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Interview: Danielle Matheson, 12, young carer

Monday, September 6, 2010

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The summer holidays are almost over and Danielle Matheson is looking forward to getting back into the classroom. "I really enjoy school. I like lessons like maths, drama and dance," exclaims the 12-year-old from Brighton.

Interview: Kevin Gallagher, business development director, Continuum Group

Features

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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"All challenges are opportunities because there is always a solution," says Kevin Gallagher, who recently left his position as chief executive of residential care provider Bryn Melyn to become business development director of the Continuum Group.

Interview: Custodian of standards

Features

Monday, August 23, 2010

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Nick Hardwick CBE, chief inspector of prisons

Interview: Karen Wright, chief executive, Shaftesbury Young People

Features

Friday, August 6, 2010

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Shaftesbury Young People was founded in 1843 to support street children in London. Its first school, for 150 boys and girls, was based in the hayloft of a cowshed in Holborn. By 1900, the charity was providing residential care for more than 1,000 children.

Interview: John Dunford, general secretary, Association of School and College Leaders

Features

Friday, July 23, 2010

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That Education Secretary Michael Gove chose teaching union veteran John Dunford to review the role of the children's commissioner chimes with the new Department for Education's focus on all things schools.

Interview: Lorna Hadley, chair, Association of Youth Offending Team Managers

Features

Monday, July 5, 2010

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With custody levels for under-18s the lowest they have been in years and numbers of first-time entrants to the youth justice system dropping, youth offending teams (YOTs) have been sharing the plaudits for their work with young offenders.

Interview: Andy Roberts, director of children's services, Surrey County Council

Features

Friday, June 11, 2010

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The Channel 4 Dispatches programme, Undercover Social Worker, filmed an inexperienced family support worker being given responsibility for child protection cases in Surrey that should have been allocated to a fully qualified social worker.

Interview: Helen Dent, chief executive, Family Action

Features

Friday, June 4, 2010

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The main political parties all waxed lyrical about what they would do for families in the run-up to the general election. But Helen Dent, chief executive of charity Family Action since 1996, believes rhetoric must now give way to something more purposeful.

Interview: Chris Pratt, director of children's services, Doncaster Council

Features

Monday, May 24, 2010

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With its notoriously poor track record for child protection and a reputation for political infighting and instability, it is hardly surprising that Doncaster Council was without a permanent director of children's services for almost two years.

Interview: Jim Bond, chairman, The Fostering Network

Features

Monday, May 10, 2010

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Jim Bond, chair of The Fostering Network, has been a foster carer for 17 years. He has looked after 80 children on short-term placements and 15 children long term.

Interview: Simon Davies, chief executive, Teenage Cancer Trust

Features

Friday, April 30, 2010

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Simon Davies describes his job as a personal "battery charger". "Everything we do ignites me with passion," says the chief executive of the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Interview: Pamela Park, chief executive, Parenting UK

Features

Friday, April 16, 2010

| CYP Now

As a mother of three, Parenting UK chief executive Pamela Park admits that being the voice for parent support services isn't just a vocation, but a personal endeavour.

Interview: Catherine Doran, director of children's services, Harrow Council

Features

Thursday, April 1, 2010

| CYP Now

Engaging with health professionals is notoriously difficult. But Catherine Doran, the new director of children's services at Harrow Council, has seen things from the other side.

Interview: David Wright, chief executive, Confederation of Heads of Young People's Services

Features

Friday, March 26, 2010

| CYP Now

David Wright is determined to rise above the recent backbiting over the relative merits of the statutory and voluntary youth sectors.

Interview: Chris Hanvey, chief executive, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Features

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

| CYP Now

Having begun his career in social work, Chris Hanvey is in a strong position to comment on the subject of child protection.

Interview: Maria Eagle MP, justice minister

Features

Monday, March 15, 2010

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Politics is clearly in Maria Eagle's blood. Not only is her twin sister Angela the minister for pensions, but she has an inherent ability to turn questions around to what she wants to talk about -- on this occasion the Youth Rehabilitation Order (YRO).

Interview: Sue Webster, co-ordinator of the Children's Centre Leaders' Network

Features

Monday, March 8, 2010

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"The whole field of children's centre work is currently very politicised. Everybody's got a view on what should happen," says Sue Webster, co-ordinator of the Children's Centre Leaders' Network.

Interview: Baroness Walmsley, Liberal Democrat spokeswoman, House of Lords

Features

Monday, March 1, 2010

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"The trouble is private members' bills don't go through unless the government is willing to give it a fair wind," says Baroness Walmsley of her attempts to get a Children's Rights Bill through the House of Lords.

Bright young thing

Features

Monday, February 22, 2010

| CYP Now

Alex Delaney, chair, British Youth Council.

Interview: Down to business

Features

Monday, February 15, 2010

| CYP Now

Tony Bennett, chief executive, Clubs for Young People

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Interview: Danielle Matheson, 12, young carer

Interview: Kevin Gallagher, business development director, Continuum Group

Interview: Custodian of standards

Interview: Karen Wright, chief executive, Shaftesbury Young People

Interview: John Dunford, general secretary, Association of School and College Leaders

Interview: Lorna Hadley, chair, Association of Youth Offending Team Managers

Interview: Andy Roberts, director of children's services, Surrey County Council

Interview: Helen Dent, chief executive, Family Action

Interview: Chris Pratt, director of children's services, Doncaster Council

Interview: Jim Bond, chairman, The Fostering Network

Interview: Simon Davies, chief executive, Teenage Cancer Trust

Interview: Pamela Park, chief executive, Parenting UK

Interview: Catherine Doran, director of children's services, Harrow Council

Interview: David Wright, chief executive, Confederation of Heads of Young People's Services

Interview: Chris Hanvey, chief executive, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Interview: Maria Eagle MP, justice minister

Interview: Sue Webster, co-ordinator of the Children's Centre Leaders' Network

Interview: Baroness Walmsley, Liberal Democrat spokeswoman, House of Lords

Bright young thing

Interview: Down to business

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