcare Trust

Thursday, June 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes talks to Ellen Broome, chief executive of the Family and Childcare Trust.

How family grants achieve change

Thursday, June 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Connect Project helps families in financial difficulties.

Ask the Experts: Making staff training engaging

Thursday, June 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on effective staff training, inappropriate relationships, benefits advice and safeguarding concerns.

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Agencies across the London borough of Hounslow have been praised for their work to support children who have experienced domestic abuse.

Brighter Futures, Ealing Council

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Pilot aimed to prevent placement and family breakdown among older children in and on the edge of care by developing social workers' skills to build trusting, consistent relationships with them.

Relationship skills protect against a 'robot revolution'

Opinion

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Analysis by think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has found that a third of all jobs - 10 million across the UK - are at risk of being lost to automation over the next 20 years.

Leeds City Council

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Restorative practice crucial to Leeds children's services' journey from Ofsted "inadequate" to best practice status.

Special Report: Social Work With Children and Families

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Social workers are among the most important people in the lives of vulnerable children, so a number of initiatives are aimed at re-energising a profession dogged by high caseloads and recruitment difficulties.

Exploring How Social Workers Experience and Cope with Public Perception of Their Profession

Other

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Social services are highly susceptible to public scrutiny, and public perception of the profession has implications for staff recruitment, acceptance of social work practice, and the vitality and effectiveness of the profession.

Researching Social Work Practice Close Up: Using Ethnographic and Mobile Methods to Understand Encounters between Social Workers, Children and Families

Other

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Ferguson looks at social work practice with families subject to child protection processes to increase understanding of what goes on during home visits.

Child Protection Social Work in England: How Can It Be Reformed?

Research

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Martyn Higgins examines debates about child protection social work in England.

Strong voice for single parents: Rosie Ferguson, chief executive, Gingerbread

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett meets Rosie Ferguson, chief executive of charity Gingerbread.

Parental conflict: the impact for children and how to resolve it

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Academic whose research underpins new government drive to resolve parental conflict explains how policy can help councils develop support programmes that mitigate the damage it causes to children's wellbeing.

Exploring Communication Between Social Workers, Children and Young People

Research

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

This paper discusses findings from the ethnographic phase of The Talking and Listening to Children (TLC) project, which took place between 2013 and 2015 and explored how social workers communicate with children.

Special Report: Social Work With Children and Families - Policy context

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Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

The 2014 book, Baby P: The Untold Story, by Ray Jones, emeritus professor of social work at Kingston University and St George's University of London, explains the impact of the death of Peter Connelly in August 2007 on the social work profession.

Ask the Experts: How should social workers dress?