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Social Workers on the witness stand

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 28, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Giving evidence in court can be a daunting experience for social workers. Eileen Fursland looks at the challenges and sees first-hand the training on offer.

The Social Care Academy

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 31, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Vacancy rates and staff turnover have plummeted in Essex since the opening of its children's social work training academy. Charlotte Goddard asks those behind the initiative how it has been achieved.

Ripe for reform

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  • Tuesday, October 25, 2016
  • | CYP Now
With government pledging to undertake a 'national stocktake' of foster care and MPs conducting their own inquiry, Joe Lepper asks what measures would improve quality of care and outcomes for children.

The policy context on Attachment and Neglect

In recent years there has been a growing recognition of the scale of child neglect, its long-term effect on children's wellbeing and how interventions can prevent and repair the damage caused to children's ability to form strong attachments with parents and carers.

Triumph over trauma

    Features
  • Tuesday, November 13, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Family Futures offers intensive, long-term therapeutic help to those who have experienced trauma in their early lives. Charlotte Goddard examines how the agency turns round the lives of deeply damaged children

Under closer inspection

Children's social care inspections are undergoing radical change, with more focus on direct observation of practice. Tristan Donovan examines whether they will result in improved outcomes for children

Becoming Dads

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 7, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Pablo Fernndez; British Association for Adoption and Fostering; ISBN 978-1907585296; 8.95; 144 pages