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Why does social work have the word 'social' in it?

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  • Friday, March 19, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Whether it was because parents are worn out from caring for their children at home 24/7 or because children were desperate to see their friends again face-to-face, or both, we had some of the highest primary school attendance rates in Essex following the return to school on 8 March.

Changing the narrative

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  • Monday, March 1, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Like the Tokyo Olympics, Wimbledon and Glastonbury, the pandemic delayed another major event in our diaries, the publication of the seventh iteration of our Safeguarding Pressures research.

Hopes for the future

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  • Monday, January 18, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Starting the new year, I’m sure we are all glad to see the back of 2020 but know that 2021 will continue to be a real challenge.

New beginnings

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  • Monday, January 11, 2021
  • | CYP Now
I confess that I love new beginnings - a new day, week, term or of course new year.

What a year!

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  • Friday, December 18, 2020
  • | CYP Now
It’s traditional that the President writes the last ADCS blog of the year. This year has of course not been what we were anticipating, predicting or indeed ‘traditional’ and certainly not what Rachel would have been thinking about when she wrote her blog this time last year.

It may be Black Friday…but roll on the Happy Mondays!

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  • Friday, November 27, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Today is Black Friday! It may feel as though it is so called because “it follows Black Thursday, or it’s at the end of a very bad year”, but the day after Thanksgiving, known as Black Friday, is the busiest shopping day of the year.

Considering 21st century adoption

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  • Monday, November 23, 2020
  • | CYP Now
This week, I had the pleasure of delivering the keynote address at the Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies (CVAA) annual conference.

First principles of hope and enjoyment

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  • Monday, November 16, 2020
  • | CYP Now
The events of this year have come to affect us all in many ways, especially as we have just entered #Lockdown2, and so I have chosen to focus on resilience.

Give a little bit of yourself

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  • Monday, October 19, 2020
  • | CYP Now
In common with many other directors of children’s services (DCSs), I do a monthly blog as part of a newsletter that goes out to all children’s services employees in my local authority.

Additions to our toolkit

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  • Tuesday, October 13, 2020
  • | CYP Now
I am sure we all agree that we are currently living in unprecedented times, impacting on our vulnerable families, children, and young people possibly more than any other group of people.

What a difference a year makes

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  • Thursday, October 1, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Who could have foreseen the change the pandemic has wrought, in our working lives and at home and how the relationship between the two has been altered so much?

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