Derren Hayes

Derren Hayes

derren.hayes@markallengroup.com

Care-experienced young people at a participation session run by charity Become. Picture: Become
Analysis

Care experts outline ambitions

Residential Children's Care
The ICHA report details emerging evidence that children's home staffing shortages are having an effect on placements. Picture: Alex Deverill
Analysis

Factors for stagnation in use of homes

Social Care
Mark Russell: “Inside the heart of every young person is hope, but it’s taken a battering during the pandemic”
Features

Interview: Mark Russell, The Children’s Society chief executive

Children's Services
Opinion

Review must include needs of care leavers

Editorial
The Early Intervention Foundation defines parenting interventions “as advice and treatment offered to parents with the primary aim of supporting children’s social, emotional and intellectual wellbeing”. Picture: Rawpixel.com/Adobe Stock
Features

Parenting Programmes: Special Report

Children's Services
Parent Champions sees parent volunteers speak to other parents about local services that could support their families
Other

Parenting Programmes: Policy context

Children's Services
Stoke-on-Trent has an improvement plan for children’s services, including restorative practice and family group conferencing. Picture: TA Craft Photography/Adobe Stock
Features

Stoke-on-Trent City Council: Local Spotlight

Children's Services
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