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Ask the Experts: Help fussy eaters explore food

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Our expert panel offers advice on children who are particular about what they eat, the "whole family" approach and sport as part of youth work.

‘Good enough' children's centres are better than closed centres

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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Another day and another council announces that yet more children's centres are to close.

‘Childcare passport' plans outlined

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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Consolidating childcare support schemes into a single fund could reduce costs and improve services.

Childcare recruitment crisis risks creating shortage of placements

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Recruitment of early years staff is falling fast as a result of the planned introduction of tougher qualification standards, prompting many experts to call for them to be scrapped or face a shortage in childcare places.

Ask the Experts: Retain a strong voice for children

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Our panel offers advice on the future of DCSs, helping children of substance misusers, improving speech skills and conflict resolution.

Big-picture inspection: guide to the new JTAI

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

New Joint Targeted Area Inspections to assess how different agencies are working together to support vulnerable children have just been launched. Joe Lepper explores how they work.

Leadership: Staff motivation and retention

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

All children's services teams face the challenge of keeping staff turnover low against a landscape of tight budgets, so it is essential employers master the skills to retain, motivate and reward employees.

Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

A new social work practice model, low caseloads and joined-up services have helped two of the three councils in a merged children's services department become the first to be judged "outstanding" by Ofsted's inspection system.

Ask the Experts: Post-retirement work options

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Our panel offers advice on working with children after retiring, joint commissioning, internet safety and the role of key workers.

England childcare strategy needs more European-style flexibilities

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. If only we knew then what we know now. And now is an opportune moment to reflect over the past 18 years.

Sharing, caring president: Dave Hill, ADCS president, 2016/17

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Neil Puffett meets Dave Hill, president of the ADCS, 2016/17.

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

If children's services are to deliver improved outcomes with declining resources, the sector must embrace technology, joint working and volunteers, says Pillars and Foundations, a radical paper from the ADCS.

Skills For The Job: Paying the National Living Wage

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

The introduction of the living wage will have a major impact on nursery providers' business, which need to be well prepared for.

Councils launch innovative ways to trial expanded free childcare offer

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Matching childcare to local employers' needs, offering more care at weekends and funding provision all year round are the focus of some of the areas testing delivery of 30 hours per week of free childcare.

Committed local democrat: Roy Perry, chair, LGA children and young people board

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Derren Hayes meets Roy Perry, chair of the LGA children and young people board.

Ask the Experts: Run supportive training sessions

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Our panel offers advice on delivering sensitive training, school place planning, bilingual nursery support and a bereaved young carer.

Free childcare plans are unfair and unaffordable

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

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

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

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.

Ask the Experts: Be smart on your return to work

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Our expert panel offers advice on returning to work after absence, effective nursery websites, personal boundaries and young refugees.

No quick fixes in turning around children's services

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Management standards, specifically how to deal with inadequate leadership, were very much in the news at the end of December.

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Ask the Experts: Help fussy eaters explore food

‘Good enough' children's centres are better than closed centres

‘Childcare passport' plans outlined

Childcare recruitment crisis risks creating shortage of placements

Ask the Experts: Retain a strong voice for children

Big-picture inspection: guide to the new JTAI

Leadership: Staff motivation and retention

Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings

Ask the Experts: Post-retirement work options

England childcare strategy needs more European-style flexibilities

Sharing, caring president: Dave Hill, ADCS president, 2016/17

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

Skills For The Job: Paying the National Living Wage

Councils launch innovative ways to trial expanded free childcare offer

Committed local democrat: Roy Perry, chair, LGA children and young people board

Ask the Experts: Run supportive training sessions

Free childcare plans are unfair and unaffordable

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

Ask the Experts: Be smart on your return to work

No quick fixes in turning around children's services

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