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A year on from the publication of the Care Review…

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  • Monday, June 5, 2023
    • | CYP Now
It's hard to believe it is over a year since the publication of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, a 345-page document that included more than 80 recommendations for change and called for an additional £2.6 billion investment over five years including to reduce the number of children in care, which currently stands at over 82,000.

The importance of permanency and belonging

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  • Friday, May 26, 2023
    • | CYP Now
As we near the end of Foster Care Fortnight I have been reflecting on both the importance of foster carers across the country and also the importance of permanence and belonging for our children in care.

Kids: A sympathetic snapshot of childhood trauma

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  • Monday, May 22, 2023
    • | CYP Now
The new Channel 4 documentary series, Kids, gives a refreshing but complex insight into children's experiences in care. Could these stories help to change the narrative that these teenagers are a burden to society?

Please don’t normalise delay

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  • Monday, May 22, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Earlier this month, three of the consultations associated with the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, and the government’s implementation plans, came to a close.

National, regional, local

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  • Monday, May 15, 2023
    • | CYP Now
I am an advocate of collaborative working in general and a strong supporter of regional working in children’s services in particular.

ADCS president: Time to tackle child poverty

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  • Tuesday, May 9, 2023
    • | CYP Now
One of my main priorities as ADCS president is to put a larger spotlight on the dangerous levels of poverty we see in our society and the direct impact this has on children’s outcomes.

ADCS vice president sets out priorities for the year

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  • Tuesday, May 2, 2023
    • | CYP Now
This is my first blog since becoming Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) vice president and so I wanted to start by acknowledging the inspirational leadership the immediate past president, Steve Crocker, brought to role.

Join the London OBC 2023

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  • Monday, April 24, 2023
    • | CYP Now
In 2013, I set up the Ofsted Big Conversation #OBC because I was so dismayed at how our relationship had deteriorated with our regulator.

Don't forget our partners

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  • Monday, April 24, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Like many of us I have been thinking over the last few weeks about our collective and individual responses to the Department for Education consultation on its implementation strategy for children’s social care, Stable Homes: Built on Love.

A job like no other

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  • Monday, April 17, 2023
    • | CYP Now
I will be retiring in the summer (I’ve always tried to follow Steve Crocker’s example!) and will be stepping down as chair of the Greater London Region next month, so this will be my last ADCS blog.

Opportunity knocks

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  • Tuesday, April 11, 2023
    • | CYP Now
As we move into spring it’s a time of change and I have the privilege of taking up the ADCS presidency for the next year, following on from the formidable Steve Crocker who has left me with very big shoes to fill.

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