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Leadership: Time spent reflecting on how you work is time well spent

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| CYP Now

I started my career in the field of education, training and employment and working with young homeless people. Then, in 2003, I set up the London Work Based Learning Alliance, a membership organisation for learning and skills providers.

Leadership: How all our children's centres survived the cuts in Hertfordshire

Best Practice

Friday, May 13, 2011

| CYP Now

In February 2011, Hertfordshire County Council leader Robert Gordon announced that funding for the Hertfordshire children's centre programme will continue at the same level as in 2010/11, ensuring that no children's centres will be closed.

Sandwell starts to tackle service problems after private partner deal

Other

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Simon White, the privately-employed DCS at Sandwell Council, says other struggling authorities may follow their lead by partnering with an outside agency to run children's services

Daily roundup: Play strategy, DCS to retire early, and genital mutilation

Other

Monday, June 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Scotland gets its first national play strategy, Norfolk's children's services boss retires early, and the NSPCC opens a female genital mutilation helpline, all in the news today.

Blame games make the job of a DCS untenable

Opinion

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Last Friday, the Reading Post published a story about how children's services in the town received only one application for each of the three senior social worker jobs it advertised. On the same day, the Coventry Telegraph reported that 30 demonstrators had gathered outside the city's town hall calling for more action to be taken against the agencies involved in the Daniel Pelka case.

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.

What makes the perfect lead member?

Other

Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

A lead member for children's services can be a powerful advocate for children and young people. Joe Lepper asks what makes the perfect lead member?

Regional network to help boost adoption numbers

News

Monday, May 19, 2014

| CYP Now

A network of regional adoption leadership boards is being created to assist national efforts to improve recruitment in the sector.

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.

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.

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

News

Friday, September 12, 2014

| CYP Now

A group of local authorities will face Ofsted inspections on the way they deal with child sexual exploitation (CSE) in a bid to ensure services are up to scratch in the wake of the Rotherham scandal, CYP Now can reveal.

UK Youth announces new chief executive

News

Thursday, September 18, 2014

| CYP Now

UK Youth has announced that Anna Smee is to become its new chief executive.

Doncaster's deliverer

Other

Monday, October 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett speaks to Paul Moffat, chief executive, Doncaster Children's Services Trust.

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.

Senior Tories call for cabinet-level families post

News

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.

Ask the Expert: Better risk management

Other

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

| CYP Now

Ask the Expert: Demonstrate your success

Other

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Ask the Expert: Bad staff attitudes

Best Practice

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Make more time for direct work

Features

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

| CYP Now

Effective social work relies on face-to-face contact with children and families, but bureaucratic processes can often get in the way. Implement strategies that will free up practitioners' time for more direct work.

Remit of children's chiefs expands as Webb takes on ADCS presidency

Other

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Andrew Webb, the first president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services not to have the word "children" in his title, tells CYP Now his policy priorities for the year ahead and his views on an evolving role

Ask the Expert: Working with charities

Other

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Ask the Expert: Working for a large authority

Other

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

| CYP Now

Leadership: Commissioning is key to improved services for young people

Best Practice

Friday, August 5, 2011

| CYP Now

Youth services play a key role in young people's educational and social development.

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Leadership: Time spent reflecting on how you work is time well spent

Leadership: How all our children's centres survived the cuts in Hertfordshire

Sandwell starts to tackle service problems after private partner deal

Daily roundup: Play strategy, DCS to retire early, and genital mutilation

Blame games make the job of a DCS untenable

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

What makes the perfect lead member?

Regional network to help boost adoption numbers

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

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

UK Youth announces new chief executive

Doncaster's deliverer

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

Senior Tories call for cabinet-level families post

Ask the Expert: Better risk management

Ask the Expert: Demonstrate your success

Ask the Expert: Bad staff attitudes

Make more time for direct work

Remit of children's chiefs expands as Webb takes on ADCS presidency

Ask the Expert: Working with charities

Ask the Expert: Working for a large authority

Leadership: Commissioning is key to improved services for young people

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