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End service barriers to give families a boost

    Opinion
  • Friday, August 19, 2011
    • | CYP Now
There have been numerous government-sponsored reviews over the past few months: Graham Allen on early intervention, Frank Field on social mobility, Dame Clare Tickell on the early years and Eileen Munro on child protection.

Thought leader

    Opinion
  • Thursday, April 21, 2011
    • | CYP Now
Leadership development must get specific to tackle the unique pressures of social work.

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.

New adoption guidance should ease the strain

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 7, 2011
    • | CYP Now
The decision that a child cannot remain with his or her birth parents is life-changing. And it is always sensitive and difficult, with some sections of the press talking as though social workers are deliberately and callously ripping families apart.

Vulnerable children still need monitoring

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 21, 2011
    • | CYP Now
How has the world of children's services changed in the past year? By far the biggest change has been the cuts in budgets -- indeed, it can be difficult to focus on anything else.

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