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Social work and you

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  • Friday, March 18, 2022
    • | CYP Now
We’re coming to the end of Social Work Week, with its theme: ‘Social Work and Me’.

The political energy of our young people

    Blogs
  • Tuesday, March 15, 2022
    • | CYP Now
It’s not often that I feel energised and inspired on a wet Monday night in February, but that was exactly how I was left feeling recently after watching the results of Derby’s Youth Mayor elections.

Leaders of steel

    Blogs
  • Monday, March 7, 2022
    • | CYP Now
It’s a sobering realisation to know that I started to learn some of the fundamentals of economics in the heady time of the 1980s!

The recruitment and retention challenge

    Blogs
  • Friday, February 18, 2022
    • | CYP Now
When I was asked to write the ADCS blog for the Eastern region, I inevitably thought about some of the challenges that we are facing in my own local authority, Southend, and the challenges we share more widely - the recruitment and retention of social workers sprang to my mind.

The challenges and expectations of the social worker role

    Blogs
  • Monday, February 14, 2022
    • | CYP Now
I can’t have been the only director of children’s services who was saddened and disappointed at the targeting of social workers and colleague directors following the recent tragic deaths of children at the hands of their parents who should love and care for them.

Let us not return to what was normal

    Blogs
  • Friday, February 4, 2022
    • | CYP Now
As many will know from my work with the ADCS Educational Achievement (EA) Policy Committee, my passion for levelling up and enhancing the role of education is undimmed even after a number of decades of commitment to the cause.

Can I level up with you?

    Blogs
  • Monday, January 31, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Blackburn with Darwen, set within the heart of Pennine Lancashire, has high levels of structural inequality that impact on the communities that we serve.

Must do, nice to do, hope it goes away…

    Blogs
  • Tuesday, January 25, 2022
    • | CYP Now
It feels like the Christmas break was a very long time ago now, but as it’s still January I think I can just about get away with wishing everyone a happy new year.

We see you…

    Blogs
  • Monday, January 17, 2022
    • | CYP Now
I’m not sure what the collective noun for DCSs is; an exhaustion, a wisdom, a confusion, a compassion, or perhaps it’s a “solidarity of DCSs”.

Duty of optimism

    Blogs
  • Monday, January 10, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Well, goodbye 2021, I can’t say that I am sad to see that year go.

Begin with the end in mind

    Blogs
  • Friday, December 17, 2021
    • | CYP Now
As I write this I am reflecting on the life of a wonderful friend and colleague who passed away this week.

The time for investing in children is now

    Blogs
  • Friday, November 5, 2021
    • | CYP Now
It’s Wednesday lunchtime as I sit here and write this blog – it’s not just 58 days until Christmas (don’t!) but also the day the Chancellor unveils his spending plans for the budget.

Let's invest in our children and young people

    Blogs
  • Friday, October 8, 2021
    • | CYP Now
It’s that time again when we will soon find out what budget challenges we will face going forward and what if any good news may come to enable us to meet the increasing needs of children, young people and their families.

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