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DCS turnover 'at highest level for six years'

    News
  • Wednesday, May 1, 2024
    • | CYP Now
During the last year there have been 62 changes in directors of children services (DCS), the highest level for six years, latest data from the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) finds.

Digital solutions in children’s services: Key policy developments

The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care described the IT systems used by children’s services as “poorly configured”. These, it said, create barriers to data collection, delay information sharing and add extra bureaucracy for social workers to navigate, which takes them away from frontline practice.

Digital storage keeps children’s memories safe

Cloud-based system allows care-experienced children and young people to safely store important photos and documents digitally so the valuable personal memories can be accessed at any time in the future.

Fresh start for childminding

Childminders provide essential childcare for many families, but numbers continue to fall. How can services successfully recruit and support more childminders and help reverse the decline?

The language of hope

    Blogs
  • Monday, April 29, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Having had the privilege of reading many insightful blogs from influential leaders in the sector over the years, as a recently Elected Director on the Board of Directors for ADCS, I find myself both honoured and slightly apprehensive now it is my turn to contribute. So, here we go…

School mental health plans need an update

    Opinion
  • Sunday, April 28, 2024
    • | CYP Now
The idea for mental health support teams (MHSTs) to bridge the gap between school counselling services and specialist therapeutic support in the community came out of the children’s mental health green paper published in 2017 by Theresa May’s government. Plans to introduce MHSTs in a third of schools and colleges by 2023 and to half by 2025 were confirmed the following summer.

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