Derren Hayes

Derren Hayes

derren.hayes@markallengroup.com

Young people in Staying Put placements are “twice as likely to go to university" compared with all care leavers. Picture: Shutterstock
Analysis

Charities push for Staying Put

Social Care
Professional coaches will support young people to appreciate their own strengths
Analysis

Coaching for a crime-free life

Youth Offending
Lack of face-to-face contact has made it difficult for staff to assess the risks to children. Picture: ©NSPCC. Photo by Tom Hull. Posed by models. NSPCC practitioner is Dannie Adcock-Habib
Analysis

Practitioners reflect on lockdown problems

Children's Services
“Closed childcare clusters” have been developed where families share home schooling. Picture: Wavebreakmediamicro/Adobe Stock
Analysis

Children’s professionals develop local projects to aid Covid recovery

Children's Services
Morley: “Face-to-face provision will remain central”
Features

Interview: Kathryn Morley, OnSide chief executive

Interview
Professionals are required to consider whether wider environmental factors pose a threat to children’s safety. Picture: Hakase420/Adobe Stock
Other

Contextual Safeguarding: Policy context

Social Care
The paper asks whether it is social workers’ role to prevent and intervene in cases of abuse of children – or to work with families. Picture: Adobe Stock, posed by model
Research

No Further Action: Contextualising Social Care Decisions for Children Victimised in Extra-Familial Settings

Social Care
Bradford City Council has a four-year post-pandemic recovery plan that includes improving health and employment outcomes. Picture: GB27PHOTO/Adobe Stock
Features

Bradford City Council: Local Spotlight

Children's Services
The See, Hear, Respond programme supports vulnerable children that are 'hidden' from agencies during the pandemic
News

Children's charities to get extra funding for Covid response

Social Care
Rachel de Souza deemed too many searches 'unnecessary, unsafe and under-reported'
News

Government reveals preferred candidate for next England children's commissioner

Children's Services
Jenny Coles said the interim findings highlight the 'drastic impact' the pandemic is having on children's services work. Image: ADCS
News

Children in care rise continues, latest data suggests

Social Care
Study shows the number of children in care was higher in June 2020 than the year before. Image: Adobe Stock
News

Coronavirus daily round-up: Friday 4 December

Coronavirus