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Ofsted judges two children's homes 'inadequate'

Thursday, September 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Two children's homes, including one where a young person displaying sexually harmful behaviour was found to have had access to pornography, have been judged "inadequate" by Ofsted.

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.

Commissioning of children's services could be at risk, warns report

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

| CYP Now

The government must urgently clarify the role of local health and wellbeing boards in children's services commissioning, a report has warned.

Local authorities to receive 'definitive guide' to commissioning for looked-after children

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Monday, October 18, 2010

| CYP Now

Local authorities are set to benefit from a guide to commissioning for looked-after children, which will offer advice on how to cope with the unprecedented rise in referrals to children's social care teams.

Government urged to underwrite social impact bonds

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

| CYP Now

The government should guarantee private investments in social impact bonds to encourage more private funding in the third sector, a charity finance expert has said.

Timpson creates SEN funding pot from early intervention grant

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Thursday, December 12, 2013

| CYP Now

The government wants local authorities in England to target £70m of early intervention funding on implementing the special educational needs (SEN) reforms next year.

Greenwich outsources all its children's centres

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has selected a mixture of schools, charities and a leisure trust to run its 24 children's centres from April this year.

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Central government must urgently consult local authorities on how new "social value" laws could impact on children's services, it has been has warned.

Government accused of allowing 'back door' privatisation of child protection

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Friday, June 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Private companies will be able to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans via the "back door" by setting up separate subsidiaries, it has been claimed.

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly 500 children in Manchester were potentially left at risk because social work assessments were not carried out quickly enough, a report that has rated the city's children's services as "inadequate", has found.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

Children's centres: seven councils responsible for more than half of closures

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Just seven councils are responsible for more than half the closures of children's centres since 2010 according to figures provided by childcare minister Sam Gyimah.

Schools to be able to opt out of children's trust arrangements

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Thursday, July 22, 2010

| CYP Now

Schools are to be relieved of the duty to cooperate in local children's trust arrangements, the government has confirmed.

Youth sector commissioning programme scrapped

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

| CYP Now

The government has announced it is to scrap plans for a new commissioning framework for youth sector programmes.

Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

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Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Politicians in Kensington & Chelsea have outlined their vision of standards for children's services for a new combined department across three authorities, stating that outstanding inspection ratings are expected.

Distribution of early intervention grant sparks concerns

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Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Fairness in the distribution of the early intervention grant has been called into question after it emerged that many deprived areas have fared worse than those that are better off.

Cameron defends big society 'mission'

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Monday, February 14, 2011

| CYP Now

David Cameron has launched a defence of the big society agenda, describing it as his "mission" for social recovery.

Doncaster brings in Impower to overhaul children's services

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Doncaster Council has appointed consultants Impower and Penna to help it turn around its failing children's services department.

Councils cut back on young people's mental health services

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Monday, March 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Two-thirds of local authorities have reduced funding for child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) since the coalition government came to power, according to a survey.

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services are to be delivered outside of council control in Slough as part of government efforts to improve performance.

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Ofsted judges two children's homes 'inadequate'

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

Commissioning of children's services could be at risk, warns report

Local authorities to receive 'definitive guide' to commissioning for looked-after children

Government urged to underwrite social impact bonds

Timpson creates SEN funding pot from early intervention grant

Greenwich outsources all its children's centres

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

Government accused of allowing 'back door' privatisation of child protection

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

Slough children's services to become independent trust

Children's centres: seven councils responsible for more than half of closures

Schools to be able to opt out of children's trust arrangements

Youth sector commissioning programme scrapped

Kensington & Chelsea outlines vision for tri-borough children's services

Distribution of early intervention grant sparks concerns

Cameron defends big society 'mission'

Doncaster brings in Impower to overhaul children's services

Councils cut back on young people's mental health services

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

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