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YJB chief Lin Hinnigan to step down

Thursday, June 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Youth Justice Board (YJB) chief executive Lin Hinnigan is to leave in the summer after three years in the role, it has been announced.

Children and Social Work Bill: main measures, key questions

Other

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Sector leaders explain how proposals in the Children and Social Work Bill could affect care leavers, safeguarding and adoption services, as well as the impact they will have for social workers and councils.

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

Analysis

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes talks to Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children.

Survey of Schools' Work with Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Research

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

| CYP Now

A research team led by University College London and the Anna Freud Centre wanted to look at how schools support young people with mental health problems, against a backdrop of rising need.

Birmingham appoints new DCS

News

Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Birmingham City Council has named Alastair Gibbons as its new director of children's services (DCS).

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

News

Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first year target for the numbers of families to be worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

BYC chief to step down

News

Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

British Youth Council (BYC) chief executive James Cathcart is to leave the organisation by the end of the year, it has been announced. ??

Tackling the taboo of short lives: Barbara Gelb interview

Other

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

| CYP Now

Jess Brown talks to Barbara Gelb, chief executive of Together for Short Lives.

Ask the Experts: Making a move to management

Best Practice

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on staff supervision, team motivation, life skills for young people and engaging nursery children with the arts.

Somerset gains from peer help

Other

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: Support academies to improve

Other

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on problem academies, whole-family assessments, supporting parents at nursery and a squatting protest.

Teacher-led school improvement

Other

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Head teachers in Lincolnshire are to be put in charge of driving up education standards in the county.

Refugee support sparks dispute

Other

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

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

Childcare recruitment crisis risks creating shortage of placements

Other

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

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.

Woodland Nursery

Best Practice

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

London-based nursery inspired by the Forest School approach, where most of the learning takes place outdoors

Tri-borough appoints new head of children's services

News

Monday, May 9, 2016

| CYP Now

The tri-borough arrangement of children's services covering Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster, has appointed a new head of children's services.

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

News

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

| CYP Now

Social workers who fail new accreditation tests being introduced by government will not lose their registration, the chief social worker for children has said.

Ofsted ‘inadequate' council reduces social work caseloads by 30 per cent

News

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

| CYP Now

A council where children's services were last year rated "inadequate" by Ofsted has succeeded in recruiting scores of new social workers and reducing caseloads by 30 per cent, it has emerged.

Number of 'twin-hat' children's services leaders falls

News

Friday, April 29, 2016

| CYP Now

The number of children's services leaders who also have responsibility for another council directorate has fallen for the first time.

Council offers £15,000 mortgage deposit to attract children's social workers

News

Friday, April 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has unveiled plans to stump up money to help children's social workers to buy a home as part of efforts to boost recruitment.

DfE-backed co-operative housing scheme for care leavers to launch

News

Friday, April 29, 2016

| CYP Now

A council is set to launch a co-operative company to provide supported housing for care leavers as part of pioneering attempts to improve outcomes.

Behind the Ratings: Maintained schools vs academies

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

The government says academies are delivering better standards of education for disadvantaged pupils than maintained schools. But does the Ofsted inspection data support ministers' assertions?

Trafford sets agenda for integration of children's care and health services

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Having outsourced day-to-day management of its children's services to an NHS trust, Trafford Council plans to become the first area to fully integrate social care and community health services for children and adults.

Ask the Experts: Retain a strong voice for children

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

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

Editorial: Service integration breaks cycles of disadvantage

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

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YJB chief Lin Hinnigan to step down

Children and Social Work Bill: main measures, key questions

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

Survey of Schools' Work with Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Birmingham appoints new DCS

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

BYC chief to step down

Tackling the taboo of short lives: Barbara Gelb interview

Ask the Experts: Making a move to management

Somerset gains from peer help

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

Teacher-led school improvement

Refugee support sparks dispute

Childcare recruitment crisis risks creating shortage of placements

Woodland Nursery

Tri-borough appoints new head of children's services

Social work accreditation failure ‘will not trigger de-registration'

Ofsted ‘inadequate' council reduces social work caseloads by 30 per cent

Number of 'twin-hat' children's services leaders falls

Council offers £15,000 mortgage deposit to attract children's social workers

DfE-backed co-operative housing scheme for care leavers to launch

Behind the Ratings: Maintained schools vs academies

Trafford sets agenda for integration of children's care and health services

Ask the Experts: Retain a strong voice for children

Editorial: Service integration breaks cycles of disadvantage

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