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Once in a lifetime opportunity to address inequalities for children in care

Blogs

Friday, February 17, 2023

| CYP Now

The care system exists to support children who cannot live with their birth parents.

Six tips for navigating the use of technology schools

Blogs

Friday, February 17, 2023

| CYP Now

This year’s Safer Internet Day 2023 took place on Tuesday 7 February. The theme was Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online.

It’s never too late to follow your passion

Blogs

Monday, February 13, 2023

| CYP Now

My passion for becoming a youth worker was much like many others in my profession: a passion and determination to help make a difference in a young person’s life.

Supporting new mothers

Blogs

Monday, February 13, 2023

| CYP Now

I was struck by the recent news about the Shaping Us campaign which aims to improve understanding of the importance of early childhood in shaping adulthood and society as a whole.

From the royal launch event of Shaping Us

Blogs

Monday, February 6, 2023

| CYP Now

Everyone working in early years knows how important the first years of a child’s life truly are. It is a time unlike any other in a person’s life where the brain develops at an extraordinary rate and all the building blocks for future learning are made.

Heating or eating

Blogs

Monday, February 6, 2023

| CYP Now

Pause works with women who have had, or are at risk of having, more than one child removed from their care.

Progress, but still much to learn – a reflection on the children’s social care implementation plan

Blogs

Thursday, February 2, 2023

| CYP Now

At What Works for Early Intervention and Children’s Social Care (WWEICSC), we focus on using evidence to understand what’s likely to improve outcomes for children.

Care Review response: What the government needs to do now for kinship families

Blogs

Thursday, February 2, 2023

| CYP Now

Today, the government has published its long-awaited children’s social care implementation plan, responding to the recommendations made by the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care last year.

Thousands of siblings split up in the care system

Blogs

Monday, January 30, 2023

| CYP Now

The findings from Dame Rachel De Souza's report bring home a cold, hard reality, as the latest figures show that one in three children are separated from their siblings when they come into care.

Its #TimeToDefine kinship care – here’s why and how we might start

Blogs

Friday, January 20, 2023

| CYP Now

In April 2022 Family Rights Group published Time To Define – a campaign for legal reform to create a clear, simple definition of kinship care written into primary legislation.

Consider the children: Why localism needs to be a devolution of resources not just power

Blogs

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

| CYP Now

On 4 January, we heard the new years speech of our current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak “building a better future” which pledged to half inflation; grow the economy, reduce debt; cut hospital waiting lists and stop migrant crossings.

We can no longer afford to be indifferent

Blogs

Monday, January 16, 2023

| CYP Now

For many of us the idea of living in poverty or facing financial hardship is an externalised, abstract idea.

Alternatives to recently closed Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board

Blogs

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

| CYP Now

The closure of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board (ASGLB) – a body with powers of oversight of the adoption system and support for special guardians – was recently announced. The news leads to the question, what now?

Supporting children with post-Christmas anxiety

Blogs

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

| CYP Now

As we start a new year, with Christmas behind us, it’s important to reflect on the festive period.

Back to the future

Blogs

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

| CYP Now

The Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies (CVAA) is claiming that adoption will save lots of money and we should be pushing more children through for adoption in order to achieve these savings.

Unregulated accommodation for 16- and 17-year-olds cannot be normalised

Blogs

Monday, December 19, 2022

| CYP Now

Every year, one in four children entering the care system is aged 16 or 17. The reasons they are in care are complex and varied, but the majority have experienced either neglect or abuse in their home.

Supporting kinship carers of Ukrainian refugee children

Blogs

Monday, December 19, 2022

| CYP Now

Over the last year, many people in the UK have opened their hearts and their homes to help children and their families fleeing the war in Ukraine.

‘We are the town that has been forgotten about’: Solution to our youth mental health crisis is close to home

Blogs

Monday, December 12, 2022

| CYP Now

I prepared a report for the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership about children and young people’s mental health in rural Craven and SELFA Charity received £85,000 to support three projects based on the recommendations.

Supporting young children dealing with grief

Blogs

Monday, December 12, 2022

| CYP Now

Children and young people grieve just as much as adults and tend to express grief emotionally and physically.

Introducing Mantra Music: The world’s first record label exclusively for care experienced artists

Blogs

Monday, December 5, 2022

| CYP Now

Before I was 25, I wrote an album about my life in care. I sent it to radio stations and at first, no one listened. I also sent it to a 100 social services email addresses which I found on google. Luckily a few saw value in my music so I started helping young people with songwriting in the care sector when I could.

Young people’s mental health and wellbeing during Covid-19

Blogs

Monday, December 5, 2022

| CYP Now

It has been almost three years since we first heard about Covid-19 and as we now come out on the other side, it seems a good time to reflect on how the pandemic may have impacted us.

Supporting more young people into work

Blogs

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

| CYP Now

Recently, Centrepoint gave evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee that looked at how we can get more young people into work.

Lessons on leadership from NCASC22

Blogs

Monday, November 14, 2022

| CYP Now

I attended NCASC22 last week.

Once upon a time: a care leaver's response to the John Lewis advert

Blogs

Friday, November 11, 2022

| CYP Now

Yesterday was a day. I was at work, I’m a social researcher, and I was in the middle of an online event supporting a couple of care leavers to ‘engage’, while simultaneously writing a research protocol on domestic abuse interventions and responding to a full inbox.

Why it’s time to put a child’s voice into their own records

Blogs

Monday, November 7, 2022

| CYP Now

Who would be a ghost in the story of their own life?

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Once in a lifetime opportunity to address inequalities for children in care

Six tips for navigating the use of technology schools

It’s never too late to follow your passion

Supporting new mothers

From the royal launch event of Shaping Us

Heating or eating

Progress, but still much to learn – a reflection on the children’s social care implementation plan

Care Review response: What the government needs to do now for kinship families

Thousands of siblings split up in the care system

Its #TimeToDefine kinship care – here’s why and how we might start

Consider the children: Why localism needs to be a devolution of resources not just power

We can no longer afford to be indifferent

Alternatives to recently closed Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board

Supporting children with post-Christmas anxiety

Back to the future

Unregulated accommodation for 16- and 17-year-olds cannot be normalised

Supporting kinship carers of Ukrainian refugee children

‘We are the town that has been forgotten about’: Solution to our youth mental health crisis is close to home

Supporting young children dealing with grief

Introducing Mantra Music: The world’s first record label exclusively for care experienced artists

Young people’s mental health and wellbeing during Covid-19

Supporting more young people into work

Lessons on leadership from NCASC22

Once upon a time: a care leaver's response to the John Lewis advert

Why it’s time to put a child’s voice into their own records

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