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County council leaders urge next government to curb high cost of children’s services

Thursday, May 30, 2024

| CYP Now

Implementing a price cap on children’s residential care providers and reducing the cost of home to school transport for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are among county council leaders’ calls for the next government.

Special Report: Commissioning Care

Features

Thursday, May 30, 2024

| CYP Now

A shortage of provision and a rise in vulnerable children has made social care placements harder to find and more expensive for councils and led to policymakers developing plans for regional commissioning.

Compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse plan dropped ahead of election

News

Thursday, May 30, 2024

| CYP Now

Controversial plans to introduce compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse (CSA) for some professionals working with children have been axed ahead of the general election on 4 July.

Neurodiversity support officers to be introduced to youth custody settings

News

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Youth custody settings in England and Wales will benefit from the implementation of neurodiversity support officers, it has been announced.

Interview: Author and educator Eloise Rickman

Features

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes talks to the author and educator about her new book on child rights.

Challenges in next parliament

Analysis

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Two senior politicians set out the key children’s services issues the next government must tackle.

Scheme tackles harassment in schools

Analysis

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

| CYP Now

London borough develops education programme to teach young people about how to respond to sexual harassment if witnessed.

How early intervention supports children’s language development

Analysis

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Early support for the one in five children in England who struggle with talking and understanding words is more crucial than ever, with growing gaps in early development.

London council holds consultation on falling school rolls

News

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Lambeth Council is holding a public consultation into how to manage falling school rolls in the London borough.

Making children’s services leadership more diverse

Features

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

| CYP Now

People from black, Asian and minoritised backgrounds are under-represented in children’s services management. Hannah Crown investigates efforts to boost diversity in leadership roles across the sector.

Oliver Steeper’s death after choking on food at nursery ruled as ‘misadventure’

News

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

| CYP Now

The death of a nine-month-old boy who died after choking on food at nursery has been ruled as “misadventure” following an inquest.

Youth leaders question Conservative plan for national service

News

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

| CYP Now

Conservative plans for a year of compulsory national service for 18-year-olds if the party wins the election on 4 July have raised questions among youth sector leaders.

Examining all aspects of early help

Blogs

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

| CYP Now

Last week, I had the absolute pleasure of attending and speaking at our Eastern Region’s first-ever Early Help Conference.

Youth voice finds a new home

Analysis

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

| CYP Now

National Youth Agency steps up to run the UK Youth Parliament after collapse of previous host body.

UK’s first secure school opens after years of debate and delay

Analysis

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

| CYP Now

CYP Now takes a tour of the Oasis Restore secure school with its state-of-the-art facilities to learn how a new holistic offer for youth justice is designed to shift settings away from punishment towards rehabilitation.

Child mental health crisis: Why it’s important to provide ‘parental pillars’ for employees with kids

Blogs

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

| CYP Now

Parents are becoming more anxious about their children’s mental health than ever before.

Children with SEND ‘at higher risk of exclusion’

News

Sunday, May 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Levels of young people excluded from school increased in the last school year, with children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) disproportionately affected, latest Department for Education figures show.

Plans to tackle youth vaping and smoking set to be scrapped ahead of election

News

Friday, May 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Major government plans to tackle youth vaping and smoking, including a ban on the marketing of vaping products aimed at children, look set to be scrapped ahead of the general election.

Cookham Wood YOI staff 'unaware of closure plans until last minute'

News

Friday, May 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Staff at Cookham Wood Young Offender Institution (YOI) did not know of plans to close the establishment until shortly before it was announced, leaving young people and workers “in limbo”, inspectors have revealed.

Sector leaders criticise lack of progress two years on from Care Review publication

News

Thursday, May 23, 2024

| CYP Now

Children’s charities and sector leaders have raised concerns about the “painfully slow progress” of implementing reforms to the children’s social care system two years after recommendations were made in Josh MacAlister's Independent Review of Children's Social Care.

Covid inquiry turns attention to pandemic’s impact on children

News

Thursday, May 23, 2024

| CYP Now

The Covid-19 inquiry is to turn its attention to the pandemic’s impact on children, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Conference to examine what works for early help amid cuts to services

News

Thursday, May 23, 2024

| CYP Now

The role of innovative and evidence-based interventions to support vulnerable families against a backdrop of cuts to local authority services is the focus of CYP Now’s Early Help Conference.

Tackling false economies in child services

Opinion

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

| CYP Now

I am writing this while rushing to finish work before going on holiday. I know this is a false economy because most things can wait until I’m back, when I’m refreshed; when I will do them better and quicker.