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Social work reforms have ‘raised the confidence' of profession

Friday, June 15, 2012

| CYP Now

The development of a College of Social Work, more robust standards for employers and better supervision of newly qualified social workers is raising the confidence of the profession, according to the final report of the Social Work Reform Board.

Ask the Expert: Reduce pressure on services

Other

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Analysis backs drive for youth-led services

News

Monday, November 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people and communities should be given the authority to decide the shape of youth work services in their area, a study has found.

NYA issues guidance on involving young people in commissioning

News

Monday, April 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Two toolkits aimed at helping local authorities to engage young people and elected politicians in the process of commissioning services have been published by the National Youth Agency (NYA).

Qualifications and Training Guide: Directors

Other

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Leadership roles in children's services are becoming more wide-ranging with those in senior positions increasingly finding themselves responsible for services outside their historical area of expertise. As integrated delivery becomes more established, there is increasing fluidity between the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

Learning lessons from the Grenfell tragedy

Opinion

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

When we think about our priorities for keeping vulnerable children safe, most of the time our minds turn to topics such as child protection services, thresholds, or child sexual exploitation.

Leadership: Three boroughs, one DCS and the potential for significant savings

Best Practice

Friday, August 19, 2011

| CYP Now

When the coalition government came to power in May 2010, it stated its first priority as the reduction of the structural deficit in the UK economy. As the government's budget plans for local government were set out, it became apparent that local government faced perhaps its greatest challenge since the Second World War.

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

News

Friday, December 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Bristol and Rochdale have been told to improve the quality of services for children and young people following inspections by Ofsted.

Job training plan aims to help 10,000 Birmingham young people

News

Thursday, March 5, 2015

| CYP Now

A programme has been launched to create 10,000 work experience opportunities for unemployed young people in Birmingham.

New Rotherham children's chief slams schools over continuing failure to tackle CSE

News

Friday, March 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Rotherham's director of children's services has condemned an "astonishing" lack of engagement by schools to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE) in the borough while urging a greater focus and respect for youth work.

Funding for Birmingham recovery plan falls short of estimate

News

Thursday, April 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Birmingham City Council will spend just two-thirds of the extra £140m in funding that was originally estimated would be needed to turn around its troubled children's services.

Ask the Experts: Dealing with depressed children

Other

Monday, April 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on tackling depression, monitoring performance, improving story time and protecting children from CSE.

Morgan continues as Education Secretary as Gove to lead Ministry of Justice

News

Monday, May 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Nicky Morgan has been reappointed as Education Secretary after the Conservatives' surprise outright victory at last Thursday's general election.

Meagre pay could spark nursery staff shortage

News

Friday, July 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Low rates of pay could trigger a future shortage of nursery staff and undermine the government's expansion of free childcare provision, researchers have warned.

DfE urged to publish full figures for failed returns from care

News

Monday, July 27, 2015

| CYP Now

The NSPCC is calling for the government to publish detailed data revealing how many children in each English local authority area re-enter care after a return home fails.

Dorset young people have say over future of youth services

News

Monday, September 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Dorset County Council is consulting young people on how they use youth services in light of plans to almost halve the amount of youth work funding over the next two years.

Labour conference: Councils should get academy intervention powers, says Powell

News

Thursday, October 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Local authorities would be given greater powers to improve school standards under a Labour government, the party's shadow education secretary Lucy Powell has said.

Children's services leaders: When are two hats better than one?

Other

Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Some local authorities have combined the functions of director of children's services with those of other top-tier managers. Joe Lepper explores the benefits and potential pitfalls of different approaches.

Ask The Experts: Ensure nursery outings are safe

Other

Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on planning a nursery trip; safely examining online grooming; boosting workers' skills and police complaints.

Cameron announces review of children's residential care system

News

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a major "root and branch" review of children's residential care will be conducted by government adviser Sir Martin Narey.

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Social work reforms have ‘raised the confidence' of profession

Ask the Expert: Reduce pressure on services

Analysis backs drive for youth-led services

NYA issues guidance on involving young people in commissioning

Qualifications and Training Guide: Directors

Learning lessons from the Grenfell tragedy

Leadership: Three boroughs, one DCS and the potential for significant savings

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

Job training plan aims to help 10,000 Birmingham young people

New Rotherham children's chief slams schools over continuing failure to tackle CSE

Funding for Birmingham recovery plan falls short of estimate

Ask the Experts: Dealing with depressed children

Morgan continues as Education Secretary as Gove to lead Ministry of Justice

Meagre pay could spark nursery staff shortage

DfE urged to publish full figures for failed returns from care

Dorset young people have say over future of youth services

Labour conference: Councils should get academy intervention powers, says Powell

Children's services leaders: When are two hats better than one?

Ask The Experts: Ensure nursery outings are safe

Cameron announces review of children's residential care system

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