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Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, March 31, 2020
  • | CYP Now
At its best, technology speeds up laborious inputting of information, enabling children’s services practitioners to spend more time with their clients, helps commissioners to identify trends so they can prioritise resources, and enable leaders to make informed choices on how services are structured.

Children’s services inspection

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  • Thursday, January 2, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Ofsted says the children’s services inspection regime is working well, but an independent assessment found areas for improvement. The ADCS’s Steve Crocker tells Jo Stephenson how ILACS can be refined.

Social work set free to innovate

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  • Tuesday, June 21, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire are among the authorities chosen to take part in the Partners in Practice programme to transform children's social care. Eileen Fursland finds out about their plans.

Research Report: National Survey of Injury Prevention Activities of Children's Centres

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  • Tuesday, April 26, 2016
  • | CYP Now
There is a lot of research into the role children's centres play in improving outcomes for disadvantaged families. However, researchers from the University of Nottingham were keen to investigate centres' role in preventing injuries to under-fives, an area not previously analysed. Previous research has found injuries disproportionately affect children from low-income families.

The policy context on Attachment and Neglect

In recent years there has been a growing recognition of the scale of child neglect, its long-term effect on children's wellbeing and how interventions can prevent and repair the damage caused to children's ability to form strong attachments with parents and carers.

Evaluating early intervention

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  • Tuesday, January 19, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Intervening early can prevent problems escalating and save money in the long term. But how do services demonstrate this? Joe Lepper asked a range of experts for advice on effective evaluation.

New Age for young children's health

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  • Tuesday, November 10, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Local authorities assumed responsibility in October for commissioning public health services for under-fives. Charlotte Goddard explores the challenges involved and plans for the future.

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