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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

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

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

Five top tips on supporting overseas-trained workers

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

| CYP Now

International recruitment can be a great way for practitioners to engage in trans-national social work.

Wakefield Council: Local Spotlight

Best Practice

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Council for former Yorkshire coal mining town has big plans to transform children’s services and opportunities for young people.

Peterborough contract collapse: key reasons and its implications

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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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.

Why we changed careers to work with children

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Many children’s and youth services are experiencing staffing shortages and need to recruit new blood. Tom de Castella explores why some people change career to work in the sector.

Joint targeted area inspections: Inspections clinic

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Joint targeted area inspections began in 2016 with the aim of bringing a range of inspectorates together to assess how health and care services for children are delivered. Jo Stephenson assesses the learning so far.

Shared Services: Special Report

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Fresh evidence suggests collaboration is helping local authorities to find a wider range of care options for vulnerable children and introduce a greater array of good practice approaches to improve outcomes.

Ofsted praises children's services in London bi-borough councils

Friday, August 31, 2018

| CYP Now

Standards at two London councils have been praised by Ofsted inspectors in the wake of an acrimonious split from partnership arrangements with a third council.

Ofsted blames merger for council's failure to improve children's services

Monday, August 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Local government reorganisation has hamstrung efforts by a council's leaders to make improvements to children's services, according to Ofsted.

How to recruit and retain social workers

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Recruitment and retention challenges in children's services mean councils are searching for new ways to attract and retain social workers. Joe Lepper looks at different approaches and investigates what actually works.

Senior figures quit council following 'inadequate' Ofsted rating

Thursday, September 7, 2017

| CYP Now

Two senior figures in Croydon children's services have resigned following the south London borough's damning Ofsted inspection.

Councils look to unite to deliver children's social care, survey finds

Monday, August 7, 2017

| CYP Now

A growing number of councils plan to join forces to run children's social care services, a government survey of children's services leaders has found.

Councils 'fail to equip' care leavers to manage their money

Thursday, September 15, 2016

| CYP Now

??Young people leaving the care system are falling into debt and losing benefits due to insufficient financial education and support from councils, research has found.

Leadership challenges multiply: John Coughlan, chief executive, Hampshire County Council

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Jess Brown speaks to John Coughlan, chief executive, Hampshire County Council.

Leadership: Working with elected members

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Forging good relationships with local politicians can be challenging for children's services leaders, but if managed well, they can be mutually beneficial and help local authorities be more successful.

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

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

| CYP Now

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

Somerset gains from peer help

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