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Ask the Experts: Making staff training engaging

Thursday, June 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on effective staff training, inappropriate relationships, benefits advice and safeguarding concerns.

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow

News

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Agencies across the London borough of Hounslow have been praised for their work to support children who have experienced domestic abuse.

Brighter Futures, Ealing Council

Best Practice

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Pilot aimed to prevent placement and family breakdown among older children in and on the edge of care by developing social workers' skills to build trusting, consistent relationships with them.

Relationship skills protect against a 'robot revolution'

Opinion

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Analysis by think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has found that a third of all jobs - 10 million across the UK - are at risk of being lost to automation over the next 20 years.

Leeds City Council

Best Practice

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Restorative practice crucial to Leeds children's services' journey from Ofsted "inadequate" to best practice status.

Special Report: Social Work With Children and Families

Features

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Social workers are among the most important people in the lives of vulnerable children, so a number of initiatives are aimed at re-energising a profession dogged by high caseloads and recruitment difficulties.

Exploring How Social Workers Experience and Cope with Public Perception of Their Profession

Other

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Social services are highly susceptible to public scrutiny, and public perception of the profession has implications for staff recruitment, acceptance of social work practice, and the vitality and effectiveness of the profession.

Researching Social Work Practice Close Up: Using Ethnographic and Mobile Methods to Understand Encounters between Social Workers, Children and Families

Other

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Ferguson looks at social work practice with families subject to child protection processes to increase understanding of what goes on during home visits.

Child Protection Social Work in England: How Can It Be Reformed?

Research

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Martyn Higgins examines debates about child protection social work in England.

Strong voice for single parents: Rosie Ferguson, chief executive, Gingerbread

Features

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett meets Rosie Ferguson, chief executive of charity Gingerbread.

Parental conflict: the impact for children and how to resolve it

Features

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Academic whose research underpins new government drive to resolve parental conflict explains how policy can help councils develop support programmes that mitigate the damage it causes to children's wellbeing.

Exploring Communication Between Social Workers, Children and Young People

Research

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

This paper discusses findings from the ethnographic phase of The Talking and Listening to Children (TLC) project, which took place between 2013 and 2015 and explored how social workers communicate with children.

Special Report: Social Work With Children and Families - Policy context

Other

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

The 2014 book, Baby P: The Untold Story, by Ray Jones, emeritus professor of social work at Kingston University and St George's University of London, explains the impact of the death of Peter Connelly in August 2007 on the social work profession.

Ask the Experts: How should social workers dress?

Best Practice

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on social worker appearance, bereavement support, youth club newcomers and learning to count.

Brexit effect on vulnerable children and families begins to unravel

Analysis

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

| CYP Now

Meeting of charity leaders to discuss the impact of Brexit on vulnerable children and families warns that the UK leaving the European Union could put children's rights, safeguarding and economic welfare at risk.

Ask the Experts: Youth centre social media policy

Best Practice

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on social networking for youth workers, social worker qualities, family support and safety at home.

How schools identify and aid young carers

Best Practice

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

| CYP Now

Young Carers in Schools programme helps pupils improve their attendance and punctuality, engage better in class and achieve more.

One in four troubled families 'not satisfied' with access to services

News

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

| CYP Now

A quarter of people receiving support through the government's flagship Troubled Families programme have said they were "dissatisfied" with how easy it was to access support.

Government launches £30m bid to improve children's life chances

News

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

| CYP Now

A total of £30m has been set aside to boost the life chances of children in disadvantaged families by resolving conflict among parents, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced.

Lessons from serious case reviews: Disguised compliance

Features

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

| CYP Now

The NSPCC has analysed evidence from serious case reviews to identify learning. This issue we look at risk factors and learning for improved practice around families and disguised compliance.

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Ask the Experts: Making staff training engaging

Inspectors praise domestic abuse response in Hounslow

Brighter Futures, Ealing Council

Relationship skills protect against a 'robot revolution'

Leeds City Council

Special Report: Social Work With Children and Families

Exploring How Social Workers Experience and Cope with Public Perception of Their Profession

Researching Social Work Practice Close Up: Using Ethnographic and Mobile Methods to Understand Encounters between Social Workers, Children and Families

Child Protection Social Work in England: How Can It Be Reformed?

Strong voice for single parents: Rosie Ferguson, chief executive, Gingerbread

Parental conflict: the impact for children and how to resolve it

Exploring Communication Between Social Workers, Children and Young People

Special Report: Social Work With Children and Families - Policy context

Ask the Experts: How should social workers dress?

Brexit effect on vulnerable children and families begins to unravel

Ask the Experts: Youth centre social media policy

How schools identify and aid young carers

One in four troubled families 'not satisfied' with access to services

Government launches £30m bid to improve children's life chances

Lessons from serious case reviews: Disguised compliance

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