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Sandwell starts to tackle service problems after private partner deal

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: 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.

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.

Ask the Expert: Better risk management

Other

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

| CYP Now

Ask the Expert: Working with charities

Other

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

News

Thursday, May 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The leader of a council where children's services were graded "inadequate" by Ofsted has blamed central government for falling standards.

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

Other

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.

Five lessons for charities and ministers from the collapse of Kids Company

Other

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

The closure of Kids Company highlighted problems over the checks and balances used by government and charities to ensure public funding is spent well, from which the rest of the children's voluntary sector can learn.

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.

Merged charity must be ambitious

Other

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Ambition needs to advocate for positive youth work and champion the sector following its merger with NCVYS.

England childcare strategy needs more European-style flexibilities

Other

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.

Woodland Nursery

Best Practice

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

London-based nursery inspired by the Forest School approach, where most of the learning takes place outdoors

Masterclass: Measuring Children's Centre impacts and outcomes

Event

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Review: Residential Child Care - Between Home and Family

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Authors Graham Connelly and Ian Milligan; Dunedin Academic Press; ISBN 978-1780460000; £16.95; 110 pages

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.

Social work reforms have ‘raised the confidence' of profession

News

Friday, June 15, 2012

| CYP Now

The development of a College of Social Work, more robust standards for employers and better supervision of newly qualified social workers is raising the confidence of the profession, according to the final report of the Social Work Reform Board.

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Sandwell starts to tackle service problems after private partner deal

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

Doncaster's deliverer

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

Ask the Expert: Better risk management

Ask the Expert: Working with charities

Tory council boss hits out at government over Ofsted grading

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

Five lessons for charities and ministers from the collapse of Kids Company

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

Merged charity must be ambitious

England childcare strategy needs more European-style flexibilities

Woodland Nursery

Masterclass: Measuring Children's Centre impacts and outcomes

Review: Residential Child Care - Between Home and Family

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

Social work reforms have ‘raised the confidence' of profession

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