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Spending Round: key measures for children and family services

Monday, September 23, 2019

| CYP Now

An extra £13bn is to be pumped into government departments in the next financial year, with local authorities and other providers of children's services set to benefit. Here, experts analyse what this means for provision.

County councils seek to innovate to tackle social care challenges

Analysis

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Rising demand for care services and falling funding for early help has put huge pressure on county council budgets, forcing many areas to think creatively about how they can deliver more support for less money.

Disparity between the discharge of care orders in England and Wales

Analysis

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Researchers investigate the benefits and pitfalls of different ways in which care orders are discharged, asking what needs to change in policy and practice to better meet the needs of children and families.

Making the case for putting youth services on a sustainable footing

Analysis

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

| CYP Now

Amid rising needs for support among young people and a tough funding climate, councils face a challenge to ensure sufficient local youth provision – and need policymakers to set an ambitious national agenda.

Better commissioner relations

Analysis

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

| CYP Now

A Lloyds Bank Foundation report says the current commissioning processes threaten the survival of small charities. Here, a commissioner says they must work to forge partnerships with councils.

PM's plan 'overstretched and underfunded'

Analysis

Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

In the coming weeks, local authorities are faced with the daunting task of calculating the number of "troubled families" in their area, identifying where they live and what their needs are.

Election 2017: a battle to ensure children's policies gain attention

Analysis

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Following Prime Minister Theresa May's election call, children's leaders are drawing up key policies. They say issues like school funding, free childcare and recruiting health visitors must not be drowned out by Brexit.

Changes to care responsibilities divide opinion among leaders

Analysis

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

| CYP Now

Easing and removing some council duties governing care and protection of vulnerable children is ‘dangerous’ say some experts, but others argue the flexibilities are necessary to help them respond to the Covid-19 pandemic

Four key obstacles to improving children’s services in England

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Analysis on the performance and standards of children’s services in England over recent years has identified four key issues that are holding back improvement.

Review of children’s social care system prioritises family help

Analysis

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Care Review’s final report includes ‘radical’ proposals to redefine family support, shift council early help services into local multi-disciplinary teams, and trial the delegation of responsibilities to community-based providers.

Data-gathering ‘machine’ defines commissioner’s long-term legacy

Analysis

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

| CYP Now

In one of her last interviews as children’s commissioner for England, Anne Longfield reflects on key decisions during her tenure, how power to obtain data has been a defining feature and highlights future challenges.

Councils dig deep to help children and families below poverty line

Analysis

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

As the rise in the cost-of-living pushes more families into poverty, local authorities are developing a range of schemes, services and support packages to try to reduce the impact on children’s health and wellbeing.

Family hubs: early adopter sites share knowledge of what works

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

With half of English local authorities developing a network of family hubs, a report collates the lessons from six areas about how they have implemented provision that meets the needs of their communities.

Spending returns revamp will lead to better decisions for children

Analysis

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Study finds section 251 returns system to record education and children's services spending produces data that is often inaccurate and of little use. John Freeman says only an overhaul of the process will deliver improvements.

Now is the time to act on abuse

Analysis

Monday, May 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Professionals cannot wait for the child sexual abuse inquiry report to improve understanding of the issue.

Early adopters set out the key features of children’s trusts

Analysis

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

| CYP Now

When it launched its children’s social care reform programme nearly five years ago, the Department for Education expressed an ambition that a third of councils should be in the process of handing responsibility for services to a children’s trust, or had completed the process, by 2020.

Rethinking early intervention

Analysis

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

| CYP Now

A decade on from his seminal report, Graham Allen says early intervention needs a fresh sense of purpose.

Family hubs expansion: sector split on their role and potential

Analysis

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

| CYP Now

Advocates of family hubs say new government funding will help establish a network of family support facilities that complements the early years focus of children’s centres, but some fear it signals the "death knell" for them.

New inspections reveal progress

Analysis

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

| CYP Now

Half of children's services inspected in their first year of the Ilacs system have improved their rating.

Localised funding system could spell 'disaster' for poorer areas

Analysis

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Despite the Local Government Finance Bill failing to materialise, ministers are expected to resurrect plans for councils to generate all their income locally, with potentially dire results for children's services in some areas.

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Spending Round: key measures for children and family services

County councils seek to innovate to tackle social care challenges

Disparity between the discharge of care orders in England and Wales

Making the case for putting youth services on a sustainable footing

Better commissioner relations

PM's plan 'overstretched and underfunded'

Election 2017: a battle to ensure children's policies gain attention

Changes to care responsibilities divide opinion among leaders

Four key obstacles to improving children’s services in England

Review of children’s social care system prioritises family help

Data-gathering ‘machine’ defines commissioner’s long-term legacy

Councils dig deep to help children and families below poverty line

Family hubs: early adopter sites share knowledge of what works

Spending returns revamp will lead to better decisions for children

Now is the time to act on abuse

Early adopters set out the key features of children’s trusts

Rethinking early intervention

Family hubs expansion: sector split on their role and potential

New inspections reveal progress

Localised funding system could spell 'disaster' for poorer areas

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