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Unexpected rise in children's social worker vacancies

Thursday, February 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Vacancies for local authority children's social worker posts have increased by 27 per cent in the space of a year, government figures show.

Fresh drive to speed up care proceedings

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Monday, February 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders have unveiled a new tool to help social workers in their bid to speed up care proceedings.

Council set to close 17 children's centres to save £3m

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Monday, March 21, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has announced plans to close one in three of its children's centres in a bid to save £3m.

CYP Now 2011 Awards open for entry

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's and youth organisations are being encouraged to enter this year's CYP Now Awards.

Social workers reject government reform plans

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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Social workers in England have "overwhelmingly" rejected the government's plans to reform the profession, a survey has found.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

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Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

Careers England calls on government to commission and fund careers guidance

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Friday, August 20, 2010

| CYP Now

The government is being called on to directly commission and fund a careers guidance service for young people, in a report commissioned by Careers England.

Affluent areas will benefit most from big society, warns charity chief executive

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

| CYP Now

The big society will benefit affluent areas more than poorer ones, a charity chief executive has claimed.

Voluntary sector consortium becomes DfE strategic partner

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Friday, May 24, 2013

| CYP Now

A consortium of charities has become the Department for Education's voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) strategic partner.

Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Family Action has developed a tool to help councils track their performance in supporting families through the Troubled Families programme.

Councils face £1bn funding shortfall

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Cuts to children's services over the next three years could be even deeper than feared after the government published new figures to show local authority funding will be less than expected.

Children's charity group voices alarm over lobbying bill

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Children England has attacked the government's "flawed" lobbying bill, warning it could become law without proper scrutiny and curtail important campaigning work by children's charities.

NCAS Conference: Labour government would reform commissioning of children's health

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

| CYP Now

A Labour government would radically change the way services for children are commissioned in order to spur heavy investment in early intervention, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has announced.

Delays and funding cuts blight young offender resettlement project

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

| CYP Now

A replacement for a controversial resettlement scheme for young offenders in London has been delayed and is facing a reduction in funding, CYP Now has learned.

Deep education cuts predicted for next spending review

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Friday, September 21, 2012

| CYP Now

Children, young people and families could be hit particularly hard in the next government spending review, because of cuts to education and welfare spending, a leading think-tank has claimed.

Vulnerable young people need better financial education, say MPs

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Financial education must be provided outside of schools and colleges in order to improve the life and job prospects of the most vulnerable young people, a group of MPs has urged.

Hurd still unclear on council role in youth services

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Civil society minister Nick Hurd admits he is still unsure on the future role of local authorities in delivering youth services four months after taking on responsibility for the youth portfolio.

Social work leaders sceptical over call for more third-party provider input

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Social work and local government leaders have warned that government ambitions to allow independent sector providers to deliver children's social services must not be at the expense of councils losing their statutory powers.

Timpson sceptical of trust solution for Birmingham children's services

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Thursday, November 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has played down speculation that the Department for Education plans to strip Birmingham Council of responsibility for its struggling children's social services.

Welsh care reforms place post-18 duty on councils

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Monday, February 3, 2014

| CYP Now

The Welsh government has defended proposed care reforms that it says will place new duties on local authorities to provide funding for post-18 foster care.

Devon children's centres face closure threat

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's centre closures are being considered in Devon as the county council looks to make £1.2m of cuts to the service.

Judges confirmed for CYP Now Awards as entry deadline looms

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Friday, June 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's Commissioner for England Maggie Atkinson, tri-borough director of children's services Andrew Christie and Ofsted's lead on youth strategy Tony Gallagher are among the judges confirmed for this year's Children & Young People Now Awards.

Council-led trusts should drive school improvement, says LGA

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities should be given powers to create education trusts that oversee improvements to schools in their area, including academies and free schools, council leaders have said.

Swindon considers halving number of children's centres

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Swindon Borough Council wants to slash £770,000 from its £2m children's centres budget, just a year after cutting the service's spend by £380,000.

Campaigners criticise progress of free childcare drive

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years campaigners have questioned the government's handling of its flagship childcare scheme after CYP Now revealed a widespread shortfall in the number of places available for disadvantaged two-year-olds.

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Unexpected rise in children's social worker vacancies

Fresh drive to speed up care proceedings

Council set to close 17 children's centres to save £3m

CYP Now 2011 Awards open for entry

Social workers reject government reform plans

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

Careers England calls on government to commission and fund careers guidance

Affluent areas will benefit most from big society, warns charity chief executive

Voluntary sector consortium becomes DfE strategic partner

Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

Councils face £1bn funding shortfall

Children's charity group voices alarm over lobbying bill

NCAS Conference: Labour government would reform commissioning of children's health

Delays and funding cuts blight young offender resettlement project

Deep education cuts predicted for next spending review

Vulnerable young people need better financial education, say MPs

Hurd still unclear on council role in youth services

Social work leaders sceptical over call for more third-party provider input

Timpson sceptical of trust solution for Birmingham children's services

Welsh care reforms place post-18 duty on councils

Devon children's centres face closure threat

Judges confirmed for CYP Now Awards as entry deadline looms

Council-led trusts should drive school improvement, says LGA

Swindon considers halving number of children's centres

Campaigners criticise progress of free childcare drive

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