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School mental health plans need an update
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Opinion
- Sunday, April 28, 2024 | CYP Now
The idea for mental health support teams (MHSTs) to bridge the gap between school counselling services and specialist therapeutic support in the community came out of the children’s mental health green paper published in 2017 by Theresa May’s government. Plans to introduce MHSTs in a third of schools and colleges by 2023 and to half by 2025 were confirmed the following summer.
Protect youth work by enacting statutory duty
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Opinion
- Wednesday, March 27, 2024 | CYP Now
When statutory agencies failed to intervene when young girls were being sexually abused by gangs of men in Rochdale it was youth workers who raised the alarm.
Reward longevity to retain and attract childcare staff
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Opinion
- Wednesday, February 14, 2024 | CYP Now
It is good news that the Department for Education has now launched a national campaign promoting childcare careers. It follows years of lobbying for such a measure from early education organisations.
Councils need bigger budgets, not handouts
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Opinion
- Sunday, January 28, 2024 | CYP Now
The £600m of extra funding to ease the pressures facing local authorities is the latest example of the government being forced to bail out financially stricken councils.
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