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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Agencies across the London borough of Hounslow have been praised for their work to support children who have experienced domestic abuse.

Brighter Futures, Ealing Council

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Pilot aimed to prevent placement and family breakdown among older children in and on the edge of care by developing social workers' skills to build trusting, consistent relationships with them.

Relationship skills protect against a 'robot revolution'

Opinion

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Analysis by think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has found that a third of all jobs - 10 million across the UK - are at risk of being lost to automation over the next 20 years.

Leeds City Council

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Restorative practice crucial to Leeds children's services' journey from Ofsted "inadequate" to best practice status.

Special Report: Social Work With Children and Families

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Social workers are among the most important people in the lives of vulnerable children, so a number of initiatives are aimed at re-energising a profession dogged by high caseloads and recruitment difficulties.

Exploring How Social Workers Experience and Cope with Public Perception of Their Profession

Other

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Social services are highly susceptible to public scrutiny, and public perception of the profession has implications for staff recruitment, acceptance of social work practice, and the vitality and effectiveness of the profession.

Researching Social Work Practice Close Up: Using Ethnographic and Mobile Methods to Understand Encounters between Social Workers, Children and Families

Other

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Ferguson looks at social work practice with families subject to child protection processes to increase understanding of what goes on during home visits.

Child Protection Social Work in England: How Can It Be Reformed?

Research

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Martyn Higgins examines debates about child protection social work in England.

Parental conflict: the impact for children and how to resolve it

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Academic whose research underpins new government drive to resolve parental conflict explains how policy can help councils develop support programmes that mitigate the damage it causes to children's wellbeing.

Exploring Communication Between Social Workers, Children and Young People

Research

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

This paper discusses findings from the ethnographic phase of The Talking and Listening to Children (TLC) project, which took place between 2013 and 2015 and explored how social workers communicate with children.

Special Report: Social Work With Children and Families - Policy context

Other

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

The 2014 book, Baby P: The Untold Story, by Ray Jones, emeritus professor of social work at Kingston University and St George's University of London, explains the impact of the death of Peter Connelly in August 2007 on the social work profession.

Ask the Experts: How should social workers dress?

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on social worker appearance, bereavement support, youth club newcomers and learning to count.

Ask the Experts: Youth centre social media policy

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on social networking for youth workers, social worker qualities, family support and safety at home.

How schools identify and aid young carers

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

| CYP Now

Young Carers in Schools programme helps pupils improve their attendance and punctuality, engage better in class and achieve more.

One in four troubled families 'not satisfied' with access to services

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

| CYP Now

A quarter of people receiving support through the government's flagship Troubled Families programme have said they were "dissatisfied" with how easy it was to access support.

Government launches £30m bid to improve children's life chances

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

| CYP Now

A total of £30m has been set aside to boost the life chances of children in disadvantaged families by resolving conflict among parents, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced.

Legal Update: Special guardianship orders

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Serious case review highlights need for rigorous assessments when placing a child with a special guardian, writes Kamena Dorling, head of policy & programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Timpson announces plans to improve young carer identification

Thursday, March 9, 2017

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is drawing up plans to make it easier to identify children and young people who have caring responsibilities, with a cross-government strategy due to be published in the summer, children's minister Edward Timpson has confirmed.

Social Workers on the witness stand