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National roadmap to ACE recovery

Analysis

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Report for MPs says government must lead fight on tackling harm of adverse childhood experiences.

Secure homes need makeover

Analysis

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Government funding will boost secure children’s homes places but experts call for wholesale changes.

Scandal over advert reveals care leavers’ acute housing challenges

Analysis

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Advert by social housing provider specifying ‘no care leavers’ apply highlights difficulties many young people leaving care face to find a home and why a local authority guarantor scheme is needed, experts say.

Changes to turn tide on adoption decline

Analysis

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| CYP Now

A more inclusive system that better meets children’s, adopters’ and birth families’ needs can reverse fall in adoptions, says expert.

Education is key to tackling rise in child harmful sexual behaviour

Analysis

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| CYP Now

You only have to take a brief glance through the Everyone’s Invited list of UK schools where pupils have experienced sexual harassment and assault to understand that child-on-child sexual abuse is rife.

New era for supporting children

Analysis

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| CYP Now

Supported accommodation providers body aims to help spread good practice as inspections loom.

Six reasons Care Review reforms need strengthening to succeed

Analysis

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| CYP Now

Evidence from key sector organisations to education committee inquiry on the government’s social care strategy calls for profit-making to be removed from the care sector and more rights for care leavers.

Research reveals trends in child social care demand and outcomes

Analysis

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| CYP Now

An analysis of more than three million social care assessments in England has uncovered trends in demand and links to outcomes for vulnerable children which, researchers say, could help councils to better understand local population challenges and adapt service provision accordingly.

Practice panel: Tackling harmful sexual behaviour among children

Analysis

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

| CYP Now

CYP Now convened a webinar for experts to discuss the difficult topic of harmful sexual behaviour among children with a view to helping improve practitioners’ skills during assessment and delivering support.

Briefing: U-turn on agency ban

Analysis

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Instead of banning agency social work teams, the government wants councils to monitor their use.

Cafcass sets out plan to address delays in family court system

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

The boss of the children’s guardians body wants to work collaboratively with local authorities to reduce the length of care proceedings and strengthen social work practice as it launches its refreshed strategic plan.

Spotlight on sibling sexual abuse

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Guide helps children’s practitioners support families to address trauma of sibling sexual abuse.

Time to scrap the requirement of foster carers to keep diaries

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Why do we insist on recording diaries, detailing the private lives of foster children?

Disparity between the discharge of care orders in England and Wales

Analysis

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Researchers investigate the benefits and pitfalls of different ways in which care orders are discharged, asking what needs to change in policy and practice to better meet the needs of children and families.

Three trailblazer councils to pilot MacAlister's ‘families first’ plan

Analysis

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Council leaders share early proposals on delivery of the government's Families First for Children scheme designed to ‘test new ways to reform every part of children's social care’ in response to the Care Review.

Frontline evolves its approach to boost reach and retention

Analysis

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| CYP Now

A decade on from its launch, the fast-track child protection social work training programme is expanding into more areas, extending its duration and training future leaders in the next phase of its development.

Councils turn to ‘golden hellos' to solve social worker shortage

Analysis

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

CYP Now investigation reveals local authorities increasingly using incentive payments to attract and retain social workers and compete with recruitment agencies amid staff shortages and the cost-of-living crisis.

Factors behind social work staff retention

Analysis

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

CYP Now probe highlights importance of wider support package in efforts to retain social workers.

Wider factors influencing the closure of children's homes

Analysis

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

| CYP Now

There is a sufficiency crisis for looked-after children in residential and foster care. In the case of residential sufficiency, the crisis has now become more acute with the reported planned closure of a significant number of homes operated by Outcomes First Group (see "Guide to OFG" below).

Tackling rising cost of caring

Analysis

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Young carers need more financial support to counter the impact of rising living costs, say campaigners.

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National roadmap to ACE recovery

Secure homes need makeover

Scandal over advert reveals care leavers’ acute housing challenges

Changes to turn tide on adoption decline

Education is key to tackling rise in child harmful sexual behaviour

New era for supporting children

Six reasons Care Review reforms need strengthening to succeed

Research reveals trends in child social care demand and outcomes

Practice panel: Tackling harmful sexual behaviour among children

Briefing: U-turn on agency ban

Cafcass sets out plan to address delays in family court system

Spotlight on sibling sexual abuse

Time to scrap the requirement of foster carers to keep diaries

Disparity between the discharge of care orders in England and Wales

Three trailblazer councils to pilot MacAlister's ‘families first’ plan

Frontline evolves its approach to boost reach and retention

Councils turn to ‘golden hellos' to solve social worker shortage

Factors behind social work staff retention

Wider factors influencing the closure of children's homes

Tackling rising cost of caring

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