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Let's invest in our children and young people

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  • Friday, October 8, 2021
  • | CYP Now
It’s that time again when we will soon find out what budget challenges we will face going forward and what if any good news may come to enable us to meet the increasing needs of children, young people and their families.

The power of reconnection

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  • Friday, September 24, 2021
  • | CYP Now
This week saw the first gathering in person of ADCS colleagues for 18 months, when we held our Council of Reference meeting in the reassuringly familiar surroundings of the Midland Hotel in Manchester.

Never stop caring…

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  • Monday, September 20, 2021
  • | CYP Now
I tend to think of myself as a “glass half full” person (those of you who know me, feel free to disagree), who makes the best of whatever challenges come my way and seeks solutions.

A double taboo

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  • Monday, September 13, 2021
  • | CYP Now
As I prepared to write this, I reminded myself that today is World Suicide Prevention Day. A day set aside by several groups, including the World Health Organisation, to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides.

Holidays, hope and happiness

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  • Friday, September 3, 2021
  • | CYP Now
I am just back from a short camping trip in neighbouring Dorset, not quite the same as a holiday abroad this year but we had a close encounter with a common buzzard to remember.

Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall

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  • Tuesday, August 31, 2021
  • | CYP Now
By the time you read this, summer will be on its way out and we’ll be inexorably heading into autumn - when ‘leaves chase warm buses’ and directors of children’s services chase treasury officials to get government to realise that a new financial settlement for children is required in November’s spending review.

The truth about change

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  • Friday, August 20, 2021
  • | CYP Now
I’ve recently been thinking about what it’s like to be a social worker, or indeed any other profession within the children’s workforce, in the 21st Century.

A remarkable response

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  • Friday, August 6, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Although it has already been said many times and in many ways, I feel it is important for me to once again acknowledge the remarkable response that we have witnessed right across the public sector and beyond since last year.

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