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Simon White, the privately-employed DCS at Sandwell Council, says other struggling authorities may follow their lead by partnering with an outside agency to run children's services

Remit of children's chiefs expands as Webb takes on ADCS presidency

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Andrew Webb, the first president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services not to have the word "children" in his title, tells CYP Now his policy priorities for the year ahead and his views on an evolving role

Ask the Expert: Bad staff attitudes

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Leadership: Commissioning is key to improved services for young people

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Friday, August 5, 2011

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

Ask the Experts: Dealing with depressed children

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Monday, April 27, 2015

Our expert panel offers advice on tackling depression, monitoring performance, improving story time and protecting children from CSE.

Youth work employment changes: key questions and implications

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Longstanding arrangement that has seen employers and unions jointly agree youth workers' pay and conditions looks set to end, raising concerns over a reduction in wages and standards of professional practice.

Ask The Experts: Ensure nursery outings are safe

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Monday, October 12, 2015

Our panel offers advice on planning a nursery trip; safely examining online grooming; boosting workers' skills and police complaints.

Analysis backs drive for youth-led services

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Monday, November 4, 2013

Young people and communities should be given the authority to decide the shape of youth work services in their area, a study has found.

NYA issues guidance on involving young people in commissioning

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Monday, April 16, 2012

Two toolkits aimed at helping local authorities to engage young people and elected politicians in the process of commissioning services have been published by the National Youth Agency (NYA).

How I Got Here: Sharon Lovell, National Youth Advocacy Service

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Sharon Lovell, National executive director (Wales), National Youth Advocacy Service, on her career landmarks.

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

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

Leadership: Corporate partnerships can motivate young people

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Friday, June 24, 2011

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: Support academies to improve

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Our panel offers advice on problem academies, whole-family assessments, supporting parents at nursery and a squatting protest.

Ask the Experts: Making guardianship orders work

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Monday, August 3, 2015

Our panel offers advice on guardianship orders, dealing with bereavement, restructures at work and complaints about youth activities.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

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