In the October edition of CYP Now: Coping with local lockdowns, training guide and ACE special report

Articles to help navigate the challenges of Covid-19 include:

• Children’s services leaders in areas under local lockdown explain what measures have been put in place to cope with the new restrictions
• Early years expert James Hempsall offers councils six key tips on how to ensure they maintain sufficient childcare provision during the pandemic
• Latest research on learning inequalities during the pandemic
• Yvette Stanley, Ofsted’s director of social care, sets out how the inspectorate will continue to monitor standards of children’s care services
• A range of new funding opportunities have come on stream for local organisations supporting the black and minority ethnic community

Other key content in the October edition includes:

• CYP Now’s sector-by-sector Qualifications and Training Guide sets out entry-level requirements and professional development for key roles across the workforce
• Amid a rise in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children arriving, we assess the case for the National Transfer Scheme becoming mandatory
• An evaluation explores how the three-year Youth Investment Fund programme has invested in projects young people value and trust
• HM chief inspector of probation Justin Russell highlights the good work of youth offending services and areas they need to improve
• The good and bad of new DfE guidance for teachers on mental health and wellbeing education

Special Report on Adverse Childhood Experiences:

• Policy: How practitioners are developing new ways to prevent ACEs and supporting children at risk of them
• Research: Summary of four key studies that deepen our knowledge of the extent of exposure to ACEs in children and the impact it has in adulthood
• Practice: How councils in the South West are increasing ACE-awareness among practitioners; and the ACE recovery programmes being run by Sefton Council

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