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Social Mobility in the Early Years: Special Report

Interventions to boost young children’s outcomes and narrow the attainment gap aim to improve social mobility. CYP Now’s special report looks at the latest developments, research and examples of best practice.

Legal Update: Protecting children’s data

Rosalyn Akar Grams, head of legal practice at Coram Children’s Legal Centre, assesses the implications of a landmark legal case over an alleged data breach for the protection of children’s digital information.

Legal Update: Social media and adoption

Alexandra Conroy Harris, legal consultant at CoramBAAF, on how the ease of social media contact between adopted children and birth families is a challenge that could reset expectations for all parties.

Improving foster carer recruitment

A nationwide shortage of foster carers was exacerbated by the pandemic but services are starting to see a surge in interest. Recruitment experts and local authorities discuss successful strategies.

Flexible working

With flexible and agile working here to stay, it’s important to take stock of the lessons learned during the pandemic in how to operate remotely while remaining committed to the best outcomes for children.

Legal Update: Issues SEND review must solve

Delayed government review must improve access to good-quality support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, says the Child Law Advice Service's Richard Oldershaw.

Inspecting Cafcass

Cafcass represents the interests of children subject to care proceedings in the family courts and is the largest employer of social workers in England, making high standards of practice vital.

Children's Care Commissioning Special Report

Commissioners of children's services are key to ensuring vulnerable young people get the right placements. CYP Now's special report looks at the latest developments, academic research and examples of best practice.

Leadership: Aiming high

Only by having honest conversations about the values and strengths of our performance can we turn aspirations of aiming high into an achievable reality for the people we work with and support.

How tutors help pupils to progress

The National Tutoring Programme aims to counter the effects of the pandemic on the education of the most disadvantaged pupils. The scheme's director and participating schools explain how it works.

The price of British citizenship

There is increasing scrutiny of the high cost of a child registering their right to British nationality, writes Anita Hurrell, head of the Migrant Children’s Project at Coram Children’s Legal Centre

Rethinking job titles

Job descriptions and titles play a huge role in what we expect of professionals and how they perform. Unleash staff’s untapped potential by reconsidering titles that restrict their ability to work effectively.

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