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Being a pushy parent

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  • Tuesday, February 18, 2020
    • | CYP Now
As I’m sure many of you will have noticed, the highly anticipated Scottish Care Review was finally published last week.

Moving forward together

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  • Friday, February 7, 2020
    • | CYP Now
Parents Against Child Exploitation (PACE) recently published a piece of research on the experiences of 31 parents and carers whose children have been sexually abused and exploited outside of the home and their experience of the services they came into contact with.

Strengths based leadership

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  • Monday, February 3, 2020
    • | CYP Now
I am writing this blog having recently taken up the role of chair of the ADCS Yorkshire and Humber region.

Belonging

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  • Monday, January 27, 2020
    • | CYP Now
This is my first blog since becoming ADCS Honorary Secretary and there were a number of contenders for what to write about: increasing numbers of children in care, child sexual exploitation, criminal exploitation or the impact on staff of the regulatory world that we work in.

10 year challenge

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  • Monday, January 20, 2020
    • | CYP Now
At the start of the new decade there is always a lot of reflection on what’s gone before as well as looking to the future.

Broken Solutions

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  • Monday, January 13, 2020
    • | CYP Now
I hope you’ve all had a decent Christmas and New Year break. If you are an avid reader of these blogs (and who isn’t?) you’ll have read about Matt Dunkley’s version of a Christmas Carol, Rachel Dickinson’s Christmas wish list and Stuart Gallimore’s reflections on the gifts of Christmas. So, I suppose it should fall to me to talk about new year’s resolutions.

Let's choose hope and kindness

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  • Monday, January 6, 2020
    • | CYP Now
I have been a social worker for 35 years and it is in our nature to be optimistic, although we sometimes do a good job of hiding it.

All I want for Christmas is...

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  • Friday, December 20, 2019
    • | CYP Now
As Christmas approaches, I have been reflecting on the year that was 2019 and thinking about the challenges 2020 will hold.

A Christmas Carol

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  • Monday, December 16, 2019
    • | CYP Now
Predicting the future is always a fool’s game but thinking about the future of children’s services before knowing government policy for the next five years seems particularly foolish… although that’s never stopped me before!

The Children Acts; tour de force not tour de France!

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  • Friday, November 29, 2019
    • | CYP Now
I was inspired by the powerful insights provided by ADCS President Rachel Dickinson, ADCS past presidents and Vice President Jenny Coles as they looked back at the Children Acts 1989 and 2004. However, their insights also highlight concerns that there is an increasingly large number of disadvantaged children in our country whose rights, which are set out in those acts, are ignored on a daily basis.

A day for celebrations

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  • Friday, November 15, 2019
    • | CYP Now
Tomorrow specifically, 16 November, marks the 30th anniversary of the Children Act 1989 receiving Royal Assent. Today specifically, 15 November, is the 15th anniversary of the Children Act 2004 receiving Royal Assent.

The power of positive relationships

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  • Friday, November 8, 2019
    • | CYP Now
My blog might read more as a ramble this week for two reasons. First, I've spent the last two weeks hard of hearing and croaking as I've had a bad cold which has reduced my thinking abilities.

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