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What have the Lib Dems done for us?
- Author:
- LEPPER Joe
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Young People Now, 18.9.12, 2012, pp.24-26.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket Business Publications Ltd
As the coalition government approaches the halfway point in its five-year term, this article examines the impact of the Liberal Democrats on policies relating to children and young people. The following policy areas are discussed: the pupil premium; child detention; early years support; special educational needs; and child mental health.
From inputs to outcomes
- Author:
- LEPPER Joe
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 31.05.06 Supplement, 2006, pp.2-3.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
The author looks at how focusing on the five outcomes central to Every Child Matters means organisations can be more effective at helping looked-after children. The article includes a short case study looking at how the national residential care contract will bolster outcomes for looked-after children.
Ministers urged to expand troubled families work beyond 2015
- Authors:
- LEPPER Joe, HIGGS Lauren
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Young People Now, 27.11.12, 2012, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket Business Publications Ltd
One year into the three-year scheme, professionals are calling on the government to expand the scope of the initiative and funding beyond 2015 to allow more children and young people to benefit from support. The article looks at the views and experiences of Westminster and Lincolnshire. Key aspects of the Troubled Families Scheme are also presented.
Services set free
- Author:
- LEPPER Joe
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Young People Now, 19.10.10, 2010, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket Business Publications Ltd
The coalition government has offered NHS staff and primary care trusts the "right to request" the opportunity to leave the public sector. This article discusses the aims of the policy and fears that it could lead to the fragmentation of services. Services that hope to leave the NHS and set up as social enterprises are also highlighted. These include the Derby City Primary Care Trust's (PCT) family nurse partnership, which supports teenage parents and it hopes the change will free it from NHS bureaucracy and open up opportunities to different funding. Wakefield Integrated Substance Misuse Service plans to set up as the social enterprise Spectrum Community Health CIC (Community Interest Company). They hope they will be able to carry out more preventative work with the new arrangements.
The value of children's trusts
- Author:
- LEPPER Joe
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Young People Now, 27.7.10, 2010, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket Business Publications Ltd
The current government plans to reform the way children's trusts operate by removing the legal requirement on local authorities to set up children's trust boards and produce children's and young people's plans. Three local authorities discuss their current arrangements and whether they want them to continue.
Raise the bar for disabled children
- Author:
- LEPPER Joe
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Young People Now, 8.10.08, 2008, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket Business Publications Ltd
Aiming High for Disabled Children aims to improve services for disabled children and their families and includes funding for respite care, childcare, and transitional support. Three professionals who work in the health sector, the voluntary sector and within the City Council in Leicester give their views as to whether the policy has made a difference to services. A parent also gives her opinions.
A model for better care
- Author:
- LEPPER Joe
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 31.05.06 Supplement, 2006, pp.5,7-8.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
It takes effort and planning to move an outcomes model. The author looks at how some organisations have successfully put this approach into practice. He outlines six main principles: develop a robust evaluation and monitoring system; set goals; involve children; involve staff; focus on education; and improve partnership working.