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It's finally time to act on what children say

    Opinion
  • Thursday, January 26, 2023
    • | CYP Now
A Shropshire clergyman by the name of John Mirk is believed to be the person who coined the phrase “children should be seen, not heard”. That was more than 600 years ago, and yet this toxic pronouncement endured for a remarkably long time.

Permanency must be key focus of placement making

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, January 3, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Sorting out the myriad problems with the care system has to be a top priority of Education Secretary Gillian Keegan in 2023. Further evidence – if any were needed – that the system is not working well came with two reports on adoption just before Christmas.

Autistic children must not be written off

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, January 3, 2023
    • | CYP Now
The government has admitted that the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system is not working. We've spoken to nearly 2,000 young people and parents and they've told us the same – the system is broken.

Solutions to failing youth court on ministers' desks

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, January 3, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Elizabeth Haslam, a former nurse, founded the Michael Sieff Foundation in memory of her late husband in 1987. Immediate motivation came from the publication of the report into the death of Jasmine Beckford some four years earlier. Jasmine had been beaten and starved to death by her stepfather.

Solutions lie in truly listening to children’s views

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 25, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Gathering and considering the wishes and feelings of a child or young person, their parents and wider family before any serious decision is taken about them is commonplace in children’s services teams and a feature of much outstanding direct work with children.

Honesty needed on level of user voice influence

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 25, 2022
    • | CYP Now
For anyone involved in policy development or service delivery it has become essential to consider the views of those with direct experience when deciding what to do and how to do it. But it isn’t straightforward to achieve meaningful engagement.

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