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Post-pandemic support for children and young people

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  • Tuesday, August 31, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Amid warnings of a rise in child sexual exploitation as a result of the pandemic, experts assess what more policymakers must do to support children and young people at risk as the country focuses on recovery.

Social Mobility in the Early Years: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, June 29, 2021
  • | CYP Now
A socially mobile country provides equal opportunities for everyone, across big cities and small towns, and regardless of whether your parents are rich or poor. Yet, research has shown that children from the most disadvantaged backgrounds start school behind their better-off peers developmentally.

Social Mobility in the Early Years: Research evidence

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  • Tuesday, June 29, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Early Years Alliance, outlines findings from its provider survey on the pandemic’s impact and the challenges the sector faces in tackling the disadvantage gap in pre-schoolers.

#Chances4Children: Call for sport to bring children together

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  • Tuesday, May 25, 2021
  • | CYP Now
After a year in which children's ability to participate in sport and physical activity has been severely curtailed due to the pandemic, the Youth Sport Trust is urging schools, community groups and youth organisations to get involved in its National School Sport Week campaign.

Reimagining the children's care procurement system

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  • Tuesday, May 25, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Solicitor and local government procurement specialist Léonie Cowen outlines why the way councils commission and purchase children's care services is broken and identifies what authorities can do now.

Children’s Mental Health Special Report: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, April 27, 2021
  • | CYP Now
In her annual State of Children’s Mental Health report published in February, then children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield described the figures as “staggering” and “likely to have serious implications for children now and for their long-term prospects”.

Praise for charity’s ‘flock-down’ initiative

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  • Tuesday, April 27, 2021
  • | CYP Now
A special project encompassing vulnerable young people in care, ex-battery hens and care home residents has been awarded for establishing intergenerational connections in the community online during the pandemic.

Children's Mental Health Special Report: Research evidence

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  • Tuesday, April 27, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Children and young people with mental health problems require timely and appropriate support, yet research finds that on average they face a 10-year delay between when their problems first emerge and when they receive help (Khan, L 2015).

#Chances4Children: Bespoke service supports care leavers

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  • Tuesday, March 30, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Children’s rights charity NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service), has teamed up with Wirral Council to launch their SidebySide programme, which provides support and mentoring to young care leavers to bridge the gap between care and independence.

Influencing without authority

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  • Tuesday, March 30, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Effecting change across multiple agencies demands you build a compelling and convincing vision that will inspire others, spread your message and bring together diverse professionals with a shared purpose.

Digital Innovation in Social Care: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, March 30, 2021
  • | CYP Now
The use of digital technology in children’s social care services has been growing in recent years, both as a way to replace often cumbersome paper-based functions and to improve communication between professionals and with children and families.

Pastoral leadership

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  • Tuesday, February 23, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Schools play a crucial role in shaping children’s lives beyond purely academic achievement, so the importance of pastoral care in the healthy development of young people cannot be underestimated.

Parenting Programmes: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, January 26, 2021
  • | CYP Now
The focus of parenting support has tended to be on interventions with pre-school age children, such as Coram Family and Childcare’s Parent Champions programme which is a peer support network (see expert view).

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