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Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities would be able to save a total of £150m a year by improving the way they work with prospective foster parents, a report has claimed.

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's services chiefs are being called upon to share information about how their departments can deliver effective services while managing challenging budgets.

Stoke scraps director of children's services role

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has become the latest local authority to abandon its director of children's services role.

DfE staff survey reveals extent of mental health and bullying concerns

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Monday, December 8, 2014

| CYP Now

More than half of staff at the Department for Education are suffering from moderate to high levels of anxiety, a survey has found.

Councils to ‘fare worst' in Spending Review

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Friday, October 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Local authorities will fare worst out of £11.3bn of cuts set to be outlined in next month's Spending Review, a think-tank has claimed.

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is struggling to complete inspections of all local authority children's services departments to schedule because it is "significantly under-resourced against agreed budgets", it has emerged.

DfE gives council more time to improve after ‘inadequate' Ofsted rating

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Monday, November 9, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been given more time to turn services around in the wake of Ofsted judging its children's services department ‘inadequate' twice in two years.

Childcare funding rate to be announced at Spending Review

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Sam Gyimah has confirmed that details of the funding rate for extended free childcare will be announced this month.

ADCS president announces retirement

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

| CYP Now

The current president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has announced plans to retire.

Spending on early intervention faces 71 per cent cut

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Government funding for early help services is expected to be cut by 71 per cent, between 2010 and 2020, a study has found.

Children's home providers call for fee increases

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Placement fees paid by local authorities to children's homes providers must be increased if the sector is to cope with rising costs, it has been claimed.

Payment-by-results money to be included in early intervention grant, confirms children's minister

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Thursday, November 25, 2010

| CYP Now

The government's new early intervention grant will include money for payment-by-results, children's minister Sarah Teather has confirmed.

GPs to commission maternity services after u-turn on health reforms

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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

| CYP Now

GPs are to commission maternity services as part of radical reforms to the NHS, the government has announced.

DfE appoints commissioner at 'inadequate' council

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Friday, September 16, 2016

| CYP Now

??The Department for Education has appointed a commissioner at a council where Ofsted recently rated children's services as "inadequate".

Green Party calls for youth minister role in government

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Monday, September 26, 2016

| CYP Now

The Green Party has called for the introduction of a dedicated minister for youth following a report that found young people in Britain are "a generation in crisis".

Payment-by-results cuts demand on youth justice services

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Incentive payment programmes being trialled in youth justice have reduced demand on offender services in their first year of operation, new figures show.

Shortlist revealed for CYP Now Awards 2012

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

| CYP Now

Judges for this year's Children & Young People Now Awards have scrutinised nearly 400 entries and their assessments have produced shortlists in each of the 19 categories.

NCB appoints president and chair

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

| CYP Now

The former boss of Serco's children's services arm has been appointed chair of the National Children's Bureau (NCB)

Political row erupts over Barnet children's centre cuts

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Friday, September 21, 2012

| CYP Now

A political row has broken out over the future of children's centres in the London Borough of Barnet.??

Gove announces 261 schools to receive building money

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Thursday, May 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced that fewer than half of those who applied for a share of £2bn funding to renovate or rebuild run-down schools have been successful.

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Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

Council chiefs urged to inform debate on effective commissioning

Stoke scraps director of children's services role

DfE staff survey reveals extent of mental health and bullying concerns

Councils to ‘fare worst' in Spending Review

Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

DfE gives council more time to improve after ‘inadequate' Ofsted rating

Childcare funding rate to be announced at Spending Review

ADCS president announces retirement

Spending on early intervention faces 71 per cent cut

Children's home providers call for fee increases

Payment-by-results money to be included in early intervention grant, confirms children's minister

GPs to commission maternity services after u-turn on health reforms

DfE appoints commissioner at 'inadequate' council

Green Party calls for youth minister role in government

Payment-by-results cuts demand on youth justice services

Shortlist revealed for CYP Now Awards 2012

NCB appoints president and chair

Political row erupts over Barnet children's centre cuts

Gove announces 261 schools to receive building money

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