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Disparity in youth provision exposes the need for action

Monday, June 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Our survey of local authority-funded youth club provision in England highlights that clubs tend to be concentrated in deprived areas.

Shoesmith win closes a sorry chapter in child protection

Opinion

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

| CYP Now

Sharon Shoesmith's successful appeal that her sacking in the Peter Connelly affair was unlawful should be a welcome boost for the confidence of the child protection system.

Social Work Now: Social workers can police their own boundaries, but guidance is vital

Opinion

Friday, May 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Social workers have to be attentive to their professional boundaries with service users every day. It is part and parcel of the job. And as our main feature shows, it can throw up a host of quandaries.

Early help must be at the heart of our child protection system

Opinion

Monday, May 16, 2011

| CYP Now

Eileen Munro's long-awaited review is a sound body of work that if accepted by government ought to improve the protection of children in England.

Tragic deaths in custody point to a system in need of reform

Opinion

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| CYP Now

Five young people in custody died in the space of just 33 days during March and April. The tragedies mark an exceptionally horrific spell in the youth prison system. To put it in context, no more than five teenagers have died in custody during any entire year since 2005, when the figure was nine.

Social Work Now: Burnout will persist unless we put the 'social' back into social work

Opinion

Thursday, April 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Judging by the surveys, social workers are feeling the pressure like never before.

Never mind the inspectorate, recruit the right inspectors

Opinion

Monday, April 18, 2011

| CYP Now

On the face of it, the education select committee's call to split Ofsted into two separate inspectorates for education and children's care would represent a further step away from services centred on the needs of the whole child. It is a trend played out in several areas through the disappearance of children's trust arrangements and local authority children's services departments.