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In Practice: Case study - Targeted advice for young people

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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Easy access to targeted and specialist services is an important goal of extended schools, and the Health Hut at Hackney Free and Parochial Church Secondary School aims to provide this. Jo Stephenson looks at how it is achieving this aim.

How signing aids hearing children's speech

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

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Scheme uses sign language to improve vocabulary in hearing children to help them to develop communication, numeracy and social skills.

Multi-agency Panel: Teenage couple want to be good parents

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

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Youth Work and Youth Services: Practice example - 'Pod' youth workers, Windsor and Maidenhead Council

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Monday, October 10, 2016

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In Practice: Case study - The path to extended services

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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

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North Tyneside's approach to ensuring all schools benefit from a full range of extended services has been to ask one school to lead the commissioning of services for others. Jo Stephenson investigates how this process will work.

Leadership: Time spent reflecting on how you work is time well spent

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

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I started my career in the field of education, training and employment and working with young homeless people. Then, in 2003, I set up the London Work Based Learning Alliance, a membership organisation for learning and skills providers.

Leadership: How all our children's centres survived the cuts in Hertfordshire

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Friday, May 13, 2011

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In February 2011, Hertfordshire County Council leader Robert Gordon announced that funding for the Hertfordshire children's centre programme will continue at the same level as in 2010/11, ensuring that no children's centres will be closed.

How a mentoring programme is helping disadvantaged pupils secure a place at university

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

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The Heaps initiative has seen 80 per cent of the 114 participating pupils eligible to enter university secure places in the past year

In Practice: Case study - Vital service for vulnerable families

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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

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Derbyshire has introduced family resource workers in schools to work with vulnerable children and families, and to boost joint working between schools and other agencies. Jo Stephenson looks at the success of the scheme.

Integrated gangs unit

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Tuesday, August 28, 2018

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London council's gangs unit brings police and children's professionals together into one team.

Moving on from domestic abuse

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

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The latest in a series about emerging safeguarding practice looks at how an NSPCC programme supports mothers and their children who have been victims of domestic abuse to move on together.

How a centre's success is based on a pivotal community role

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Saturday, June 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Bemerton Children's Centre's success is down to its excellent relationships with local families, strong partnership work and "inspirational" leadership.