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England needs in-depth and speedy care review

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 25, 2020
    • | CYP Now
The government has pledged to undertake a review of the care system “to make sure all care placements and settings are providing children and young adults with the support they need”.

Supply and demand mismatch in adoption

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 25, 2020
    • | CYP Now
When I read the government’s letter exhorting councils to prioritise the adoption of children in care, I groaned inwardly and muttered: “Here we go again.”

Right support vital to keep families together

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 27, 2018
    • | CYP Now
The Clear Blue Waterreport by England's chief social worker Isabelle Trowler and the University of Sheffield is a brave, compelling and defensible reminder of the care we have to take over life-changing decisions about whether and why we think a child should be permanently removed from their birth parents.

Social mobility talk not matched by reality

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, July 26, 2017
    • | CYP Now
There is no doubt that the divide between the rich and the rest has become significantly greater over the past few years, with two seminal events along the way - the financial crash of 2007/08 and the election of the coalition government in 2010.

Opinion: Who carries the can when things go wrong in childsafeguarding?

    Opinion
  • Monday, May 12, 2014
    • | CYP Now
What did you think last month when you heard that the Prime Minister of South Korea had offered his resignation in the wake of the ferry disaster? I don't suppose anybody thought that the PM had been at the helm of the ship that sunk, or that he could personally be held to blame for any lapses in the training of supervision of the ferry. But the culture in South Korea expects that those in highest authority carry responsibility for anything that goes wrong.

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.

Lobbying bill must remove gag on children's charities

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 2, 2013
    • | CYP Now
When he was leader of the opposition, David Cameron famously proclaimed that lobbying was "the next big scandal waiting to happen". Cue several undercover sting operations where journalists passed themselves off as lobbyists representing commercial interests to expose politicians accepting cash in return for using their political influence. Cameron waited. It happened.

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