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Leadership: Inclusive recruitment

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  • Tuesday, February 25, 2020
    • | CYP Now
Individuals from diverse backgrounds offer employers a wealth of talent. Inclusive recruitment means not defining people by the challenges they face, but recognising the strengths they bring to a workplace.

Keys to empowering staff

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  • Tuesday, September 29, 2020
    • | CYP Now
Organisations often pay lip service to staff empowerment, so to make it work, leaders must have clear procedures on how to put employees’ ideas into practice and ensure this fits with the overall strategic vision.

Leadership: Adapt to stay relevant

Youth work organisations have had to learn to adapt to survive in a tough economic times, but knowing how to adapt to stay relevant is a valuable skill that can ensure the work they do continues to be effective.

Working with business

Graham Duxbury, chief executive of environmental regeneration charity Groundwork, outlines his top tips on forging long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with businesses to help local communities.

Leadership: Scaling up interventions

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  • Tuesday, January 2, 2018
    • | CYP Now
Once the value of an innovative intervention for children and families has been recognised, the next step is to effectively implement and replicate it on a scale that can benefit even more people.

Leadership: Aiming high

Only by having honest conversations about the values and strengths of our performance can we turn aspirations of aiming high into an achievable reality for the people we work with and support.

Shared Services: Special Report

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  • Thursday, January 2, 2020
    • | CYP Now
Fresh evidence suggests collaboration is helping local authorities to find a wider range of care options for vulnerable children and introduce a greater array of good practice approaches to improve outcomes.

Leadership: Better working with parents

    Features
  • Tuesday, November 22, 2016
    • | CYP Now
Early years practitioners must not underestimate the importance of cultivating the skills needed to forge good relationships with parents, ensuring children get the right support in settings and at home.

Dispersed leadership

    Features
  • Tuesday, August 28, 2018
    • | CYP Now
Ensuring leadership in children's services is not solely down to senior managers but a role taken on by staff at all levels - alongside the people they work with - is key to success in this complex sector.

Leadership: Preventing a cyber attack

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  • Tuesday, August 29, 2017
    • | CYP Now
The risk of cyber attack has become a clear and present danger and is an issue charity and children's services leaders must be alert to, but there are various protective steps they can take to strengthen their defences.

The power of peer networks

    Features
  • Tuesday, September 26, 2017
    • | CYP Now
Networking is essential for sharing what works and influencing progress, so it is vital children's and youth services leaders grasp opportunities to build relationships that will help them attain their goals.

Putting research into practice

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  • Tuesday, January 31, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Understand which interventions really work through research, and make sure the findings are used by those who can implement policy and practice changes to make a difference in children and families' lives.

Leadership: Investing in essential skills

Boosting the essential ‘soft skills’ of your team can increase their engagement, effectiveness and long-term commitment to your organisation – and don’t forget to develop your own skills.

Collaborate and share best practice

Professionals and organisations can find solutions to some of the biggest challenges they face by working collaboratively, networking with peers and celebrating successful examples of practice.

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