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What do we mean by recovery? 

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  • Thursday, September 24, 2020
    • | CYP Now
As a professional community we have been regularly sharing our experiences of making difficult decisions in extraordinary times.

The meaning of tests

    Blogs
  • Monday, June 1, 2020
    • | CYP Now
On Thursday we were advised that the five tests had been met and that the phased wider opening of schools could commence from 1st June.

Many colours of the rainbow

    Blogs
  • Friday, June 12, 2020
    • | CYP Now
As a student social worker, I came to understand that anti-discriminatory practice was the cornerstone of my social work training that needed to underpin all I did, professionally and personally.

What’s LOVE got to do with it?

    Blogs
  • Friday, June 26, 2020
    • | CYP Now
Former ADCS president, Dave Hill CBE, died suddenly this week. He was a kind and compassionate man with a big heart who made a huge difference to so many lives.

Waving not drowning

    Blogs
  • Monday, August 10, 2020
    • | CYP Now
Blackburn with Darwen (BwD) has found itself in the media spotlight recently.

Strengths based leadership

    Blogs
  • Monday, February 3, 2020
    • | CYP Now
I am writing this blog having recently taken up the role of chair of the ADCS Yorkshire and Humber region.

ADCS president's virtual inauguration

    Blogs
  • Tuesday, April 28, 2020
    • | CYP Now
In normal times, Thursday 23 April would have been the day of my Presidential Reception, taking place in the impressive surroundings of the Museum of London.

On love, and love after lockdown

    Blogs
  • 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.

Should working from home be the new normal?

    Blogs
  • Friday, July 17, 2020
    • | CYP Now
During last week’s 2020 ADCS annual conference, colleagues discussed options about how the children’s workforce could return to the office environment which gave much to think about.

Anyone fancy burnt oven chips?

    Blogs
  • Wednesday, September 2, 2020
    • | CYP Now
If this pandemic has done one thing, it has allowed us the opportunity to reflect and examine our relationships, collaborations and partnerships in both our personal and professional lives.

Leadership in troubled times

    Blogs
  • Friday, July 24, 2020
    • | CYP Now
One of the lasting impressions left by my leadership development training with the Staff College was the idea of “Leadership in Troubled Times – from the swamp to the high ground”. This seems even more relevant now in the most volatile and uncertain of times.

Walk a mile in my shoes

    Blogs
  • Monday, June 8, 2020
    • | CYP Now
I am a bit of a closet Elvis fan and the lockdown has led me to explore the backwaters of my record collection which, in turn, led me to 'The King’s' song ‘Walk A Mile in My Shoes’. This got me thinking…

Setting our priorities for the year ahead

    Blogs
  • Friday, April 3, 2020
    • | CYP Now
This week marks my first as ADCS president. It promises to be an interesting and eventful year, more eventful than I realised it would be when I decided to stand for the role at the end of 2018!

Partnership: a renewed common purpose!

    Blogs
  • Friday, August 14, 2020
    • | CYP Now
ADCS recently published a discussion paper Building a country that works for all children post Covid-19 which highlights both the challenges and opportunities the pandemic has created for children, families and the services they rely on.

What is education for?

    Blogs
  • Monday, February 24, 2020
    • | CYP Now
Schools play a vital role in their local areas by widening opportunities for children and families, providing a pathway out of poverty, engaging with children’s services and early help, and serving their local communities.

A Christmas Carol

    Blogs
  • Monday, December 16, 2019
    • | CYP Now
Predicting the future is always a fool’s game but thinking about the future of children’s services before knowing government policy for the next five years seems particularly foolish… although that’s never stopped me before!

Doing the impossible

    Blogs
  • Friday, May 28, 2021
    • | CYP Now
I want to start this blog with a quote from Francis of Assisi: “Start by doing what’s necessary; then what’s possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” - I think it’s what all of us working in children’s services do.

A digital bonanza?

    Blogs
  • Friday, July 31, 2020
    • | CYP Now
I would like to begin this blog by paying tribute to Dave Hill who was my predecessor as director of children’s services in Essex, and a tough act to follow!

What a difference a year makes

    Blogs
  • Thursday, October 1, 2020
    • | CYP Now
Who could have foreseen the change the pandemic has wrought, in our working lives and at home and how the relationship between the two has been altered so much?

A message of thanks

    Blogs
  • Tuesday, April 21, 2020
    • | CYP Now
When I agreed to write a blog for ADCS last year, no one told me that my slot would fall right in the middle of a global pandemic where home-working has become the norm and conference calls the default for us all.

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