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Leadership: Time spent reflecting on how you work is time well spent

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| CYP Now

I started my career in the field of education, training and employment and working with young homeless people. Then, in 2003, I set up the London Work Based Learning Alliance, a membership organisation for learning and skills providers.

Leadership: How all our children's centres survived the cuts in Hertfordshire

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Friday, May 13, 2011

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In February 2011, Hertfordshire County Council leader Robert Gordon announced that funding for the Hertfordshire children's centre programme will continue at the same level as in 2010/11, ensuring that no children's centres will be closed.

Ask the Expert: Bad staff attitudes

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

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Leadership: Commissioning is key to improved services for young people

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Friday, August 5, 2011

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Youth services play a key role in young people's educational and social development.

Woodland Nursery

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

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London-based nursery inspired by the Forest School approach, where most of the learning takes place outdoors

Luton Borough Council

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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

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Bedfordshire town has introduced new ways of working to help address challenges linked to high rates of child poverty.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Centre offers five-star provision

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Monday, May 26, 2014

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Harpenden children's centres monitor children's progress to ensure they get a stellar start in life.

Ask the Experts: Worries about new employer

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

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Our expert panel offers advice on sharing expertise, an unhappy foster child, privacy for a gay colleague and illness at nursery.

Leadership: Three boroughs, one DCS and the potential for significant savings

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Friday, August 19, 2011

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When the coalition government came to power in May 2010, it stated its first priority as the reduction of the structural deficit in the UK economy. As the government's budget plans for local government were set out, it became apparent that local government faced perhaps its greatest challenge since the Second World War.

Local Spotlight: Lambeth Council

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

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Corporate commitment to boosting children and young people’s outcomes helps south London borough get back on track.

Local spotlight: Haringey Council

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

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Borough with a foot in both inner and outer London has improved outcomes thanks to its positive workplace culture.

Leadership: Corporate partnerships can motivate young people

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Friday, June 24, 2011

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UK Youth has been around for 100 years. To have survived and thrived as a charity for so long, we've always had to look for new ways of funding the important work we, and our network, do with young people.

Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

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Monday, March 30, 2015

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Our panel offers advice on growing vegetables, telling stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and help for Eastern European children.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Structure change drives progress

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Monday, September 14, 2015

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Kingston upon Thames Council - children's services inspection - May 2015

Local Spotlight: Dorset Council

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

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South West council has overcome reorganisation, the pandemic and previous poor performance to achieve ‘good’ rating.

Wakefield Council: Local Spotlight

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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

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Council for former Yorkshire coal mining town has big plans to transform children’s services and opportunities for young people.

Trauma-informed commissioning delivers savings

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

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Struggling council transforms how it commissions placements for children in care with the focus on reducing trauma and addressing complex needs.

Local Spotlight: Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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North West borough has plans to transform children's social care but a shortage of permanent practitioners remains a problem.

Local Spotlight: Hull City Council

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

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New leadership team drives children's services improvements in Yorkshire port city in effort to turn the tide on its Ofsted rating.

Leadership: Let young people decide on the services that meet their needs

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Monday, June 13, 2011

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The services that support young people outside of school are relatively small and there are few statutory requirements to deliver them. In times of austerity, they are often extensively and disproportionately cut back. The consequences of cutting ineffectively can be disastrous - expensive in both human and economic terms.

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Leadership: Time spent reflecting on how you work is time well spent

Leadership: How all our children's centres survived the cuts in Hertfordshire

Ask the Expert: Bad staff attitudes

Leadership: Commissioning is key to improved services for young people

Woodland Nursery

Luton Borough Council

Behind the Inspection Rating: Centre offers five-star provision

Ask the Experts: Worries about new employer

Leadership: Three boroughs, one DCS and the potential for significant savings

Local Spotlight: Lambeth Council

Local spotlight: Haringey Council

Leadership: Corporate partnerships can motivate young people

Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

Behind the Inspection Rating: Structure change drives progress

Local Spotlight: Dorset Council

Wakefield Council: Local Spotlight

Trauma-informed commissioning delivers savings

Local Spotlight: Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

Local Spotlight: Hull City Council

Leadership: Let young people decide on the services that meet their needs

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