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Ten-year early help drive makes us believe we can transform lives

Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

When I started out in children's services more than 30 years ago, I had high hopes that with hard work I could make a difference. Since then, the biggest learning curve has been to stop hoping.

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

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Friday, September 12, 2014

| CYP Now

A group of local authorities will face Ofsted inspections on the way they deal with child sexual exploitation (CSE) in a bid to ensure services are up to scratch in the wake of the Rotherham scandal, CYP Now can reveal.

Doncaster's deliverer

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Monday, October 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett speaks to Paul Moffat, chief executive, Doncaster Children's Services Trust.

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

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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.

Daily roundup: Hospital profits, welfare reforms and parents on play

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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

| CYP Now

Government says hospitals such as Great Ormond Street should sell services abroad, a relief fund for young people hit by welfare changes, and parents' views on children's play, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Neets statistics, primary school places and measles on the rise

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

| CYP Now

The number of young people not in employment, education or training increases again, Brent council unveils plan to create thousands of school places, and a rise in measles cases in Birmingham, all in the headlines today.

The 2013 Report: The year ahead for children and young people

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

| CYP Now

The coming year will present a profound set of challenges for all those who work with children, young people and families. CYP Now's 2013 Report aims to pinpoint these issues through a range of professionals. They put their cases for what must happen in policy and practice

Ask the Expert: Bad staff attitudes

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Remit of children's chiefs expands as Webb takes on ADCS presidency

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Andrew Webb, the first president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services not to have the word "children" in his title, tells CYP Now his policy priorities for the year ahead and his views on an evolving role

Daily roundup: Protecting social workers online, school places and My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

| CYP Now

Social workers call for protection from online abuse, Stephen Twigg advocates for local authority oversight of school place planning, and Channel 4 adverts banned for negative depictions of children, all in the news today.

Quiz of the Year 2012

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

| CYP Now

How closely have you been following the ups and downs of the children and young people's sector over the past 12 months? Test your knowledge here with the CYP Now quiz of the year

Timpson departure 'a loss' for children's sector, says Loughton

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Monday, June 12, 2017

| CYP Now

Edward Timpson's defeat in last week's general election, meaning he will be replaced as children's minister, is a loss for the sector, his predecessor Tim Loughton has said.

Children and families directorate slashed

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

| CYP Now

The Department for Education's children, young people and families directorate will receive a 13 per cent blow to its budget in 2012/13 and lose 106 full-time posts, an email leaked to CYP Now has revealed.

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

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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.

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.

'Wilful neglect' proposals raise fears over damage to social work

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders say the government's plans to extend wilful neglect sanctions of up to five years in prison to social care and education professionals will harm joint working and deter many entering the sector.