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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

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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

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Monday, August 23, 2010

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Nick Hardwick CBE, chief inspector of prisons

Interview: Karen Wright, chief executive, Shaftesbury Young People

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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