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Leaders of steel

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  • Monday, March 7, 2022
  • | CYP Now
It’s a sobering realisation to know that I started to learn some of the fundamentals of economics in the heady time of the 1980s!

A hammer and anvil analogy for early help

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  • Friday, April 29, 2022
  • | CYP Now
As director of children’s services (DCS) for one of the 75 areas eligible for the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme, I am pleased that the importance of the first 1001 days is being supported in a whole family systems approach.

Put your own oxygen mask on first...

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  • Friday, July 16, 2021
  • | CYP Now
For many of us it will have been some time since we heard those words in an airline safety demonstration, but, as we continue to grapple with the pandemic and all it brings, I think it’s a useful phrase to reflect upon.

The truth about change

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  • Friday, August 20, 2021
  • | CYP Now
I’ve recently been thinking about what it’s like to be a social worker, or indeed any other profession within the children’s workforce, in the 21st Century.

On love, and love after lockdown

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  • Monday, July 6, 2020
  • | CYP Now
The devastating loss of our friend, colleague and ADCS past president Dave Hill had a huge impact on our sector last week, and on the many of us who knew, loved and admired him.

Considering 21st century adoption

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  • Monday, November 23, 2020
  • | CYP Now
This week, I had the pleasure of delivering the keynote address at the Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies (CVAA) annual conference.

All I want for Christmas is...

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  • Friday, December 20, 2019
  • | CYP Now
As Christmas approaches, I have been reflecting on the year that was 2019 and thinking about the challenges 2020 will hold.

10 years on...

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  • Friday, March 6, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Every child deserves a happy, safe childhood and has a right to the best possible health and wellbeing.

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