Search

Friday, August 12, 2011

| CYP Now

Young people turned out in their scores in central London as part of an event aimed at giving them the opportunity to air their views on the recent unrest and its causes.

Pensioners 'could help young people by paying National Insurance'

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

| CYP Now

Pensioners should continue to pay National Insurance in order to fund employment schemes for young people, a campaign organisation has proposed.

ADCS calls for Ofsted workforce shake-up

Friday, October 31, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted must recruit existing children's services professionals to inspect local authority social care arrangements if it is to boost confidence in its judgments, the head of the Association of Directors of children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Government changes to tax and benefits have hit families with young children and poorer households the hardest, a major study has found.

Jane Ellison confirmed as children's health minister

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Jane Ellison will take on additional responsibilities for children's health and health visiting following her reappointment as minister for public health, the Department of Health has confirmed.

Prime Minister creates taskforces to drive childcare and troubled families reforms

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Efforts to increase provision of free childcare and expand the troubled families initiative will be monitored by new taskforces, the government has announced.

Review recommends ‘revision' of YOT funding levels

Thursday, July 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Funding levels for youth offending teams (YOTs) should be ‘revised', a major government-commissioned review has concluded.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Structure change drives progress

Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Kingston upon Thames Council - children's services inspection - May 2015

Councils develop new approaches to early help amid funding challenges

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.

Grieving children need support to help avoid long-term challenges

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Parents on the Ball

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

Programme revolving around local football clubs to boost parenting skills.

How group support helps families stay together

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Family group conferencing is enabling family members to come up with their own solutions to problems and keep children out of care.

Payment-by-results outreach service to further bolster support for troubled families

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has invested 200m in a payment-by-results scheme offering outreach support to the UK's most troubled families.

Effective Working with Neglected Children and their Families: Linking Interventions to Long-term Outcomes

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Authors Elaine Farmer and Eleanor Lutman; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 978-1-84905-288-7; £25; 240pp

Government to pump £200m more into Troubled Families programme

Monday, June 24, 2013

| CYP Now

The government is to spend £200m to expand the Troubled Families programme to a further 400,000 families.

Daily roundup: Troubled families, physical education and Labour policy

Monday, June 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Troubled Families programme not delivering lasting change data shows; Wilshaw to issue warning to councils on physical education; and Labour urged to drop protection for health and education budgets, all in the news today.

Councils fall short in provision of childcare places for two-year-olds

Monday, August 18, 2014

| CYP Now

CYP Now investigation reveals that more than half of local authorities will have a shortfall of available places when the government's free childcare scheme for disadvantaged two-year-olds expands on 1 September.

Daily roundup: Parental rights, exam performance and age ratings

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

| CYP Now

The Prime Minister considers new parental rights for grandparents caring for children; new research suggests link between mothers' confidence during pregnancy and GCSE success; and the government announces plans to place age restrictions on music videos, all in the news today.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

How relationships course for pupils helps promote healthy relationships

Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Course raises awareness of domestic abuse among older primary school pupils and promotes healthy relationships.

Children of parents who abuse alcohol miss out on support

Friday, October 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Children of parents who misuse alcohol are missing out on help and protection because local services sometimes fail to identify their needs, a report by the Office of the Children's Commissioner has found.

Children & Young People Now Awards 2019: shortlist revealed

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

| CYP Now

The CYP Now Awards highlight the very best practice in work with children, young people and families.

Government to push ahead with axing emergency support fund