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Council outsources adoption and fostering services in £126m deal

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has appointed a charity to run its new permanency service, which includes fostering and adoption services, in the first arrangement of its kind in England.

Green Party calls for youth minister role in government

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Monday, September 26, 2016

| CYP Now

The Green Party has called for the introduction of a dedicated minister for youth following a report that found young people in Britain are "a generation in crisis".

Council launches youth service mutual

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Monday, September 26, 2016

| CYP Now

An employee and young person-led youth mutual has begun delivering youth services for a London council.

Children's services mutual set to expand to third local authority

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Thursday, September 22, 2016

| CYP Now

A children's services mutual that was established to run services in two London boroughs is in line to be extended to a third local authority area, it has emerged.

Council plans to cut early help services by £4m

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Monday, September 19, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has announced plans to cut early help funding by £4m one the next four years, with 11 children's centres at risk.

DfE appoints commissioner at 'inadequate' council

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Friday, September 16, 2016

| CYP Now

??The Department for Education has appointed a commissioner at a council where Ofsted recently rated children's services as "inadequate".

Staff-run social enterprise set to take on council youth service

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Thursday, September 15, 2016

| CYP Now

A council in the south west of England has announced plans to commission an independent staff-run social enterprise to run its youth service.

MPs call for action over FGM recording failings

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Thursday, September 15, 2016

| CYP Now

There needs to be tough action against health professionals failing to record instances of female genital mutilation (FGM), an influential group of MPs has said.

Councils 'fail to equip' care leavers to manage their money

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Thursday, September 15, 2016

| CYP Now

??Young people leaving the care system are falling into debt and losing benefits due to insufficient financial education and support from councils, research has found.

Ambition announces new chief executive

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Thursday, July 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Youth organisation Ambition has appointed education and training expert Emma Revie as its new chief executive.

Limit set on council child refugee numbers

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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

| CYP Now

A limit on the number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children that local authorities will be expected to support has been set by government.

High-performing councils explore alternative delivery models for children's services

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

A growing number of councils with children's services departments that have been rated as "good" by Ofsted are considering alternative delivery models, it has emerged.

YJB chief Lin Hinnigan to step down

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Thursday, June 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Youth Justice Board (YJB) chief executive Lin Hinnigan is to leave in the summer after three years in the role, it has been announced.

Birmingham appoints new DCS

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Birmingham City Council has named Alastair Gibbons as its new director of children's services (DCS).

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first year target for the numbers of families to be worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

BYC chief to step down

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

British Youth Council (BYC) chief executive James Cathcart is to leave the organisation by the end of the year, it has been announced. ??

Tri-borough appoints new head of children's services

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Monday, May 9, 2016

| CYP Now

The tri-borough arrangement of children's services covering Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster, has appointed a new head of children's services.

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

| CYP Now

Social workers who fail new accreditation tests being introduced by government will not lose their registration, the chief social worker for children has said.

Ofsted ‘inadequate' council reduces social work caseloads by 30 per cent

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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

| CYP Now

A council where children's services were last year rated "inadequate" by Ofsted has succeeded in recruiting scores of new social workers and reducing caseloads by 30 per cent, it has emerged.

Number of 'twin-hat' children's services leaders falls

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Friday, April 29, 2016

| CYP Now

The number of children's services leaders who also have responsibility for another council directorate has fallen for the first time.

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Council outsources adoption and fostering services in £126m deal

Green Party calls for youth minister role in government

Council launches youth service mutual

Children's services mutual set to expand to third local authority

Council plans to cut early help services by £4m

DfE appoints commissioner at 'inadequate' council

Staff-run social enterprise set to take on council youth service

MPs call for action over FGM recording failings

Councils 'fail to equip' care leavers to manage their money

Ambition announces new chief executive

Limit set on council child refugee numbers

High-performing councils explore alternative delivery models for children's services

YJB chief Lin Hinnigan to step down

Birmingham appoints new DCS

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

BYC chief to step down

Tri-borough appoints new head of children's services

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

Ofsted ‘inadequate' council reduces social work caseloads by 30 per cent

Number of 'twin-hat' children's services leaders falls

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