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The call to keep families together

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  • Wednesday, March 9, 2022
    • | CYP Now
The 1989 Children Act is still the underpinning framework for our system of child protection and it is to the credit to legislators of that time that it still stands over 30 years later as a remarkably robust foundation for our children’s services in England.

Leaders of steel

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  • 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!

Why the early years must be levelled up without delay

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  • Monday, February 28, 2022
    • | CYP Now
With all the fuss about ‘Partygate’ and too many unpleasant images of our Prime Minister being shared by angry, vindictive ex-colleagues – you may have been forgiven for missing the government’s Levelling Up White Paper led by Michael Gove.

The recruitment and retention challenge

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  • 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

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  • 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.

Help share the voices of adopted children and families

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  • Thursday, February 10, 2022
    • | CYP Now
With the number of children in care in England predicted to rise to 100,000 by 2025, securing the best outcomes for children who will sadly be unable to return to live with their birth parents is more vital than ever.

Let us not return to what was normal

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  • 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.

Top tips for schools to enhance internet safety

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  • Friday, February 4, 2022
    • | CYP Now
As their reliance on the internet for socialisation, entertainment and education significantly increased over the course of the pandemic, children have increasingly become more exposed to the dangers and risks of the internet with 2021 the worst year on record for instances of online child abuse.

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