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Why we changed careers to work with children

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 28, 2020
    • | CYP Now
Many children’s and youth services are experiencing staffing shortages and need to recruit new blood. Tom de Castella explores why some people change career to work in the sector.

Joint targeted area inspections: Inspections clinic

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 28, 2020
    • | CYP Now
Joint targeted area inspections began in 2016 with the aim of bringing a range of inspectorates together to assess how health and care services for children are delivered. Jo Stephenson assesses the learning so far.

Shared Services: Special Report

    Features
  • 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.

Five steps to keep social workers safe

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 26, 2019
    • | CYP Now
Social workers support people in challenging circumstances, but being subject to abuse and violence is never acceptable, so it is important that employers and staff take steps to ensure practitioners' safety.

Beating burnout

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 30, 2018
    • | CYP Now
Former social worker Mike Bush, now a consultant and trainer on mental health in the workplace, advises managers on strategies to help their staff avoid "burning out" and leaving the profession.

How to recruit and retain social workers

    Features
  • Tuesday, October 31, 2017
    • | CYP Now
Recruitment and retention challenges in children's services mean councils are searching for new ways to attract and retain social workers. Joe Lepper looks at different approaches and investigates what actually works.

Leadership: Realising capacity in social care

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 28, 2017
    • | CYP Now
In straitened times we need to look beyond the entrenched old ideas to truly innovate and deliver better, more flexible people-centric services to the children and families who need our support.

The policy context on Attachment and Neglect

In recent years there has been a growing recognition of the scale of child neglect, its long-term effect on children's wellbeing and how interventions can prevent and repair the damage caused to children's ability to form strong attachments with parents and carers.

Early intervention leaders' debate

    Features
  • Monday, September 29, 2014
    • | CYP Now
Children's services leaders from councils across England discussed the current challenges of resourcing effective early help services at a debate hosted by CYP Now in partnership with Capita One.

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