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<img alt="Ofsted warns council about high social worker caseloads" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/ec3e7de8-18e1-4fb3-9044-9700ab476547/3/ScreenShot20170619at115346-320x198.png" />
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Ofsted found that social worker caseloads at Warwickshire County Council are in the mid-20s on average, significantly higher than the local authority's target of 15 per worker.
This comes despite recent...
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Published: 10 August 2018
<img alt="Loneliness a big issue among young people, say youth workers" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/e01cd0de-e745-464c-8ebd-8ede018b20ff/1/depressedshutterstock-320x198.jpg" />
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Charity UK Youth polled youth workers and found that 82 per cent felt loneliness was a big issue for the teenagers and young adults they worked with.
Despite this almost three quarters (73 per cent)...
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Published: 10 August 2018
<img alt="Civil Society Strategy: Council leaders welcome youth work focus" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/8ec35301-6c47-40d0-8e41-d6ade093e137/1/royperry-320x198.jpg" />
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The strategy, published by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on Thursday, includes a commitment by the government to undertake a review of statutory guidance for councils to provide...
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cypn
Published: 10 August 2018
<img alt="Children's centre consultation ditched, confirms DfE" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/f9600479-03f2-4f7e-a324-49d02d986a01/3/Capture-320x198.png" />
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The consultation involving the public and stakeholders had originally been due to launch in spring 2016, but has been marred with delays.
Despite former childcare minister Caroline Dinenage insisting...
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Published: 10 August 2018
<img alt="Government to review council youth work statutory guidance as part of Civil Society Strategy" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/7cdeb63c-6623-4135-bae5-479bbc407ee7/4/youthwork-320x198.jpg" />
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The strategy, Building a future that works for everyone, published today, states that a review of the guidance for councils to provide "appropriate local youth services" is needed as a result of significant...
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cypn
Published: 9 August 2018
<img alt="Shortage of early years teachers risks 325,000 children falling behind, warns charity" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b7076775-ac2c-449c-b40b-6e9008c95f20/1/cab2b0c4b45fd5db6e1f06d8e274dce3gif-320x198.gif" />
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Research undertaken by the children's charity shows 48 per cent of children in childcare settings do not have access to a qualified early years teacher or equivalent.
The charity has calculated that...
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cypn
Published: 9 August 2018
<img alt="YOTs to receive graded inspection judgments for the first time" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/e519a5ef-fb49-4be5-a41d-9385f3245296/1/yotcreditarlenconnelly-320x198.JPG" />
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From the end of August, inspection reports for YOTs will be handed grades of "outstanding", "good", "requires improvement" or "inadequate".
Under an inspection overhaul by HMI Probation, each YOT will...
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cypn
Published: 8 August 2018
<img alt="Call for action over SEND funding following legal ruling" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6435af59-fd55-4878-ae77-55dd27be0a91/1/11e4d9ea9cf585b40437e7ff90d46695gif-320x198.gif" />
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The High Court recently ruled that the process used by Bristol City Council to draw up plans to cut SEND support by £7m over the next three years was legally flawed.
The local authority drew up the...
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cypn
Published: 8 August 2018
<img alt="Researchers criticise lack of evidence for government early years policy" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/44a9594f-eb8c-4d80-8526-cd3e1241090c/1/childcare-320x198.jpg" />
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Research by the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) and the Education Policy Institute (EPI) has found major gaps in evidence to underpin early years policies, despite £6bn worth of government investment...
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Published: 8 August 2018