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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Imagine if children's services emulated 'smart city' thinking

Monday, August 31, 2015

| CYP Now

Last week, Milton Keynes played host to a delegation from the Jinjiang Municipal People's Government. They made the very long trip from South East China to take a look at our new driverless cars, which are soon to be trialled in the city centre.

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on the dangers of legal highs, child protection changes, building a bug hotel and holding a winter bazaar.

Early help must stem the flow of neglect cases to social care

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

With the number of children on child protection plans due to neglect on the rise, research by the NSPCC suggests a lack of understanding is resulting in universal services referring some cases that could be managed with early help.

Collaboration call for youth sector

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Leading youth organisations want to see closer working between youth services providers and other sectors.

Good Idea: College prepares young people for armed forces

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

A specialist training college aimed at helping young people get fit and ready for careers in the armed forces and public service sector has set up its first London base.

Peterborough City Council: Local Spotlight

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

| CYP Now

Children’s services in prosperous commuter city are rated ‘good’, but young people face health and social challenges

Ex-DCS helps Hackney schools to improve

Analysis

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Former Ofsted social care chief Eleanor Schooling explains how initiative will join up schools, education providers and researchers.

Warwickshire County Council: Local Spotlight

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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Midlands authority has invested in the children’s workforce and early help services after “requires improvement” rating.

Ask the Experts: Run supportive training sessions

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

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Our panel offers advice on delivering sensitive training, school place planning, bilingual nursery support and a bereaved young carer.

Youth Mental Health: New Economic Evidence

Research

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

Study of the economic impact of youth mental health services in the UK.

Greenwich outsources all its children's centres

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

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The Royal Borough of Greenwich has selected a mixture of schools, charities and a leisure trust to run its 24 children's centres from April this year.

Government accused of allowing 'back door' privatisation of child protection

Friday, June 27, 2014

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Private companies will be able to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans via the "back door" by setting up separate subsidiaries, it has been claimed.

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Haringey told to improve children's social care, major early intervention guide launched, and Nicky Morgan pledges to continue tough stance on term-time holidays, all in the news today.

Children's services in Manchester receive 'inadequate' rating

Thursday, September 4, 2014

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Nearly 500 children in Manchester were potentially left at risk because social work assessments were not carried out quickly enough, a report that has rated the city's children's services as "inadequate", has found.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

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Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The way public services are commissioned is undergoing considerable change, but charities pitched into competition for funding with private companies have a possible advantage - as long as they can demonstrate the additional social values they provide above and beyond the primary aims of a project.

Specialists key to childcare offer

Monday, August 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Educational psychology services are vital to ensure the free childcare expansion succeeds, says Kate Fallon.

Children's centres face uncertain future amid cuts and closures

Monday, August 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Sure Start children's centres are at a crossroads. With funding cuts forcing many councils to close or downgrade provision and a government review about to be launched, experts set out what the future holds.

NCAS conference: Children's services leaders debate policy and practice challenges

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

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Protecting children from extremist ideology, improving care leaver support, reforming child mental health services and changes to Ofsted social care inspections were all issues on the agenda at the NCAS conference this month.

Ask the Experts: Accessing mental health funding

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on mental health services funding, inappropriate sexual behaviour, safeguarding and a nursery compost heap.

Worcestershire County Council

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Long-time struggling West Midlands council is the latest to transfer a range of children’s services to a council-owned company.

Does Austerity Drive Public Service Innovation? Evidence From Shared Senior Management Teams in Local Government

Research

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

The paper presents the results of an in-depth analysis of shared senior management teams (SMTs) in English district councils.

Hertfordshire County Council – Local Spotlight