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Goodwill unfazed by big brief

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Children's minister offers councils more improvement support, but warns doing more with less will continue

Social workers as researchers: seven key principles to success

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Kantar Public, a research and evaluation agency, explores the benefits, challenges and opportunities of using social workers as embedded research practitioners to help monitor and evaluate children's social care services

New parliament: what issues lie ahead for the children's sector?

Analysis

Thursday, June 29, 2017

The loss of its overall majority has been politically costly for the government, but it has also caused policy upheaval and ministerial changes affecting children's services. Sector leaders consider the implications.

Election 2017: a battle to ensure children's policies gain attention

Analysis

Thursday, May 4, 2017

Following Prime Minister Theresa May's election call, children's leaders are drawing up key policies. They say issues like school funding, free childcare and recruiting health visitors must not be drowned out by Brexit.

Inquiry reveals social care system is failing to meet children's needs

Analysis

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Review finds councils unable to keep up with rising demand, with resources focused on crisis interventions at the expense of early help. No Good Options calls for action to tackle postcode lottery of services and children's outcomes.

Social work employment trends

Analysis

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

ADCS's Rachael Wardell responds to five key developments in the children's social work workforce.

Is child safeguarding compromised or boosted by freedoms from laws?

Analysis

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

The struggles of two councils given freedoms from safeguarding duties has boosted opposition to the government's exemption clause plans. But social work leaders are split on whether freedoms increase safeguarding risks.

Birmingham's social care transfer

Analysis

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

England's largest authority outlines plans to transfer children's social care services to an independent trust.

How child refugees from Calais received help to start a new life

Analysis

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

When the UK committed to home refugee children amid the closure of the Calais migrant camp, organisations like Catch22 were asked to help handle reception arrangements. Chris Wright explains the work it did in Devon.

Tackling plight of young carers

Analysis

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Children's Commissioner for England report finds councils are struggling to meet the needs of young carers.

Social worker accreditation plans spark two-tier workforce concerns

Analysis

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

The government has set out its plans for how a proposed national assessment and accreditation system for children's social workers intended to boost the quality of practice in the profession will be implemented.

Court ruling uncovers knowledge gap in gender identity practice

Analysis

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

The increase in children referred with gender identity issues is putting social workers under pressure over how to respond appropriately. Experts say a legal ruling highlights the need for practitioners to be properly trained.

Safeguarding pressures research reveals 'complex, urgent' issues

Analysis

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

ADCS survey identifies factors driving up demand on the child protection system and charts changes in how councils are responding to the pressures. Experts outline how the system can adapt to cope better.

DfE turns to 'big data' to warn of Ofsted 'inadequate' rating risk

Analysis

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Department for Education permanent secretary says new datasets could help children's services departments is identify problems ahead of Ofsted inspections and enable them to turn these around to avoid poor ratings.

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

Analysis

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Derren Hayes talks to Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children.

Joint inspections: key questions

Analysis

Monday, July 20, 2015

What will the latest proposals for multi-agency safeguarding inspections mean for child protection services?

Now is the time to act on abuse

Analysis

Monday, May 11, 2015

Professionals cannot wait for the child sexual abuse inquiry report to improve understanding of the issue.

Fallout from Rotherham abuse: the challenges and implications

Analysis

Monday, September 15, 2014

With a series of investigations set to look into how agencies handled child abuse allegations in Rotherham, CYP Now assesses what impact the case will have for children's services nationally and asks what lessons can be learned.

Fight to be heard - why services must do better for deaf children

Analysis

Monday, September 15, 2014

New figures show services for deaf children continue to be cut across the country. Emily Rogers looks at how some projects are successfully supporting this group of young people despite the challengesWhy services must do better for deaf children

Uncertainty remains on outsourcing children's services

Analysis

Monday, July 7, 2014

The decision to allow private firms to run child protection services through non-profit subsidiaries alarms campaigners.

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Goodwill unfazed by big brief

Social workers as researchers: seven key principles to success

New parliament: what issues lie ahead for the children's sector?

Election 2017: a battle to ensure children's policies gain attention

Inquiry reveals social care system is failing to meet children's needs

Social work employment trends

Is child safeguarding compromised or boosted by freedoms from laws?

Birmingham's social care transfer

How child refugees from Calais received help to start a new life

Tackling plight of young carers

Social worker accreditation plans spark two-tier workforce concerns

Court ruling uncovers knowledge gap in gender identity practice

Safeguarding pressures research reveals 'complex, urgent' issues

DfE turns to 'big data' to warn of Ofsted 'inadequate' rating risk

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

Joint inspections: key questions

Now is the time to act on abuse

Fallout from Rotherham abuse: the challenges and implications

Fight to be heard - why services must do better for deaf children

Uncertainty remains on outsourcing children's services

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