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Trends in care commissioning

    Features
  • Tuesday, November 28, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Andrew Rome, director of Revolution Consulting, which conducted a financial analysis of the largest children’s social care providers, assesses the implications for commissioners of council care services.

Commissioning: Parent-infant relationship services

Dr Karen Bateson, clinical psychologist and Wook Hamilton, head of development at the Parent-Infant Foundation, outline how a new toolkit can help commissioners develop provision that enhances relationships between parents and young children.

Commissioning Children’s Social Care: Key policy developments

    Other
  • Tuesday, May 30, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Faced with a 25 per cent rise in children in care over the past decade and funding levels that have failed to keep pace with this demand, some local authorities have struggled to ensure there are enough placements in their local area to meet the number and needs of children.

A Supportive Home

    Funding
  • Tuesday, April 25, 2023
  • | CYP Now
A Supportive Home, launched in partnership with BBC Children in Need and The Hunter Foundation, is the second grant round of the Youth Endowment Fund's Agency Collaboration Fund.

Recruiting social workers from overseas

Amid ongoing shortages of social workers, children's services are increasingly turning to international recruitment to fill staffing gaps. Joe Lepper explores challenges and best practice.

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