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Derren Hayes: “Safeguarding children needs the involvement of communities, universal services and social work teams to be successful”

Opinion 1 December 2024

Give councils the money to deliver new youth strategy

Derren Hayes: “Enhancing the working conditions of children’s social workers must be central to the government’s reform agenda”

Opinion 29 October 2024

Early help focus is the solution to care crisis

Derren Hayes: 'Moving to a ‘report card’ system should remove the stigma that came with being branded inadequate'

Opinion 25 September 2024

We need to rethink how we measure inspection success

Fiona Simpson: 'Tying youth services to violence prevention so closely risks increasing stigma around access to support'

Opinion 28 August 2024

Open-access youth services key to community support

'The past decade has seen record spending on SEND services'.

Opinion 24 July 2024

Inclusive education crucial to better SEND outcomes

'Although a direct link between poverty and poorer outcomes is hard to prove, there is little doubt it damages children’s lives'.

Opinion 20 June 2024

Scrapping benefit cap could turn tables on child poverty

Derren Hayes: 'To reshape youth custody into a truly rehabilitative service is both laudable and exciting'.

Opinion 22 May 2024

Secure school approach is right one for children

Derren Hayes: 'Policymakers must work with schools to create a supportive culture'.

Opinion 28 April 2024

School mental health plans need an update

Derren Hayes: 'The next government must act.'

Opinion 27 March 2024

Protect youth work by enacting statutory duty

Derren Hayes: 'Whichever party forms the next government, it will need a stable and sufficient early years workforce to help drive economic growth.'

Opinion 14 February 2024

Reward longevity to retain and attract childcare staff

Derren Hayes: 'Childcare funding, school standards and tackling violence resonate with the public at large and so will be higher up the agenda this year'

Opinion 28 January 2024

Councils need bigger budgets, not handouts

Derren Hayes: 'Childcare funding, school standards and tackling violence resonate with the public at large and so will be higher up the agenda this year'

Opinion 3 January 2024

Three key sector issues for a general election year

Derren Hayes: 'There are dozens of examples of good local practice across the country but what is really needed now is a national strategy'

Opinion 23 November 2023

We need a national strategy to uphold children’s rights

Derren Hayes: "The average duration of care proceedings had crept up from the 26-week target to the mid-30s in early 2020, suggesting there is a fundamental system problem with delays"

Opinion 19 October 2023

Quicker care proceedings can give children certainty

Derren Hayes: “In its absence, will children’s charities, large or small, feel bold enough to challenge the growing and rampant marketisation of children’s services?”

Other 21 September 2023

Children England’s demise highlights failing ‘market’

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