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Call for action to arrest decline in number of children’s centres

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

As evidence emerges of the true extent of children’s centres closures, early years experts say that a shift from open-access to targeted provision and skeleton sites are “hollowing out” services for children and families.

Fall in YOI staff linked to restraint increase

Analysis

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Former chief inspector of prisons Nick Hardwick calls for workforce improvements to tackle rising restraint use in the secure estate.

England eyes Scotland review for lessons on care system overhaul

Analysis

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Taking three years, Scotland’s care review sets out detailed proposals for changing the “broken” care system. With the UK government pledging its own care review, sector experts identify what England can learn.

Health connectors aid families

Analysis

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Blackpool is one area recruiting local experts to connect disadvantaged families with support services.

Peterborough contract collapse: key reasons and its implications

Analysis

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Seen as a blueprint for future charity and council partnerships to deliver children’s services, the £126m contract between Tact and Peterborough City Council has ended after just three years. Experts assess what can be learned.

Clash over prioritising adoption

Analysis

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Minister’s call for councils to prioritise adoption over other forms of care branded "perplexing" by experts.

Areas with deepest council youth service spending cuts revealed

Analysis

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Matt Lent, former director of policy at UK Youth and a trustee at Young Barnet Foundation, was probably talking for much of the youth sector when he described latest figures showing the extent of cuts to council youth service spending as “sadly not a surprise”.

Ex-DCS helps Hackney schools to improve

Analysis

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Former Ofsted social care chief Eleanor Schooling explains how initiative will join up schools, education providers and researchers.

Fears over custody staff drop

Analysis

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Recruitment campaigns and improved training are vital to make the secure estate safer, say experts.

Action on childcare workforce

Analysis

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Lack of support has created a "hotchpotch" of skills among staff, which needs targeted measures to address.

Seven key reasons why proposed EYFS revisions must be changed

Analysis

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

As a consultation on changes to the early years foundation stage framework closes, childcare organisations express concerns over how the proposed reforms prioritise formal learning subjects over holistic approaches to education.

Recruiting men to childcare

Analysis

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Making nurseries more male-friendly places to work would help attract men to the sector, says expert.

How alternative education provider scored top marks

Analysis

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Head of only “outstanding” alternative education provider says a passion for learning is behind its success.

Decade of change: factors driving the rise in care during the 2010

Analysis

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Families under pressure due to austerity and more affected by addiction problems are two reasons for record numbers of children in care, while a legal ruling has seen adoptions fall and special guardianships increase.

Project 2035 looks to the future

Analysis

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Directors need to plan to meet the challenges children’s services could face in 15 years’ time, says body.

Statutory guidance review: youth bodies set out the case for change

Analysis

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Youth organisations call for the introduction of strengthened statutory duties, improved training standards and investment in open access youth work to breathe new life into local authority services for young people.

Links between care and offending

Analysis

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Study analyses impact of care on young people’s offending and calls for an overhaul of the support system.

Solutions to crisis in CAMHS

Analysis

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

New government must recognise and solve growing crisis in children’s mental health support, say experts

Is it time to rethink votes at 16?

Analysis

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Academic asks if the education system can sufficiently prepare 16-year-olds to be able to have the vote.

General election 2019: Key policy guide

Analysis

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes analyses what the main parliamentary parties are pledging on the key policy battlegrounds for the children, young people and families sector at the coming general election.