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Sandwell starts to tackle service problems after private partner deal

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Simon White, the privately-employed DCS at Sandwell Council, says other struggling authorities may follow their lead by partnering with an outside agency to run children's services

Daily roundup: Play strategy, DCS to retire early, and genital mutilation

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Monday, June 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Scotland gets its first national play strategy, Norfolk's children's services boss retires early, and the NSPCC opens a female genital mutilation helpline, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Reading cash boost, Norfolk DCS appointed, and stop and search

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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

| CYP Now

The Reading Agency awarded £1m of funding, Sheila Lock named as interim DCS at Norfolk Council, and police stop and search practice criticised by inspectorate, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Care applications, children's TV, and health services

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Monday, November 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Care applications rising again; Miliband calls for payday loan advert ban during children's programmes; and health regulator reveals extent of walk-in-centre closures, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Wilshaw reveals he called for Ofsted chair to remain; leaving foster care age for young people in Wales raised; and £500,000 fund set up to help male victims of rape, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Free schools, outdoor play and mental health

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Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Gove under fire over free school funding; outdoor play helps cut cancer risk; and young people are most lonely, all in the news today.

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

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

If children's services are to deliver improved outcomes with declining resources, the sector must embrace technology, joint working and volunteers, says Pillars and Foundations, a radical paper from the ADCS.

Tackling the taboo of short lives: Barbara Gelb interview

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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

| CYP Now

Jess Brown talks to Barbara Gelb, chief executive of Together for Short Lives.

Children's leaders left 'puzzled' by calls to remove DCS duty on councils

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Monday, May 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authority chief executives' group says the requirement for a director of children's services is stifling innovation in children's services and isolating it from the rest of local government - arguments that don't stack up, say leaders.

Ask the Experts: Dealing with depressed children

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Monday, April 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on tackling depression, monitoring performance, improving story time and protecting children from CSE.

Children's services leaders: When are two hats better than one?

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Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Some local authorities have combined the functions of director of children's services with those of other top-tier managers. Joe Lepper explores the benefits and potential pitfalls of different approaches.

Pastoral leadership

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

| CYP Now

Schools play a crucial role in shaping children’s lives beyond purely academic achievement, so the importance of pastoral care in the healthy development of young people cannot be underestimated.

Daily roundup: Child protection, breastfeeding incentive, and new DCS

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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Education secretary Michael Gove calls for radical overhaul of child protection; new mums offered vouchers to breastfeed; and Sally Hodges to be new DCS at Solihull Council, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Further education, childcare and lone parents

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Details published on vocational alternatives to A-levels; unpaid leave from work should be available to grandparents caring for grandchildren; and study shows impact of austerity on lone parents, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Vocational training, health and parenting

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

| CYP Now

New practical qualifications for school children introduced next year; huge rise in Crohn's disease hospital admissions of young people; and parents warned not to give children alcohol at end of exams, all in the news today.

Timescales hinder SEN reforms

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils struggle to provide education, health and care plans within the required deadlines, say campaigners

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

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Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders gathered at CYP Now's Early Help Conference to discuss latest policy developments in early help and hear how local areas are developing interventions across a range of settings and age groups.

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

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Monday, March 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Chamber of Commerce warning on youth unemployment figures; fraction of public health spending goes on child obesity; and government launches action plan to tackle violence against females, all in the news today.

Ask the Experts: Making guardianship orders work

Other

Monday, August 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on guardianship orders, dealing with bereavement, restructures at work and complaints about youth activities.

Trafford sets agenda for integration of children's care and health services

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Having outsourced day-to-day management of its children's services to an NHS trust, Trafford Council plans to become the first area to fully integrate social care and community health services for children and adults.

Ask the Experts: Retain a strong voice for children

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on the future of DCSs, helping children of substance misusers, improving speech skills and conflict resolution.

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on problem academies, whole-family assessments, supporting parents at nursery and a squatting protest.

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's professionals struggle to keep pace with child abusers' tactics; 23 campaign groups highlight need for child-friendly policies; and Bracknell Forest youth hub set to open by 2016, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

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Friday, August 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Poorer parents struggle to feed their children during the summer holidays; Department for Education publishes child-friendly guide to the special educational needs reforms; and judge warns of "paedophile panic", all in the news today.

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Sandwell starts to tackle service problems after private partner deal

Daily roundup: Play strategy, DCS to retire early, and genital mutilation

Daily roundup: Reading cash boost, Norfolk DCS appointed, and stop and search

Daily roundup: Care applications, children's TV, and health services

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Daily roundup: Free schools, outdoor play and mental health

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

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

Tackling the taboo of short lives: Barbara Gelb interview

Children's leaders left 'puzzled' by calls to remove DCS duty on councils

Ask the Experts: Dealing with depressed children

Children's services leaders: When are two hats better than one?

Pastoral leadership

Daily roundup: Child protection, breastfeeding incentive, and new DCS

Daily roundup: Further education, childcare and lone parents

Daily roundup: Vocational training, health and parenting

Timescales hinder SEN reforms

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

Ask the Experts: Making guardianship orders work

Trafford sets agenda for integration of children's care and health services

Ask the Experts: Retain a strong voice for children

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

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