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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: 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: Inspections, financial management and mental health

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| CYP Now

East Sussex children's social care judged "good" by Ofsted; spend on agency staff triples at Windsor children's services; and new chair announced for mental health body, all in the news today.

Nicky Morgan replaces Michael Gove as Education Secretary

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Nicky Morgan has replaced Michael Gove as Education Secretary as part of a surprisingly sweeping Cabinet reshuffle that has seen a number of children's sector ministerial posts change hands.

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.

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

Five lessons for charities and ministers from the collapse of Kids Company

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

The closure of Kids Company highlighted problems over the checks and balances used by government and charities to ensure public funding is spent well, from which the rest of the children's voluntary sector can learn.

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.

Voice for the vulnerable: Carolyne Willow, director of Article 39

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Jess Brown meets Carolyne Willow, director of Article 39.

LGA board chief: let councils solve children's services challenges

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Tuesday, November 8, 2016

| CYP Now

Richard Watts, chair of the Local Government Association's children and young people board, says councils must be given freedoms to overcome a crisis in funding, recruitment and excessive demand across children's social care.

Review: Residential Child Care - Between Home and Family

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Authors Graham Connelly and Ian Milligan; Dunedin Academic Press; ISBN 978-1780460000; £16.95; 110 pages

Daily roundup: Norfolk council, charity pay, pre-school support

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Norfolk council unveils recovery plan for children's services; Charity Commission chief issues warning on voluntary sector pay; and Southampton council hire private company to deliver early years support, all in the news today.

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.

Daily roundup: Mental health, children in Birmingham, and Savile

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Monday, June 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Doctors sending children long distances to get mental health treatment; independent review to investigate life for children in Birmingham; and Savile victim numbers grow to more than 500 research shows, all in the news today.

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.

Ask The Experts: Ensure nursery outings are safe

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Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on planning a nursery trip; safely examining online grooming; boosting workers' skills and police complaints.

Five top tips on supporting overseas-trained workers

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

| CYP Now

International recruitment can be a great way for practitioners to engage in trans-national social work.

Ask the Experts: Precautions to ensure staff safety

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

| CYP Now

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.

First judgments show up flaws in new single inspection system

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Senior managers at the first five children's services departments to have undergone the new Ofsted single inspection support the principles behind the framework, but think the process needs improving if it is to get their full backing.

Daily roundup: Care proceedings, teacher training, and physical education

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Social workers to get help understanding care proceedings legislation; teacher training on SEN insufficient; and most pupils "not bothered" by loss of competitive school sport, 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.

Young carers and asylum seekers deserve better

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

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

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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: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Daily roundup: Inspections, financial management and mental health

Nicky Morgan replaces Michael Gove as Education Secretary

Doncaster's deliverer

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

Five lessons for charities and ministers from the collapse of Kids Company

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

Voice for the vulnerable: Carolyne Willow, director of Article 39

LGA board chief: let councils solve children's services challenges

Review: Residential Child Care - Between Home and Family

Daily roundup: Norfolk council, charity pay, pre-school support

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

Daily roundup: Mental health, children in Birmingham, and Savile

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

Ask The Experts: Ensure nursery outings are safe

Five top tips on supporting overseas-trained workers

Ask the Experts: Precautions to ensure staff safety

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

First judgments show up flaws in new single inspection system

Daily roundup: Care proceedings, teacher training, and physical education

Daily roundup: Vocational training, health and parenting

Young carers and asylum seekers deserve better

Timescales hinder SEN reforms

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