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Children's centres face uncertain future amid cuts and closures

Monday, August 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Sure Start children's centres are at a crossroads. With funding cuts forcing many councils to close or downgrade provision and a government review about to be launched, experts set out what the future holds.

Weight of expectation: Eustace de Sousa, children's lead, Public Health England

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Eustace de Sousa, children's lead, Public Health England.

Care still a barrier to university

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

With a drop in the number of care leavers going to university, new initiatives aim to raise academic aspirations.

NCAS conference: Children's services leaders debate policy and practice challenges

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Protecting children from extremist ideology, improving care leaver support, reforming child mental health services and changes to Ofsted social care inspections were all issues on the agenda at the NCAS conference this month.

Look outside the 20th century for answers to the school places crisis

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

I have no idea why large secondary schools are considered controversial. Last month, they were all over the press, with headlines warning of a "growing crisis" over a shortage of secondary school places that could lead to the creation of so-called "titan" schools.

Somerset gains from peer help

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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

| CYP Now

Somerset DCS Julian Wooster says working with Essex has helped its children's services to improve.

Ask the Experts: Social care budget cuts

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Ask the Experts: Deter young people from drugs

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Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on "legal highs", saving money while safeguarding, partnership working concerns and coping with hot weather.

How services in North East Lincolnshire unite to slash youth crime

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

| CYP Now

An integrated effort involving a range of agencies has driven down youth-related crime while boosting levels of youth participation

Daily roundup: Free schools approved, child health contract in Devon and concern for Lancashire primary schools

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Friday, July 13, 2012

| CYP Now

The next wave of free schools, a contract for children's health services in Devon, and concerns over primary school standards in Lancashire, are all in the news today.

Let's be ready to answer for our children's rights record

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's commissioner for England Maggie Atkinson looks ahead as the UNCRC marks its Silver Jubilee.

The care 'market' is in critical condition - we must find a cure

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Monday, August 3, 2015

| CYP Now

No one involved in children's services over the last few years could have been under any illusion that all was rosy in the world of foster care and residential care, nor indeed in the related local authority commissioning practices.

Fighting for the frontline: Association of YOT Managers chair Gareth Jones

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett meets Gareth Jones, chair of the Association of Youth Offending Team Managers.

Peer landlords: Helping others to feel at home

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

The Peer Landlord scheme sees young people supporting others to live independently. Emily Rogers visited the south London housing initiative to find out how it works.

Children's centres review is needed now before it's too late

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

The government's much vaunted consultation on the future of children's centres has been delayed - following its proclamation by the childcare minister back in July.

Free childcare plans are unfair and unaffordable

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Refugee support sparks dispute

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Kent is calling for a compulsory scheme to disperse refugee children, but some warn such plans will fail.

First youth mutuals prosper by extending reach and expertise

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Since taking on the running of youth work in Knowsley and Kensington and Chelsea, youth mutuals have increased income, maintained services and reduced overheads, but it has not been an easy transition, say those in charge.

Trauma-Informed Practice: Policy context

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

| CYP Now

It is difficult to define trauma-informed care, with experts and providers having different interpretations of what makes a service trauma-infomed.

Child safeguarding: leaders' debate

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders from councils across England discussed the current challenges of safeguarding children at a debate hosted by CYP Now in partnership with 4Children. Ravi Chandiramani reports

Daily roundup: Childcare in schools, perinatal mental health and domestic abuse

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Monday, June 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Minister moots late opening schools plan; report warns of postcode lottery for perinatal mental health, and serious case review identifies missed opportunities, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Adoption figures, Doncaster and anti-gay school rules

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Adoptions increase at fastest rate for 15 years, Hackney DCS to lead Doncaster changes, and DfE to probe policies banning 'promotion' of homosexuality, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Youth club closures, Scottish nurseries and bus tickets for young people

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Friday, August 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Council chiefs criticised over youth club closures, survey reveals plight of Scottish nurseries, and cheaper bus fares for young people in Norfolk, all in the headlines today.

Editorial: Outsourcing proposals could benefit charities

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The announcement last month of the consultation into the widescale outsourcing of children's services would have surprised few in the sector. Controversial though it may be, the government has been laying the groundwork for the creation of a children's social care "market" for the past year. But although the direction of travel has been clear for some time, the ramifications of such a move are only now starting to be thought through.

Daily roundup: FGM arrest, Walsall Council, and children's centres

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Monday, July 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Two people arrested in suspected FGM case; government lifts improvement notice on Walsall children's services department; and plans announced to reorganise children's centres in Bradford, all in the news today.

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Children's centres face uncertain future amid cuts and closures

Weight of expectation: Eustace de Sousa, children's lead, Public Health England

Care still a barrier to university

NCAS conference: Children's services leaders debate policy and practice challenges

Look outside the 20th century for answers to the school places crisis

Somerset gains from peer help

Ask the Experts: Social care budget cuts

Ask the Experts: Deter young people from drugs

How services in North East Lincolnshire unite to slash youth crime

Daily roundup: Free schools approved, child health contract in Devon and concern for Lancashire primary schools

Let's be ready to answer for our children's rights record

The care 'market' is in critical condition - we must find a cure

Fighting for the frontline: Association of YOT Managers chair Gareth Jones

Peer landlords: Helping others to feel at home

Children's centres review is needed now before it's too late

Free childcare plans are unfair and unaffordable

Refugee support sparks dispute

First youth mutuals prosper by extending reach and expertise

Trauma-Informed Practice: Policy context

Child safeguarding: leaders' debate

Daily roundup: Childcare in schools, perinatal mental health and domestic abuse

Daily roundup: Adoption figures, Doncaster and anti-gay school rules

Daily roundup: Youth club closures, Scottish nurseries and bus tickets for young people

Editorial: Outsourcing proposals could benefit charities

Daily roundup: FGM arrest, Walsall Council, and children's centres

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