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One in four children's services chiefs take on adult services responsibility

Monday, July 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Nearly a quarter of directors of children's services (DCSs) in England is responsible also for adult services, analysis by CYP Now has revealed.

Research Report: The Effects of Social Service Contact on Teenagers in England

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

A large-scale study compares the outcomes of young people who had contact with social services with those of their peers who did not.

Ask the Experts: Stand up for young people's rights

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on helping young people accused of theft, CSE prevention, improving resilience and clearing nursery clutter.

Ask the Experts: Developing projects for all ages

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Monday, June 22, 2015

| CYP Now

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

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

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Monday, July 6, 2015

| CYP Now

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.

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

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.

Joint working - Total Place bids to do more with less

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Monday, February 1, 2010

| CYP Now

Councils can yield big savings by adopting a joined-up approach to public spending, dubbed Total Place. Lauren Higgs reports.

Special report: Conservative Conference 2009 - Tory fringe debates focus on the quality of services

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

| CYP Now

Fringe events at the conference in Manchester looked at Tory plans to rid children and young people's services of bureaucracy and to boost the quality of education and family life. CYP Now brings you some of the highlights

Joint working - 20 years on: The impact of the 1989 Children Act

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

| CYP Now

Next month marks the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the Children Act 1989. Neil Puffett assess the successes and failures of the legislation for children and young people.

Security firm finds failings with ContactPoint system

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

| CYP Now

The government's controversial children's database ContactPoint has a number of security failings, it has been claimed.

Children & Young People Now Awards 2009: Night of the Year!

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

| CYP Now

The 2009 Children & Young People Now Awards, held at the Hurlingham Club in London last week, was a memorable evening.

Quiz of the year 2009

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

| CYP Now

Have you been keeping up with the key developments in the children and young people's sector? Try our 2009 quiz to find out.

New inspections not integrated

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

| CYP Now

Ofsted inspections are not being integrated with the new Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA), the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

News Insight: Children's Services - The state of services is laid bare

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

| CYP Now

Ofsted's annual report last week showed that there have been improvements across the sector, but it also flagged up areas of significant concern. Ross Watson examines what the findings mean for the children and young people's workforce.

Children's services in the dark over final budgets

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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

| CYP Now

The government is yet to inform local authorities of next year's full children's services budget, despite publishing the Local Government Finance Settlement last week.

Enter the Children & Young People Now Awards 2011

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Friday, April 1, 2011

| CYP Now

The Children & Young People Now Awards have become the gold standard for everyone working with children, young people and families.

Joint Working: Changes to the children's workforce

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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

| CYP Now

There were many new pledges announced in the 2020 Children and Young People's Workforce Strategy. Lauren Higgs reports.

News Insight: Safeguarding - Vetting and barring changes hands

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

| CYP Now

A new authority is set to take over vetting of the children's workforce. Joe Lepper investigates what it will mean in practice.

Sarah Teather: Your work is critical to get a fairer society for families

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Monday, June 7, 2010

| CYP Now

The new minister for children and families outlines the reasons why she is excited to be fighting the corner of the country's children and young people, and what challenges lie ahead.

News Insight: Emergency Budget -- the impact on children's services

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Monday, June 28, 2010

| CYP Now

Chancellor George Osborne's emergency Budget announced a raft of measures to cut the public deficit. Neil Puffett assesses the fallout for children, families and the sector.

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One in four children's services chiefs take on adult services responsibility

Research Report: The Effects of Social Service Contact on Teenagers in England

Ask the Experts: Stand up for young people's rights

Ask the Experts: Developing projects for all ages

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

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

Joint working - Total Place bids to do more with less

Special report: Conservative Conference 2009 - Tory fringe debates focus on the quality of services

Joint working - 20 years on: The impact of the 1989 Children Act

Security firm finds failings with ContactPoint system

Children & Young People Now Awards 2009: Night of the Year!

Quiz of the year 2009

New inspections not integrated

News Insight: Children's Services - The state of services is laid bare

Children's services in the dark over final budgets

Enter the Children & Young People Now Awards 2011

Joint Working: Changes to the children's workforce

News Insight: Safeguarding - Vetting and barring changes hands

Sarah Teather: Your work is critical to get a fairer society for families

News Insight: Emergency Budget -- the impact on children's services

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