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Blame games make the job of a DCS untenable

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 15, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Last Friday, the Reading Post published a story about how children's services in the town received only one application for each of the three senior social worker jobs it advertised. On the same day, the Coventry Telegraph reported that 30 demonstrators had gathered outside the city's town hall calling for more action to be taken against the agencies involved in the Daniel Pelka case.

University access key to success of levelling up

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 1, 2022
  • | CYP Now
It is a decade since university tuition fees were raised from £3,000 to £9,000 per year. It was feared the rise would deter disadvantaged young people from going to university, yet latest figures from Ucas shows record numbers of 18-year-olds from poorer areas applied this year.

Families need urgent action on cost of living

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, August 30, 2022
  • | CYP Now
The UK will enter what is tipped to be, in economic terms, the toughest winter in the post-war era amid warnings from organisations like Barnardo’s and Action for Children that vulnerable families will be hit hardest.

Resilience prevails amid Osborne's bleak choices

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, December 11, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Like a piercing, bitter English winter, Chancellor George Osbourne's "autumn statement" was eye-wateringly harsh. It is, without doubt, children and young people growing up in the most deprived households who are being asked to bear the brunt.

Workforce shortage is threat to care reforms

    Opinion
  • Thursday, February 23, 2023
  • | CYP Now
The government's Care Review response, Stable Homes, Built on Love, sets ambitious targets for improving children's outcomes, testing new approaches to early help, and boosting professional standards in child protection work.

We need a national strategy to uphold children’s rights

    Opinion
  • Thursday, November 23, 2023
  • | CYP Now
In May, Children England published the Vision for a ChildFair State, the culmination of four years’ work with a group of young people to define the central pillars of support that should be available to every child in every community.

Government should aspire to early intervention legacy

    Opinion
  • Monday, October 31, 2011
  • | CYP Now
CYP Now joined forces with 4Children to convene a roundtable discussion a fortnight ago with a dozen directors of children's services and chief executives. They were invited to debate a key issue of our times: how to turn the rhetoric on early intervention into tangible improvements in the lives of the mostdisadvantaged children and families. Participants raised a multitude of points. Here are six of the best.

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