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Statutory guidance gives us ‘permission’ to practice

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
    • | CYP Now
A line by poet Oliver Wendell Holmes – “The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions” – feels apt when considering the guidance that governs local authority functions and responsibilities to vulnerable children and families.

Editorial: The biggest workforce changes are yet to come

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 8, 2008
    • | CYP Now
The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) last week issued a flurry of announcements to help develop the children and young people's workforce. Documents on next steps for the workforce, guidance on children's trusts, a framework for the management of children's services and England's first play strategy were all published on Thursday (see Analysis pp12-13).

Prevention, not detention, must come first

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 11, 2007
    • | CYP Now
Children's Secretary Ed Balls last week told CYP Now that he wants to "strengthen the role the youth justice system can play in preventing youth crime." His words were welcome. But they need to be backed up with action.

Cost of custody should be devolved

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, May 26, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The current system of placing children in prison operates under a perverse financial incentive. Local authorities, which are responsible for a range of prevention and early intervention work to divert the young from crime, are essentially rewarded for their failures. If children are sentenced to custody, they no longer pick up the tab for their welfare.

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