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The value of children's trusts

    Other
  • Monday, July 26, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Last week, Education Secretary Michael Gove confirmed that the government plans to reform the way children's trusts operate from this autumn. Joe Lepper speaks to three local authorities to ask if they believe their arrangements are worth saving.

Blame games make the job of a DCS untenable

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 15, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Last Friday, the Reading Post published a story about how children's services in the town received only one application for each of the three senior social worker jobs it advertised. On the same day, the Coventry Telegraph reported that 30 demonstrators had gathered outside the city's town hall calling for more action to be taken against the agencies involved in the Daniel Pelka case.

Can Whitehall run local services?

    Other
  • Tuesday, October 15, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Following Education Secretary Michael Gove's decision not to strip children's services from Doncaster Council, we ask two experts whether central government can be accountable for local delivery.

Quiz of the Year 2013

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  • Tuesday, December 17, 2013
  • | CYP Now
How closely have you been following the ups and downs of the children and young people's sector over the past 12 months? Test your knowledge here with the CYP Now quiz of the year.

Study raises prospect of youth mental health service

    News
  • Thursday, January 23, 2014
  • | CYP Now
A government study to assess the benefits of existing youth health services could be the first step in the development of a national mental health service for adolescents and young adults, campaigners have said.

Children and Families Act 2014

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  • Thursday, March 13, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The Children and Families Act 2014 has wide-ranging implications for children's services, from the creation of childminder agencies to better support for young people in care.