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Rising demand for care services and falling funding for early help has put huge pressure on county council budgets, forcing many areas to think creatively about how they can deliver more support for less money.

Youth organisations face changing landscape of residential schemes

Analysis

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Experts reflect on the evolving challenges around residential programmes as the uniformed youth work sector grapples with post-pandemic delivery at home and abroad alongside the cost-of-living crisis.

Disparity between the discharge of care orders in England and Wales

Analysis

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Researchers investigate the benefits and pitfalls of different ways in which care orders are discharged, asking what needs to change in policy and practice to better meet the needs of children and families.

Briefing: custody restraint ban

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Painful restraint on children in secure settings to be banned except in exceptional circumstances.

Speech and language challenges

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Experts call for prioritisation as post-pandemic speech and language challenges reach record high.

The value of measuring SEND impact

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Changes in the way data is collated provides a more holistic view of provision, but still fails to capture a child’s outcomes, expert says.

The case for social prescribing

Analysis

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Barnardo’s and experts call for a national social prescribing strategy to improve mental wellbeing.

Making the case for putting youth services on a sustainable footing

Analysis

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

| CYP Now

Amid rising needs for support among young people and a tough funding climate, councils face a challenge to ensure sufficient local youth provision – and need policymakers to set an ambitious national agenda.

Six reasons Care Review reforms need strengthening to succeed

Analysis

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| CYP Now

Evidence from key sector organisations to education committee inquiry on the government’s social care strategy calls for profit-making to be removed from the care sector and more rights for care leavers.

Plan to boost number of health visitors

Analysis

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

| CYP Now

Sector hopes new careers pathway can make health visiting more attractive to affiliated practitioners and offer progression for existing staff.

Secure homes need makeover

Analysis

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Government funding will boost secure children’s homes places but experts call for wholesale changes.

Better commissioner relations

Analysis

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

| CYP Now

A Lloyds Bank Foundation report says the current commissioning processes threaten the survival of small charities. Here, a commissioner says they must work to forge partnerships with councils.

Groundbreaking programme helps working families fund childcare

Analysis

Monday, December 12, 2011

| CYP Now

The cost of childcare is one of the biggest barriers to children accessing high quality early education. Chancellor George Osborne's autumn statement last month did little to allay parent worries over making work pay.

The hardline taskmaster

Analysis

Monday, December 12, 2011

| CYP Now

University College London (UCL) and the schools in which Tony Sewell used to teach might inhabit the same city, but for many of his former pupils, the comparison ends there.

Labour Conference: Straw backs local responsibility for child custody

Analysis

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

| CYP Now

The government should legislate to make local authorities responsible for children in custody, according to justice secretary Jack Straw.

PM's plan 'overstretched and underfunded'

Analysis

Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

In the coming weeks, local authorities are faced with the daunting task of calculating the number of "troubled families" in their area, identifying where they live and what their needs are.

Court ruling uncovers knowledge gap in gender identity practice

Analysis

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

| CYP Now

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.

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Implications of ratios change

Cases of fabricated illness rise

Use EYFS review to rethink staffing

County councils seek to innovate to tackle social care challenges

Youth organisations face changing landscape of residential schemes

Disparity between the discharge of care orders in England and Wales

Briefing: custody restraint ban

Speech and language challenges

The value of measuring SEND impact

The case for social prescribing

Making the case for putting youth services on a sustainable footing

Six reasons Care Review reforms need strengthening to succeed

Plan to boost number of health visitors

Secure homes need makeover

Better commissioner relations

Groundbreaking programme helps working families fund childcare

The hardline taskmaster

Labour Conference: Straw backs local responsibility for child custody

PM's plan 'overstretched and underfunded'

Court ruling uncovers knowledge gap in gender identity practice

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