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Guide to supporting deaf children

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Monday, May 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Chris Kang-Mullen explains what councils need to do to meet their duties to support deaf children.

Ask the Experts: Developing projects for all ages

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Monday, June 22, 2015

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Our panel offers advice on inter-generational programmes, handling donations, compromising situations and the importance of drawing.

Councils and charities absorb the impact of Whitehall spending cuts

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Monday, June 22, 2015

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Recent cuts to government department budgets look set to be the start of a new round of austerity in public sector spending. Three experts outline the impact these cuts will have and offer ideas on how the effect can be minimised.

Children's commissioner sets out her priorities for improving young lives

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Monday, July 6, 2015

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Anne Longfield outlines her plans to shape the policy agenda in five key areas including children's use of the internet, tackling child abuse, overcoming inequalities, looked-after children and better cross-government working.

Youth work must avoid being a slave to the policy machine

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Monday, August 31, 2015

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Howard Williamson on why youth work must avoid using dehumanising policy jargon

DM Thomas Foundation for Young People - Central Grants

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Monday, August 31, 2015

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The DM Thomas Foundation for Young People was previously known as Hilton in the Community Foundation. It is a charity that aims to help disadvantaged and vulnerable children and young people by supporting positive life-changing and life-enhancing activities that improve health and education.

'Baffling' DfE report raises fears over free childcare expansion

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Monday, October 12, 2015

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A Department for Education review has been unable to quantify the costs of providing childcare, prompting concerns from the early years sector that the planned expansion of the free entitlement will be underfunded.

Commissioner calls for action to tackle in-family child sex abuse

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

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Analysis by the Children's Commissioner for England concludes that many cases of child sexual abuse go unreported because children's professionals struggle to recognise and act on the signs of in-family abuse.

Directors – Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

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Turnover of directors of children’s services (DCSs) in 2020/21 was half that of the previous year, with 12 new permanent appointments, according to the Association of Directors of Children’s Services.

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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At its best, technology speeds up laborious inputting of information, enabling children’s services practitioners to spend more time with their clients, helps commissioners to identify trends so they can prioritise resources, and enable leaders to make informed choices on how services are structured.

Providers of children's centres look at new models to offset budget cuts

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

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As local authority data reveals a doubling of cuts in spending on children's centres, forcing them to prioritise the protection of statutory functions, a DfE report suggests that councils' ability to do this is being stretched to the limit.

Councils face increased pressure to respond to child refugee crisis

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

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Kent Council is struggling to cope with a major rise in the number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children it is caring for, to the point where the government is preparing to force other authorities to share the burden.

Five lessons for charities and ministers from the collapse of Kids Company

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

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The closure of Kids Company highlighted problems over the checks and balances used by government and charities to ensure public funding is spent well, from which the rest of the children's voluntary sector can learn.

Information sharing is the key to success of alternative provision

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

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An Ofsted report highlights the importance of schools and councils sharing information about excluded pupils with alternative providers, but experts warn the fragmentation of the education system has made this more difficult.

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

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

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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.