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Remembering Tom Hinds - architect of local management of schools

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

| CYP Now

Thomas (Tom) Michael Hinds: 14 September 1938 - 04 May 2023

A year on from the publication of the Care Review…

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Monday, June 5, 2023

| CYP Now

It's hard to believe it is over a year since the publication of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, a 345-page document that included more than 80 recommendations for change and called for an additional £2.6 billion investment over five years including to reduce the number of children in care, which currently stands at over 82,000.

Why DfE statistics on foster care recruitment don’t add up

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Friday, May 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Whenever foster carer recruitment is discussed the Department for Education, and others, claim that we have an abundance of enquiries but too few are converted into being carers.

Government must provide free speech and language screening tool

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Friday, May 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Last week, the Mayor of London announced a £4 million investment to support children with special educational needs in the capital who are at greater risk of engaging in crime than their peers.

Kids: A sympathetic snapshot of childhood trauma

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Monday, May 22, 2023

| CYP Now

The new Channel 4 documentary series, Kids, gives a refreshing but complex insight into children's experiences in care. Could these stories help to change the narrative that these teenagers are a burden to society?

Voter ID laws couldn’t be more pointless if they tried

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Thursday, May 11, 2023

| CYP Now

I’m young, but I know a thing or two about barriers to voting.

We need to green our missions, not just our operations

Blogs

Thursday, May 11, 2023

| CYP Now

In 2021, UNICEF declared the climate crisis to be a children’s rights crisis. Dirty air, a warming climate, and the destruction of nature are the biggest risks for young people.

Child Maintenance Service should be re-designed to meet the needs of children and families – not the needs of the state

Blogs

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

| CYP Now

There is an endless stream of data to support the need for targeted specialist support and advocacy for lone parent families, and there is no doubt they are a particularly vulnerable and diverse group, recognised as a priority group in the Scottish Government’s Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan.

When children feel the cost-of-living strain

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

| CYP Now

Families are having a rough time of it because of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, not least children.

We must deliver effective youth work for all

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

| CYP Now

As we invest in the future of our young people, we must put partnership at the heart of sustained change.

Let’s halve school exclusions by the end of the decade

Blogs

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

| CYP Now

Our school exclusions system is failing.

A job like no other

Blogs

Monday, April 17, 2023

| CYP Now

I will be retiring in the summer (I’ve always tried to follow Steve Crocker’s example!) and will be stepping down as chair of the Greater London Region next month, so this will be my last ADCS blog.

Let's build better partnerships to support children

Blogs

Friday, April 14, 2023

| CYP Now

What have we learnt about delivering early intervention that really works for young people?

School refusal: why is it on the rise and what can parents do?

Blogs

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

| CYP Now

School refusal is on the rise. According to a new report more than 140,000 children in the UK were 'severely absent’ from the classroom last summer. These so-called ‘ghost children’ were out of school more than they were present.

Launching a research trial into Early Talk Boost programme

Blogs

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

| CYP Now

Being able to talk and understand words are key skills for young children, enabling them to access all areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum (EYFS).

Think before you speak: Why the misuse of language is a child protection issue

Blogs

Friday, March 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Online child sexual abuse is a growing problem in the UK and around the world.

Tackling online grooming

Blogs

Monday, March 20, 2023

| CYP Now

In a world where new technologies are relentlessly evolving, it can be hard to stay up to date.

Without proper investment, the government will drive the early years sector into the ground

Blogs

Monday, March 20, 2023

| CYP Now

If the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector was a bus, then Jeremy Hunt has just announced a major expansion in the number of seats on it, but without doing anything to upgrade an engine that was already struggling.

Budget 2023: How government can boost funded childcare take up

Blogs

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

| CYP Now

Speculation is mounting that Wednesday’s Spring Statement will include an expansion of childcare support.

Imagine if there was no early years

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Monday, February 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Stop, take a minute and imagine a world without the pre-school learning sector. What would that world be like, we wonder?

Parenting support should be a positive response not a punishment

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Friday, February 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Labour’s shadow justice secretary Steve Reed recently suggested that parents with children who have committed multiple crimes will be required to take part in parenting programmes.

Emotional health day

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Friday, February 17, 2023

| CYP Now

One of the most stressful things you can do is move house. On Friday 24 February I, the chief executive of an emotional health charity, am moving house. That same day the charity is celebrating Emotional Health Day. The irony of this juxtaposition is not lost on me!

Once in a lifetime opportunity to address inequalities for children in care

Blogs

Friday, February 17, 2023

| CYP Now

The care system exists to support children who cannot live with their birth parents.

Six tips for navigating the use of technology schools

Blogs

Friday, February 17, 2023

| CYP Now

This year’s Safer Internet Day 2023 took place on Tuesday 7 February. The theme was Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online.

It’s never too late to follow your passion

Blogs

Monday, February 13, 2023

| CYP Now

My passion for becoming a youth worker was much like many others in my profession: a passion and determination to help make a difference in a young person’s life.

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Remembering Tom Hinds - architect of local management of schools

A year on from the publication of the Care Review…

Why DfE statistics on foster care recruitment don’t add up

Government must provide free speech and language screening tool

Kids: A sympathetic snapshot of childhood trauma

Voter ID laws couldn’t be more pointless if they tried

We need to green our missions, not just our operations

Child Maintenance Service should be re-designed to meet the needs of children and families – not the needs of the state

When children feel the cost-of-living strain

We must deliver effective youth work for all

Let’s halve school exclusions by the end of the decade

A job like no other

Let's build better partnerships to support children

School refusal: why is it on the rise and what can parents do?

Launching a research trial into Early Talk Boost programme

Think before you speak: Why the misuse of language is a child protection issue

Tackling online grooming

Without proper investment, the government will drive the early years sector into the ground

Budget 2023: How government can boost funded childcare take up

Imagine if there was no early years

Parenting support should be a positive response not a punishment

Emotional health day

Once in a lifetime opportunity to address inequalities for children in care

Six tips for navigating the use of technology schools

It’s never too late to follow your passion

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