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Editorial: Quality of childcare should win against race for places

Monday, August 18, 2014

| CYP Now

A key policy drive to intervene early and boost social mobility comes into force on 1 September - free childcare places for 15 hours a week will expand from 20 per cent to the 40 per cent most disadvantaged two-year-olds.

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

News

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

News

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.

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The way public services are commissioned is undergoing considerable change, but charities pitched into competition for funding with private companies have a possible advantage - as long as they can demonstrate the additional social values they provide above and beyond the primary aims of a project.

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

News

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.

Better support for care leavers

Features

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Ed Nixon explains how a charity is helping local authorities commission better leaving care services.

The big debate: Will regional commissioning improve sufficiency and efficiency of places?

Features

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

CYP Now hosts an expert panel to discuss whether government plans for regional care co-operatives will increase the supply of residential and foster care placements and reduce the costs to local authorities.

Commissioning: Parent-infant relationship services

Features

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| CYP Now

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.

Children's trust rules removed

Other

Monday, September 13, 2010

| CYP Now

The government has officially revoked the requirement for children's trusts to publish local children and young people's plans.

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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.

Tory children's trust plans hit home

Other

Monday, April 12, 2010

| CYP Now

The sector reacts to CYP Now's revelation last week that the Tories would scrap children's trust obligations.

Cameron defends big society 'mission'

News

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.

Commissioning: Tackling domestic abuse

Features

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

| CYP Now

Joint commissioning is the most effective way to deliver support for children affected by domestic abuse, says Toni Badnall-Neill.

Commissioning: Infants in care proceedings

Best Practice

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Toni Badnall-Neill explains how commissioning can support better outcomes for very young children taken into care.

Doncaster brings in Impower to overhaul children's services

News

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.

Commissioning Children's Palliative Care in England

Research

Monday, May 27, 2019

| CYP Now

Together for Short Lives study into commissioning practices of palliative care services for children in England.

Commissioning Children's Services: Special Report

Features

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

| CYP Now

How children's services are commissioned has been the subject of intense scrutiny by policymakers in recent years. Sector experts analyse the forces driving changes in commissioning policies and practice.

Councils cut back on young people's mental health services

News

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.

Rethinking children's services

Features

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

| CYP Now

Local authorities are starting to test new ways to meet children and families' needs that focus on forging compassionate relationships between state and citizen amid rising demand for services, says Richard Selwyn.

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

News

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.

First 'innovation' funds handed to tri-borough councils

News

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

London's tri-borough children's services are to receive £4m from the government's innovation fund, the first award to be made under the initiative.

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

News

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

| CYP Now

A new director of children's services has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to turn around the troubled department.

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Editorial: Quality of childcare should win against race for places

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

Slough children's services to become independent trust

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

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

Better support for care leavers

The big debate: Will regional commissioning improve sufficiency and efficiency of places?

Commissioning: Parent-infant relationship services

Children's trust rules removed

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

Tory children's trust plans hit home

Cameron defends big society 'mission'

Commissioning: Tackling domestic abuse

Commissioning: Infants in care proceedings

Doncaster brings in Impower to overhaul children's services

Commissioning Children's Palliative Care in England

Commissioning Children's Services: Special Report

Councils cut back on young people's mental health services

Rethinking children's services

Timpson strips Slough of responsibility for children's services

First 'innovation' funds handed to tri-borough councils

Bernadette McNally appointed Birmingham director of children's services

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