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Relentless increase in children's care applications set to continue

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A record number of care applications were made in February, but experts differ over whether this is a sign of better child protection practice, the result of cuts to early help services or rising levels of poverty.

Rising numbers in child protection system 'down to cuts', MPs told

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Numbers of children entering the child protection system are on the rise because services designed to help them stay with their families are being "decimated", MPs have been told.

DfE-funded care initiative to recruit 100,000 volunteers to expand nationwide

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

| CYP Now

A government-funded social care initiative that supports families in crisis has announced plans to recruit 100,000 volunteers as part of a major nationwide expansion.

Council set to close 17 children's centres to save £3m

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Monday, March 21, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has announced plans to close one in three of its children's centres in a bid to save £3m.

Police and crime commissioner to take over youth offending service

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Friday, March 18, 2016

| CYP Now

Plans to transfer one of the country's largest youth offending services to a police and crime commissioner have been rubber-stamped, it has been announced.

DfE commits to fresh funding for social care innovation programme

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Thursday, March 17, 2016

| CYP Now

Local authorities and charities will be able to access a fresh round of government funding to test innovative ideas for children's social care, it has emerged.

DfE announces increased funding for Staying Put

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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Local authorities are set to receive a total of £22.2m this year to cover the cost of allowing young people to remain in foster care placements until their 21st birthday, it has been announced.

Better speech and language services

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Speech and language services ensure children keep up with their learning, but cuts have hit provision hard. Joe Lepper looks at how some councils and partners are managing to deliver successful services.

Voice for the vulnerable: Carolyne Willow, director of Article 39

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Jess Brown meets Carolyne Willow, director of Article 39.

Teaching assistants should support not replace teachers, says charity

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

A guide by an education charity on how best to use teaching assistants recommends they should support all pupils, not just the most disadvantaged, so freeing up teachers to focus on aiding struggling children.

Five ways to develop successful and sustainable youth groups

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

UK Youth has identified five key characteristics that underpin successful youth groups: a wide range of services, high-quality provision, young people's input, measurable outcomes and a sustainable business model.

Children's home providers call for fee increases

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Placement fees paid by local authorities to children's homes providers must be increased if the sector is to cope with rising costs, it has been claimed.

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.

Key steps that will improve play services for disabled children

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

A charity has devised a blueprint for improved access to good quality play provision for disabled children under five through more national funding, investing in childcare providers' facilities, making play a statutory service and enforcing equalities law.

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.

Ofsted praises council's children's services for domestic violence work

News

Friday, March 11, 2016

| CYP Now

A council's children's services department has been praised by Ofsted for its work to tackle domestic abuse, and the quality of leadership.

Ambition and NCVYS confirm merger

News

Friday, March 11, 2016

| CYP Now

Youth charities Ambition and the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS) will merge on 1 April, it has been announced. ??

Councils face DfE 'clawback' of millions in Sure Start grants

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Friday, March 11, 2016

| CYP Now

Local authorities are trying to find ways to avoid paying back millions of pounds in children's centre grants handed out more than a decade ago, it has emerged.

Ofsted rates two children's homes ‘inadequate'

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

| CYP Now

Two children's homes have been judged to be "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Children's social workers 'undermined' by government reform plans

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

| CYP Now

Social workers in England feel "patronised" and "sidelined" by the government's approach to social work reform, it has been claimed.

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Relentless increase in children's care applications set to continue

Rising numbers in child protection system 'down to cuts', MPs told

DfE-funded care initiative to recruit 100,000 volunteers to expand nationwide

Council set to close 17 children's centres to save £3m

Police and crime commissioner to take over youth offending service

DfE commits to fresh funding for social care innovation programme

DfE announces increased funding for Staying Put

Better speech and language services

Voice for the vulnerable: Carolyne Willow, director of Article 39

Teaching assistants should support not replace teachers, says charity

Five ways to develop successful and sustainable youth groups

Children's home providers call for fee increases

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

Key steps that will improve play services for disabled children

Skills For The Job: Paying the National Living Wage

Ofsted praises council's children's services for domestic violence work

Ambition and NCVYS confirm merger

Councils face DfE 'clawback' of millions in Sure Start grants

Ofsted rates two children's homes ‘inadequate'

Children's social workers 'undermined' by government reform plans

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