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Creating the right spaces to break the cycle of homelessness
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- Friday, August 12, 2022 | CYP Now
Whoever you are, your sense of self and the idea of having home is incredibly important.
Refugee support is legacy of Grenfell tragedy
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- Tuesday, August 16, 2022 | CYP Now
I don’t think I have ever described an inspection as a motivational activity – we all know how it feels when the call from Ofsted arrives – but just recently inspections have been a seriously bonding experience for my teams.
Why every chef in the early years needs to be trained
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- Wednesday, October 5, 2022 | CYP Now
A new Prime Minister, a new Secretary of State for Education and a new Minister of State inevitably means a new set of promises.
‘We are the town that has been forgotten about’: Solution to our youth mental health crisis is close to home
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- Monday, December 12, 2022 | CYP Now
I prepared a report for the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership about children and young people’s mental health in rural Craven and SELFA Charity received £85,000 to support three projects based on the recommendations.
Alternatives to recently closed Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board
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- Wednesday, January 4, 2023 | CYP Now
The closure of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board (ASGLB) – a body with powers of oversight of the adoption system and support for special guardians – was recently announced. The news leads to the question, what now?
Supporting children with post-Christmas anxiety
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- Wednesday, January 4, 2023 | CYP Now
As we start a new year, with Christmas behind us, it’s important to reflect on the festive period.
Resilience and why it matters in 2023
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- Monday, January 16, 2023 | CYP Now
The start of a new year is always a good time for reflection on what changes we want to make professionally and personally for the year ahead.
Learning from experience
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- Monday, February 6, 2023 | CYP Now
As I write this blog, I do so acutely aware the government’s eagerly anticipated response to the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care has been published and may prove a more interesting read.
The continuing saga of the childcare cost
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- Friday, February 24, 2023 | CYP Now
We have been raising the issues of childcare funding for over 10 years. It has been so long, I am amazed at how patient I’ve remained – and I’m not usually that patient. I get an itch waiting in queues.
School refusal: why is it on the rise and what can parents do?
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- Wednesday, April 12, 2023 | CYP Now
School refusal is on the rise. According to a new report more than 140,000 children in the UK were 'severely absent’ from the classroom last summer. These so-called ‘ghost children’ were out of school more than they were present.
ADCS president: Time to tackle child poverty
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- Tuesday, May 9, 2023 | CYP Now
One of my main priorities as ADCS president is to put a larger spotlight on the dangerous levels of poverty we see in our society and the direct impact this has on children’s outcomes.
Remembering Tom Hinds - architect of local management of schools
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- Wednesday, June 7, 2023 | CYP Now
Thomas (Tom) Michael Hinds: 14 September 1938 - 04 May 2023
Amplifying voices
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- Monday, June 12, 2023 | CYP Now
I write this travelling home from London, having spent the day at the National Panel Reimagining Child Protection conference.
How do we achieve an inclusive education system?
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- Monday, June 26, 2023 | CYP Now
As we come to the end of another academic year, I thought it was timely to focus on one of my priorities for my presidential year; to set out our ambition for an inclusive education system that enables all children to fulfil their potential.
Ensuring every child has meaningful relationships on which they can depend
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- Monday, August 7, 2023 | CYP Now
A new government funding stream is available to local authorities (deadline 25 August) to help make it a reality that children in care and care leavers have the lasting relationships they can depend upon.
Let’s break the cycle of black boys being failed by the education system
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- Monday, September 18, 2023 | CYP Now
The discussion has been the same, over, and over, and over again. Nothing seems to have changed in the narrative of young black boys in education.
The role of sector led improvement in delivering improved services
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- Monday, September 18, 2023 | CYP Now
In a rapidly changing world, the concept of improvement has taken centre stage.
Building a workforce for the future
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- Monday, November 20, 2023 | CYP Now
I was recruited as one of 16 international social workers arriving from Southern Africa in 2003. What is striking are the parallels of 20 years ago and now. Key issues for international social workers remain such as arriving in teams that are struggling with recruitment and retention issues and high caseloads whilst being expected to hit the ground running within weeks of arriving.
Supporting our workforce
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- Monday, November 27, 2023 | CYP Now
The government recently responded to its consultation on the use of agency social workers.
Tackling the cost of childcare for UK nurseries
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- Friday, November 10, 2023 | CYP Now
Since the announcement of the 2023 spring budget, there has been much debate around the most pertinent topic facing the entirety of the early years sector — adequate funding for nurseries.
Closer to home
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- Monday, December 11, 2023 | CYP Now
Having spent an enjoyable and thoughtful few days at the NCASC conference in Bournemouth last week, I have been reflecting on the workshop session on implementing learning from the National Panel’s reports on supporting children and young people with disabilities and complex health needs that I had the pleasure of chairing.
If children really are our future, why are we stalling?
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- Monday, December 11, 2023 | CYP Now
November 16 marked Social Enterprise Day, so Happy Social Enterprise to you all. My dream is for every business to operate like a social enterprise and never have to explain it to anyone again!
A sign of hope: Scotland's historic move to protect children's rights
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- Friday, January 19, 2024 | CYP Now
It’s a sign of hope that the first Act of the Scottish Parliament in 2024 is a law which will radically improve the way children’s rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled.
Becoming Coram Hempsall’s
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- Friday, January 5, 2024 | CYP Now
It was big news for us at the end of 2023, as we joined the Coram Group to become Coram Hempsall’s.
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