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Make more time for direct work

Effective social work relies on face-to-face contact with children and families, but bureaucratic processes can often get in the way. Implement strategies that will free up practitioners' time for more direct work.

Leadership: Communicating with families

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  • Tuesday, November 28, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Effective communication with families is essential for every good nursery. Settings should establish a strategy for meaningful, ongoing dialogue with parents that will build on in-person conversations.

Demonstrate trustworthiness

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  • Wednesday, January 2, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Public trust in charities is at its lowest point in a decade, but there are some key concepts that can help a charity to communicate its trustworthiness to stakeholders and the wider community alike.

Leadership - Leading through self-compassion

Promoting self-compassion can help your staff and teams to recognise and respect their own wellbeing, while reflecting on and seeking to improve the way you operate will help you be a better leader

Motivate staff in a time of austerity

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  • Thursday, January 2, 2020
  • | CYP Now
It can be tough to maintain staff morale as funding dwindles and caseloads expand, but there are some simple approaches managers can take to boost motivation and even help their workers feel joy.

Why we changed careers to work with children

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  • Tuesday, January 28, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Many children’s and youth services are experiencing staffing shortages and need to recruit new blood. Tom de Castella explores why some people change career to work in the sector.

Successful partnership working

Partnership working has far-reaching benefits for children’s services, ensuring resources go further and best practice is shared. Knowing what makes a successful partnership is key to strong leadership.

Tackling presenteeism

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  • Tuesday, January 5, 2021
  • | CYP Now
A culture that encourages stressed staff to turn up for work while ignoring their health can be more costly to employers than absenteeism. Leaders must learn the skills to safeguard workplace wellbeing.

Leadership: How to win grants

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  • Tuesday, September 27, 2022
  • | CYP Now
With statutory funding in short supply, grants can enable charities to continue to deliver vital support. But making grant applications stand out requires a range of skills and techniques that must be honed.

Leadership: Swearing in the workplace

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  • Wednesday, December 22, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Leaders must set clear standards of behaviour for all staff to follow and establish a robust complaints and disciplinary procedure to ensure a safe workplace environment for employees and service users.

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