Children & Young People Now

Children & Young People Now brings together the latest policy and practice to improve young lives and to support families. It provides vital information on child protection, safeguarding and social work; childcare provision; children’s health; education; youth services; youth justice; and multi-agency working. It is essential reading for managers and senior practitioners involved in delivering services for children, young people and families across the public, voluntary and private sectors.

CYP Now is published every fortnight and contains:

• Essential roundup of news from across the sector • In-depth analysis of policy developments and their implications for practice • Investigations and surveys • Evidence-based case studies of good practice • Updates on working with children and the law • Examination of Ofsted inspection reports • Features based on visits to settings across the country • Special thematic reports • Interviews with decision makers, innovators and campaigners • Expert advice on working with children and on managing teams • Special supplements, including the flagship annual ‘Children in Care’ supplement

• Experts analyse the implications of key measures in the government’s green paper on special education needs and disabilities 
• Youth Justice Board chief executive, Claudia Sturt outlines her vision for the organisation and plans to tackle child exploitation
• Special report takes an in depth look at how digital services are reshaping care and support for vulnerable children and families
• Childcare staff ratios: three early years leaders explain why ministers would be wrong to water down regulations
• New ADCS president Steve Crocker on the emerging policy papers that will shape his tenure

• How councils are putting the Care Pledge into practice to improve support for looked-after children 
• Key changes children’s services teams and practitioners need to understand as joint targeted area inspections return
• Need-to-know information about bidding for a share of Local School Nature Grants
• How primary school career-related learning programme Our Future helps put children on the right track
• International spotlight: what the UK can learn and apply from Canada’s breakfast clubs