CYP Now - How Covid-19 remade children’s services

A year on from the emergence of the coronavirus and onset of the pandemic, experts assess the long-term impact of the disruption it has caused to children’s services and young people’s lives.

Many professionals have successfully used technology to communicate during the pandemic, found the NSPCC, which suggests virtual delivery could enhance services. Picture: Image copyright of NSPCC. Photography by Tom Hull. The NSPCC practitioner is Da

IMPACT OF COVID-19

By Matthew Dodd, head of policy and public affairs, National Children’s Bureau

Necessity is the mother of invention, according to the well-known proverb. As the Covid-19 pandemic has unfolded, children’s services have had to adapt rapidly to keep children safe, secure and supported. There was no alternative, but that doesn’t make it any easier.

Each phase, with its accompanying rules and restrictions, created distinct challenges for children’s services and professionals. However, these have essentially blended together into a continual process of change and adaptation, which shows no signs of abating.

Some professionals will have thrived amid the need to innovate while others will have been more reluctant innovators. However, if they have enough energy to step back and consider what they have been able to deliver for children in these unprecedented times, then they should hold their heads high.

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