CYP Now conference assesses role of early help in pandemic recovery
Derren Hayes
Monday, July 12, 2021
Leading experts in policy, practice and research across the children and young people's sector will be speaking at CYP Now’s eighth national Early Help conference in September.
The conference will be analysing the role that early help can play in supporting disadvantaged children, young people and families to recover from the impact of the pandemic.
Early Help: The key to recovery – policy and practice will take place online on the afternoons of Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 September.
Key topics to be covered at the conference will include:
- Overcoming challenges in evaluating early help services
- A local authority perspective on current challenges and solutions
- Using innovation methods to redesign services
- Building community engagement to create better parent-child relationships
- The key ingredients of good tutoring programmes
- Direct work with young people to support prevention of knife crime
- Identifying and supporting young people with caring responsibilities
- How early help is crucial for young people’s mental health
- Practical steps needed to ensure early help and early intervention is at the forefront of policy and spending at local, regional and national level
Keynote speakers include Graham Allen, the founder of the Early Intervention Foundation, who will be reflecting on the progress since his 2011 reports on early intervention and what needs to change to ensure the issue stays at the forefront of policy and spending at a local, regional and national level.
Matt Dunkley, from the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, will assess the current challenges for local authorities in the early help arena.
Caroline Coady, assistant director for social care at the National Children’s Bureau, will explore the evidence and recommendations from their research on the role of early help services for children and families and how this links to the children’s social care review.
Meanwhile, Dr Kirsten Asmussen, head of What Works, Child Development, at the Early Intervention Foundation, will draw on the foundation’s research to offer practical tips on how to get from a good idea to an intervention that really works.
The conference is designed for a range of professionals working with vulnerable children and families including senior managers across children and young people’s services, commissioners, early help teams, charity chiefs, policymakers, early support coordinators, Supporting Families teams, mental health practitioners and academics.
To register for the online conference click here.