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The value of safety planning

    Features
  • Thursday, January 4, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Dr Carlene Firmin has highlighted the complex challenges practitioners face when supporting children and young people affected by extra-familial harm through her development of contextual safeguarding since 2016.

NCAS Conference: three key issues for children’s sector

    Analysis
  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Children’s services leaders recently gathered in Bournemouth for the annual National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCASC) 2023, against a backdrop of increasing rates of vulnerability among children and dwindling finances for local authorities.

Sustainable Childcare Special Report

    Features
  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Amid rising costs, inadequate government funding and a shortage of qualified staff, early years providers face challenging times and have to be creative in how they operate to keep settings viable.

Statutory guidance gives us ‘permission’ to practice

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
    • | CYP Now
A line by poet Oliver Wendell Holmes – “The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions” – feels apt when considering the guidance that governs local authority functions and responsibilities to vulnerable children and families.

Additional Family Costs for Children on the Autism Spectrum

    Research
  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Children on the autism spectrum and their families face high financial costs but cost estimates to date have not included everyday items such as clothing, furniture and toys. This study, by Loughborough University and children’s disability charity Family Fund, set out to explore the additional cost of providing everyday goods and services that meet children’s needs.

We need a joined-up strategy for children

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
    • | CYP Now
The situation facing many children in this country is at crisis point. More families are finding themselves in desperate circumstances, whether that’s due to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis or because early intervention support has been starved of resources due to cuts to children’s social care budgets and funds being diverted towards late interventions.

MacAlister and Trowler recognised in King's New Year's Honours

    News
  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
    • | CYP Now
The architect of the Care Review reforms Josh MacAlister and England’s chief children’s social worker Isabelle Trowler have been recognised alongside several serving directors of children’s services in the King’s New Year's Honours.

Inspections Clinic - social care provision

    Features
  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Ofsted’s latest annual report highlights improving standards across children’s social care but raises concerns about increasing numbers of children in unregistered provision, reports Jo Stephenson.

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