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Editorial: Inherent dangers lurk in staying safe plan

13 February 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

With the publication of the Staying Safe Action Plan last week, the government has been at pains not to be seen to wrap children up in cotton wool. In presentation...

Just the job for parents who want to work

23 January 2008, Anne Longfield, Children & Young People Now

Welfare reform is a political hot potato at the moment. The Conservative Party's widely trumpeted Work for Welfare policy paper this month followed hot on the heels of the Department...

Editorial: Social work practices must not be cut loose

16 January 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

Controversial proposals to introduce GP-style social work practices to work with children in care have regained the spotlight at the start of the year.

Editorial: Discs blunder ups pressure on ContactPoint

28 November 2007, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

Fear can be very contagious. The "missing discs" debacle at HM Revenue & Customs has intensified security concerns about ContactPoint, the £224m database that will hold details of every child...

Take better care of the UK's young carers

21 November 2007, Anne Longfield, Children & Young People Now

Support for carers has come under the spotlight lately. A Standing Commission on Carers was established in September, reporting to the Health Secretary, while a renewed bout of publicity will...

Editorial: Child protection inadequacies are still rife

7 November 2007, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

The National Children's Bureau's study on safeguarding arrangements between hospitals and children's social services should alarm anyone involved in child protection (news, p4).

Let's support the parents with disabilities

31 October 2007, Anne Longfield, Children & Young People Now

There are an increasing number of families in the UK where the parents have learning difficulties. However, despite government commitments in England and Scotland to support parents with learning disabilities...

The best education begins in the home

31 October 2007, Howard Williamson, Children & Young People Now

A number of issues have converged for me in recent months. There was the Rowntree report on family relationships, and the Sutton Trust report on social mobility - or rather,...

Editorial: Children's services remain colour-blind

31 October 2007, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

Findings of a study about engaging black and minority ethnic (BME) parents in children's services have been published by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (see p4). Given government...

Editorial: A lesson in the need for emotional wellbeing

24 October 2007, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

The RSA in London was last week the scene of a fiery debate co-hosted by CYP Now and Channel 4 about today's teenagers.