CYP Now - Best Practice

Best Practice

Ofsted has praised the local authority for the strong bonds social workers forge with vulnerable children and families

28 July 2020

Local Spotlight - North Tyneside Council

Social Care

Young people are recording their experiences of lockdown. Picture: Company Three/YouTube

22 April 2020

Youth theatre group create coronavirus time capsule project

Derren Hayes Youth Work

Synergy improves young people’s outcomes in ensuring that data is visible to practitioners, supporting their decision making. Picture: Servelec

31 March 2020

System links council’s education and social care data

Dan Parton Education

VR headsets give professionals an immersive, first-hand insight into the lives of children who experience abuse or neglect. Picture: Cornerstone Partnership

31 March 2020

Prospective adopters use technology to see the reality of childhood trauma

Nina Jacobs Fostering and adoption

Exposure therapy can help young people to practice coping strategies for stressful school scenarios such as taking exams. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

31 March 2020

Tech solutions help young people overcome anxieties

Joanne Parkes Health

Leap’s young ambassadors helped to co-design a programme that supports young people’s school transition

31 March 2020

Leap turns to young people with lived experience to shape future priorities

Abdul Jaleel Participation

Chasing bubbles is one way Healthy Movers sessions help children to learn about the importance of being physically active

31 March 2020

Play helps children learn to be Healthy Movers

Early Years

Most people traumatised by disasters can make a good recovery with the right help. Picture: Daria Ni/Adobe Stock

31 March 2020

Disaster-based trauma support, Australia

Derren Hayes Health

More residential care placements are being made available to address the high number of children being placed out of authority. Picture: cloudvisual/Adobe Stock

31 March 2020

Hertfordshire County Council – Local Spotlight

Children's Services

Families can need support for at least a year before a secure attachment is formed and the relationship is mutually rewarding. Picture: Motortion/Adobe Stock

25 February 2020

Agency helps children develop more secure attachments

Joanne Parkes Health

Practitioners are able to support more young people than just those deemed to be most at risk and most likely to respond to treatment. Picture: Becky Nixon/posed by model

25 February 2020

NHS specialists and secure setting staff create therapeutic environment to address complex issues

Nina Jacobs Health

Milk & Honey’s sessions are co-produced by the young women who attend, with creative expression helping them to feel safe

25 February 2020

Art therapy helps girls affected by youth violence

Nina Jacobs Safeguarding and child protection

Young people felt that professionals often focused on poorer outcomes, ignoring the potential of care leavers. Picture: Daniel Ernst/Adobe Stock

25 February 2020

Care-experienced young people challenge stereotypes in shaping charity’s marketing

Alex Jones Youth Work

Children take part in creative activities that help them to explore their feelings

25 February 2020

How peer support helps children cope better with grief

Health

Wakefield Council has boosted investment in children’s services by £14m a year as part of efforts to turn around performance. Picture: Wakefield Council

25 February 2020

Wakefield Council: Local Spotlight

Derren Hayes Children's Services