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Derren Hayes: 'Change will not be straightforward to deliver. Key will be assessing if it is feasible for health and police staff to be seconded into specialist units.'

Opinion 1 June 2022

Safeguarding reforms must include funding

Derren Hayes: “Retention should be a central part of a new national workforce strategy, which is urgently needed and should be a recommendation of the Care Review.”

Opinion 27 April 2022

Prioritise retention of children’s social workers

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

Opinion 24 March 2022

Childcare feels pinch of cost-of-living crisis

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

Opinion 1 March 2022

University access key to success of levelling up

Derren Hayes: “Mockingbird highlights the value of councils constructing a network of foster carers who offer help, advice and a shared sense of caring for each other”

Opinion 1 February 2022

Range of measures can fix foster carer shortage

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

Opinion 22 December 2021

Today’s big challenges need collective efforts

Derren Hayes: “At the very least, Hakim’s death should prompt an urgent debate about whether a national policy on the use of weapons detection systems is needed”

Opinion 26 October 2021

We need wide debate on use of weapons detectors

Derren Hayes is editor of Children & Young People Now

Opinion 28 September 2021

Review must focus SEND system on earlier support

Derren Hayes is editor of Children & Young People Now

Opinion 31 August 2021

Youth work is integral to rural communities

Derren Hayes: “Experts believe the pandemic’s economic hit will push child poverty above five million by 2023 which could reverse the hard-won gains on the attainment gap”

Opinion 29 June 2021

Invest in early years to level-up attainment

Derren Hayes: “One-to-one and small group tuition has proven to be effective in helping progress, with research showing it can lead to an attainment boost of up to five months”

Opinion 25 May 2021

Commit to tuition to close attainment gap

Derren Hayes is editor, Children & Young People Now

Opinion 30 March 2021

Support for pupil learning is premium consideration

Derren Hayes, editor, Children & Young People Now

Opinion 23 February 2021

Longfield has set high bar for commissioners

Opinion 26 January 2021

Review must include needs of care leavers

Derren Hayes: “Research into adverse childhood experiences suggests the impact of Covid-19 could be seen in poorer life outcomes for some children and young people”

Opinion 29 September 2020

Pandemic response must address legacy of trauma

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