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Editorial: Service integration breaks cycles of disadvantage
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- Tuesday, April 26, 2016 | CYP Now
Editorial: Quality of childcare should win against race for places
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- Monday, August 18, 2014 | CYP Now
A key policy drive to intervene early and boost social mobility comes into force on 1 September - free childcare places for 15 hours a week will expand from 20 per cent to the 40 per cent most disadvantaged two-year-olds.
Editorial: Outsourcing proposals could benefit charities
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- Tuesday, May 13, 2014 | CYP Now
The announcement last month of the consultation into the widescale outsourcing of children's services would have surprised few in the sector. Controversial though it may be, the government has been laying the groundwork for the creation of a children's social care "market" for the past year. But although the direction of travel has been clear for some time, the ramifications of such a move are only now starting to be thought through.
Residential trips are a priceless commodity
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- Monday, August 4, 2014 | CYP Now
Necessity is the mother of invention, so the saying goes. It is a maxim that could be applied to most of the services for children and young people today - being able to do more with less is a key requirement for any chief executive, middle manager or frontline practitioner.
Doncaster experiment is sure to yield lessons
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- Tuesday, July 23, 2013 | CYP Now
Education Secretary Michael Gove's decision to remove Doncaster Council's powers to provide children's social care is a landmark move.
Where is the long-term plan on job Šcreation?
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- Monday, March 31, 2014 | CYP Now
At an event in parliament last week, young people and MPs gathered to discuss the challenge of youth unemployment. Organised by youth initiative the 99% Campaign, the panel concluded that unless speedy solutions are found to help the near one million young people not in education, employment or training (Neet), the problem could blight a generation for decades.
Editorial: Strong police presence is vital to safer schools
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- Monday, September 1, 2014 | CYP Now
CYP Now's investigation into school safety reveals some worrying trends in terms of the reduction in police presence in schools. A third of police forces have cut the number of PCs and community support officers based in schools over the past two years, while overall numbers of officers dedicated to this type of work has also fallen over the same period.
Innovation funding should help ‘inadequate' councils
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- Tuesday, April 12, 2016 | CYP Now
In early 2014, the tri-borough councils in London became one of the first areas to benefit from the Department for Education's £100m, two-year Children's Social Care Innovation Fund.
A fair fee is critical to free childcare expansion
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- Monday, October 12, 2015 | CYP Now
The past few weeks have seen mixed messages coming from the government over the expansion of the free childcare policy.
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