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Family Help: a new concept or an old ideal?

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  • Monday, October 2, 2023
    • | CYP Now
I didn’t plan to be researching section 17 of the Children Act 1989 for a masters degree at the precise moment section 17 came under the spotlight in the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care. But in March 2023, there I was.

Supporting children to stay safe online

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  • Tuesday, September 26, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Online content and social media have never been riskier for children - yet getting children to put down their devices is one of modern parenting’s greatest challenges.

It’s all about care

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  • Monday, September 25, 2023
    • | CYP Now
It’s a huge privilege to become an elected director for the ADCS Board of Directors and to be writing my first ADCS blog; I want to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to all colleagues who have warmly welcomed me into the ADCS family.

Mentally healthy schools

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  • Monday, September 18, 2023
    • | CYP Now
How do we create mentally healthy schools? The first thing that comes to mind is the old anecdote about asking for directions in rural Ireland: “Well, I wouldn’t start from here.”

A big ambition for children

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  • Thursday, September 14, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Today I am launching a new campaign ahead of the next general election called the Big Ambition because I want to hear directly from children and young people about what they want to see from politicians about the issues they care about.

Attendance is everyone's business

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  • Monday, September 11, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Students up and down the country have been returning to school, or beginning at their new school after a well deserved summer holiday, even if the weather hasn’t really resembled much of a summer…

The massive impact of health visits

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  • Monday, September 4, 2023
    • | CYP Now
At the annual Adventures with Alice Pedagogy and Play Residential, I listened to Suzanne Zeedyck speak passionately about the importance of connecting with babies. In particular, helping parents and Early Years staff understand the importance of this connection.

Talking must now lead to plan of action

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  • Monday, September 4, 2023
    • | CYP Now
I’m writing this blog before I’m due to go on holiday and hoping the fiasco with the air traffic control fault is resolved soon so we can get away to a warmer and sunnier climate.

Reflections from the North West

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  • Tuesday, August 29, 2023
    • | CYP Now
I write this having recently been talking with my team about a very difficult placement sufficiency ‘market’ (how we come to use the language we do about children needing loving homes is beyond me!).

Every summer has its own story

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  • Monday, August 21, 2023
    • | CYP Now
As I write this blog in a local café, the radio announces that 15 asylum-seekers have boarded the barge in Portland.

The power of mentoring in bridging barriers to success

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  • Wednesday, August 16, 2023
    • | CYP Now
It’s results day. You wake up anxious, overthinking and there are so many emotions running through your head. You get to school, open your results and see that you underachieved and/or failed most of your exams. Ouch.

Time to rethink our ageist attitudes

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  • Monday, August 14, 2023
    • | CYP Now
What happens when a crisis just becomes the way we live? It starts to describe the staffing shortage situation. It would seem after Covid thousands of people never returned to work. They simply vanished!

Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

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  • Monday, August 14, 2023
    • | CYP Now
The privilege of being a member of ADCS, a member of our Council of Reference and the chair of the ADCS Migrant Families Taskforce means that I have access, on your behalf, to senior colleagues in central government departments and on occasion access to experiences that may not usually be available.

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